Case Study: Boston Children's Hospital improves pediatric care worldwide with IBM Social Business

Boston Children's Hospital - Customer Case Study

Boston Children’s Hospital partnered with IBM Social Business to address a major gap in pediatric critical-care education: expert knowledge was trapped inside institutions, while many regions with high child mortality rates lacked access to specialized training. The hospital needed a way to share rigorous medical education and best practices with clinicians worldwide, including areas with limited connectivity.

IBM Social Business helped Boston Children’s Hospital create OPENPediatrics, a cloud-based social learning platform using IBM SmartCloud, IBM Connections, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Cognos, and IBM Security Access Manager. The solution delivers videos, lectures, simulations, peer-reviewed content, and social collaboration, and it works both online and offline. In beta, OPENPediatrics reached more than 1,000 users across 74 countries, 253 cities, and 343 hospitals, improving care practices and helping clinicians reduce infections and improve procedures.

Boston Children's Hospital

Traci Wolbrink

Associate Director