Case Study: University of Ottawa Heart Institute achieves real-time insights to improve patient care, increase efficiency, and support research with Microsoft Power BI

Global cardiac leader gains new insight to improve care, increase efficiency, and facilitate research

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute, a leading Canadian cardiac care, teaching, and research center, struggled to get timely, consistent insight from siloed systems to manage perioperative workflows, procedure-room utilization, and the financial impact of new techniques. To address slow, manual quarterly reporting and inconsistent datasets, they turned to Picis Envision, a solution built on Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server.

Picis deployed Envision connected to the institute’s SQL Server data and Azure services, using Microsoft Power BI to deliver secure, personalized dashboards with drill-down analytics and row-level security. The change cut reporting from days to minutes, met 99.9% of BI requests, captured 7,800 case records in production, and improved room utilization by 8%, enabling faster decisions on scheduling, cost variation, and patient-care improvements through insights powered by Microsoft Power BI.

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Heather Sherrard

Executive Vice President