Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

DSS Example Three

And finally, we feature a multitechnology hybrid data-reporting solution that provides both real-time reporting along with point-in-time reporting for a major healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest. This solution starts with a real-time data replication from their online transactional systems where all hospital transactions are taking place. This includes patient events, medications administered, surgeries done, hospital charges, and so on. By distributing this data to a highly available two-node SQL cluster, the hospital can realize all of their real-time reporting requirements that center around providing all known information for a particular patient in the hospital at any time. Looking at Figure 3.6, we see this ...