Case Study: IMS Health achieves faster healthcare data insights with Microsoft Power BI

Using Innovative Technology to Better Visualize Healthcare Data and Generate Actionable Insights

IMS Health, a global healthcare information and technology company, faced the challenge of making its immense and complex volume of healthcare data accessible to non-specialist users. The existing tools were difficult to handle, limiting data analysis to experts. IMS Health turned to Microsoft to find an intuitive, self-service business intelligence solution that could turn this data into actionable insights for its clients.

Microsoft implemented a solution using Microsoft Power BI, which featured natural-language querying and sophisticated data visualization. This allowed users to ask questions in plain English and receive instant, graphical answers. The result was that non-power users could independently and quickly access the data they needed, dramatically speeding up the process of generating strategic insights and reducing reliance on data analysts.

IMS Health

Damien Caldy

Director of Global Technology Innovation