Kidney care provider harnesses the power of
Google Cloud's leading-edge infrastructure, AI, and analytics tools
to help improve care plans and streamline clinical
workflows
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and
Google Cloud today announced that the organizations have
collaborated to create a new clinical operating system that sets a
foundation for streamlined kidney care for more than 200,000 DaVita
patients.
Built on Google Cloud infrastructure and utilizing AI and
analytics tools co-developed by the two companies, DaVita's Center
Without WallsTM(CWOW) is now live across the
organization's 2,700+ dialysis centers nationwide. With the
deployment, DaVita has moved from a decentralized
clinical documentation system to a unified platform that leverages
data from more than 30 million dialysis treatments per year to
generate insights designed to help improve clinical outcomes.
"CWOW gives our caregivers access to the right data, at the
right time, so we can improve workflows and help our team spend
more time with patients and less time interacting with a computer,"
said Dr. Mark Kaplan, Vice President
of Medical Affairs for DaVita Inc. "CWOW is custom-built for kidney
care, and the Google Cloud infrastructure allows us to connect with
our physician and hospital partners to establish a consistent flow
of information from day one of a patient's kidney care
journey."
While every patient's journey is unique, the National Kidney
Foundation has divided chronic kidney disease (CKD) into five
stages, with stage 5 indicating kidney failure, also known as
end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). At this advanced stage, the
kidneys have lost nearly all of their ability to do their job
effectively, and eventually dialysis or a kidney transplant is
needed1.
CKD affects more than 1 in 7 adults in the United States, an estimated 37 million
Americans, and as many as 9 in 10 adults who have CKD are not aware
they have the disease2. Currently, an estimated 50% of
people diagnosed with kidney failure "crash" into dialysis—starting
treatment without warning in an emergency situation3.
Crashing not only causes physical and emotional stress for patients
but also it costs, on average, an additional $53,000 per patient in the first year of dialysis
treatment4.
By creating CWOW using Google Cloud, DaVita has built a
foundational platform that will enable seamless data sharing and
increase collaboration between the company's physician partners,
hospitals, and internal care teams. Ultimately, the platform is
designed to support DaVita's mission to provide integrated kidney
care that helps, improve patient quality of life, and lower the
cost of care.
A leader in kidney care, DaVita has more than 20 years of
clinical data, based on the more than 30 million dialysis
treatments the organization administers each year. To effectively
leverage this data, DaVita built CWOW on Cloud Spanner for scalable
database management, BigQuery for analytics, and Vertex AI for AI
and machine learning.
"Working with DaVita to develop and deploy CWOW brings together
Google Cloud's cutting-edge AI and analytics capabilities with
DaVita's passion for treating and preventing kidney disease," said
Aashima Gupta, Google Global
Director for Healthcare Strategy and Solutions. "DaVita has laid a
critical foundation for data interoperability where care teams and
partners can access the information they need in near real-time,
right when they need it, regardless of care setting."
"Google is the right choice for DaVita – not only from a
technical perspective, but also from a collaboration standpoint,"
said Alan Cullop, DaVita's Chief
Information Officer. "Our vision for CWOW required a flexible
collaborator that would be willing to iterate as we worked to
address the unique needs of DaVita and kidney care. From
early-stage architecture and infrastructure conversations, to AI,
analytics and IT security, Google has added significant value every
step of the way, and we look forward to the next stage of
innovation as we continue to enhance the CWOW platform."
About DaVita
DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a health care
provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality
of life for patients globally. The company is one of the largest
providers of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader
in clinical quality and innovation for more than 20 years. DaVita
cares for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney
health journey—from slowing the progression of kidney disease to
helping to support transplantation, from acute hospital care to
dialysis at home. As of June 30,
2023, DaVita served approximately 201,000 patients at 2,703
outpatient dialysis centers in the United
States. The company also operated 353 outpatient dialysis
centers in 11 other countries worldwide. DaVita has reduced
hospitalizations, improved mortality, and worked collaboratively to
propel the kidney care industry to adopt an equitable and
high-quality standard of care for all patients, everywhere. To
learn more, visit DaVita.com/About .
About Google Cloud
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every organization's ability to digitally transform its business.
We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's
cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the
industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn
to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve
their most critical business problems.
1.
https://www.davita.com/education/kidney-disease/stages/stage-5-of-chronic-kidney-disease
2. Chronic Kidney Disease in the
United States, 2021. Centers for Disease Control
andPrevention, US Department of Health and Human Services.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/%20health-information/health-statistics/kidney-disease
3. Risk Factors for Unplanned Dialysis Initiation: A
Systematic Review of the Literature (2019)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2054358119831684#_i42
4. 2009–2012 Medicare 5% sample data weighted average across all
states for patient costs in first twelve months of dialysis.
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