Healthcare & life sciences · Databricks

PTHB: Improving decision-making to save lives faster

Public case study · not a Metric Oak engagement

Decrease in time to insight: 40%
More productive with Databricks Assistant: 65%

What happened

The story in brief

A Welsh health board responsible for a quarter of the country's area lacked access to much of the data it needs for patient-centred decisions. Using Databricks and its AI assistant, its analysts became significantly more productive in building that view.

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Frequently asked questions

What results did PTHB report?

PTHB reported 40% decrease in time to insight; 65% more productive with Databricks Assistant, according to its customer story published by Databricks.

Which platform and technologies did PTHB use?

PTHB used Databricks, including Unity Catalog, Power BI.

How do these results compare with other healthcare & life sciences programs?

See our healthcare & life sciences benchmark for median cost reductions and speed-ups across published results in the industry.

Source

Customer story published by Databricks: Improving decision-making to save lives faster (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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