Healthcare

National Healthcare Provider (NHCA)

Centralized data infrastructure and automated reporting system

50%

Faster reporting cycles

1,000+

Employee hours saved annually

45%

Reduction in invoice/payment delays

Case Studies

The customer sought to modernize their data infrastructure, eliminate manual toil through reporting process automation, and empower end-users to access and interact with data insights efficiently.

Healthcare

Industry

USA

Location

Big data & bioinformatics, Software & product development, IT team extension for AI projects, Business analysis

Services

$200,000–$500,000

Budget

Challenge

NHCA, a post-acute healthcare network operating across 6 US states, faced operational inefficiencies due to fragmented financial and clinical data infrastructure. Reports were manually compiled from legacy systems, spreadsheets, and ad hoc file submissions, leading to human errors, slow turnaround, and zero real-time visibility.

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Solution

Blackthorn AI delivered a fully centralized enterprise data warehouse, modernized ETL pipelines, and built a robust layer of automated reporting and secure data input interfaces.

Tech Stack

To deliver a fully centralized enterprise data warehouse, modernized ETL pipelines, and built a robust layer of automated reporting, Blackthorn AI applied:

JavaScript
C#
Jet SQL
Tableau
SSRS
Roadmap

Project duration

01-08 Weeks

Jet Data Warehouse Design & Implementation

Developed 6 interconnected databases with OLAP cubes and data marts to consolidate healthcare and finance data from multiple departments into a secure, scalable Jet-based enterprise data warehouse.

08-18 Weeks

ETL Migration & Pipeline Optimization via SSIS

Migrated ~65 data pipelines from Talend to SSIS, redesigned ETL logic, eliminated file-based sources, and automated data loading into SQL Server to ensure consistency and scalability.

18-34 Weeks

Interactive BI Dashboards in Tableau

Created 38 stakeholder-specific dashboards to visualize patient outcomes, finance metrics, and operational KPIs — providing real-time, self-service access to actionable insights.

34-46 Weeks

Jet Reports for Automated Tabular Financial Reporting

Built 27 Excel-integrated Jet Reports on top of the unified data warehouse to generate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements automatically, eliminating manual work and errors.

46-55 Weeks

Secure Web Forms for Direct Data Input

Implemented 13 secure, SQL-integrated web forms to replace legacy file-sharing workflows — enabling users to input, review, and route financial and clinical data directly into the system.

Team Size

6 Qualified Experts
1 x Data Architect
1 x Project Manager
2 x Data Engineers
1 x BI Developer
1 x Fullstack Web Developer

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1,000+

Employee hours saved annually

Through automation of ETL processes, reporting, and data entry — freeing up the internal ops team for strategic work.

45%

Reduction in invoice/payment delays

Better visibility into schedules and centralized templates helped address broken invoice cycles.

50%

Faster reporting cycles

Automated reporting pipelines cut monthly financial and operational report delivery times by half — enabling faster insights and decision-making.

65+

Legacy pipelines migrated

Rebuilt and optimized 65+ Talend pipelines into SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), ensuring high data quality and scalability.

90%

Reduction in human errors

Replacing manual Excel workflows and legacy Talend scripts with automated data pipelines and input web forms drastically reduced data-entry mistakes.

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