As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center looked to data as a way to deal with the increasing volume of patients and to keep pace with fast and accurate diagnoses. Struggling against time and the data insights front line medical workers needed, Rush needed a solution that matched the speed and ferocity of the pandemic.

Together with Cloudera they set up a data ingest pipeline that allowed them to work with real-time data and get near instant feedback, instead of having to analyze data that was days or weeks old. With that pipeline, they were able to develop a COVID-19 dashboard that resulted in more accurate diagnosis, faster care, and more effective treatment.