HSS unifies patient care and operational data with the Databricks Data + AI Platform

Unifying healthcare data for enhanced patient care

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is the world leader in orthopedics, caring for patients across every aspect of the muscles, bones and movement. As clinical activity, surgical volumes and research publications expanded across the enterprise, managing disparate healthcare data created operational challenges. This fragmented environment made it harder for healthcare providers to remain solely focused on direct patient care.

By deploying the Databricks Data + AI Platform, HSS established a single source of truth enterprise-wide. This unified data foundation enables teams to speak the same data language, securely and efficiently scaling technology across clinical and operational domains.

Empowering providers and offloading administrative burden 

With a unified lakehouse in place, HSS turns complex enterprise data into active operational tools. By consolidating clinical activity, surgical volume, research history and publications into daily automated refreshes, HSS removes administrative friction from provider workflows so they can concentrate on the patient in front of them.

MD360: Enhancing provider efficiency

Built directly on Databricks, the MD360 product offloads administrative tasks from providers. By surfacing clinical and surgical insights within a single interface, MD360 allows medical teams to operate with total focus and agility.

Ensuring data governance and operational innovation with Lakebase and Unity Catalog

Lakebase marks a paradigm shift for HSS, moving traditional analytics teams into transactional applications and operational spaces using Gold, Silver and Bronze lakehouse tables. To protect sensitive healthcare data, Unity Catalog delivers centralized governance and security over all lakehouse assets, giving teams total confidence in data quality while accelerating continuous innovation.