Healthcare & life sciences · Databricks
Duly Health and Care: Keeping every patient healthier as fast as care demands
Public case study · not a Metric Oak engagement
- lower data platform costs vs. SQL Server
- 30%
- reduction in hospital readmission rates, saving $4.5M annually
- 29%
- more projects completed in 2025 with the same headcount
- 2x
What happened
The story in brief
A large Chicago-area multi-specialty medical group runs both fee-for-service and value-based care. Using Databricks to lower platform costs and power predictive work, it reduced hospital readmissions and saved millions a year while doing more with the same team.
How it compares
- 30% lower data platform costs vs. SQL Server, against a median reported cost reduction of 50% across 9 healthcare & life sciences results.
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Frequently asked questions
What results did Duly Health and Care report?
Duly Health and Care reported 30% lower data platform costs vs. SQL Server; 29% reduction in hospital readmission rates, saving $4.5M annually; 2x more projects completed in 2025 with the same headcount, according to its customer story published by Databricks.
Which platform and technologies did Duly Health and Care use?
Duly Health and Care used Databricks, including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Databricks SQL, MLflow, Genie, Streamlit.
How do these results compare with other healthcare & life sciences programs?
30% lower data platform costs vs. SQL Server, against a median reported cost reduction of 50% across 9 healthcare & life sciences results.
Source
Customer story published by Databricks: Keeping every patient healthier as fast as care demands (opens databricks.com in a new tab) on databricks.com. Figures as published, retrieved 27 October 2026. The summary above is Metric Oak's own. This is not a Metric Oak engagement.
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