PRHC takes stage at Microsoft Canada headquarters to showcase custom-designed data analytics platform, Peregrine
Hospital takes leadership role deploying Microsoft Fabric in clinical production
Representatives from PRHC took the stage at Microsoft Canada headquarters in Toronto, showcasing the hospital’s custom data analytics platform for 35 organizations in attendance.
Peterborough, ON – Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) has taken a bold step in healthcare innovation, unveiling its custom in-house data platform, Peregrine, at Microsoft Canada headquarters in Toronto this fall.
Attended by 148 people from 35 organizations, the “hackathon” event hosted by Microsoft shone a spotlight on PRHC’s Information Technology and Data Analytics teams, who shared their knowledge and insights based on the hospital’s experience developing and launching the platform earlier this year.
The Peregrine platform positions PRHC as a national leader in predictive healthcare analytics, supporting access to real-time, comprehensive data reporting and advanced analytics across the hospital. Today, Peregrine is transforming hospital operations, with data products in areas such as emergency department flow, lab utilization, and physician turnaround times driving measurable improvements in care.
Engineered on Microsoft Fabric using medallion architecture, Peregrine currently integrates 12 internal and external data sources into a governed, scalable system, with a number of additional data sources now in the testing phase. PRHC has also invested into building dynamic semantic models that provide the foundation for a sustainable, scalable, secure and responsible AI program in future.
“Peregrine wasn’t built to check boxes, it was built to ask better questions than we ever could alone,” said Evan Lyons, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at PRHC. “Our goal was never just to do more – it was to do better. Less burnout. More compassion. Better outcomes. Data can help us get there.”
PRHC is actively exploring opportunities with its healthcare and service partners to extend the use of Peregrine within the region – a step toward enabling data interoperability. These relationships will continue to grow and evolve as the hospital expands its analytics program. PRHC is also supporting hospitals across the province as they begin to develop their own platforms based on the deployment pattern used by PRHC. These collaborations support the hospital’s five-year strategic plan, which prioritizes data and technology as pillars of clinical transformation.
“We knew we couldn’t meet the growing demands of our population without changing how we operate – data is how we close that gap,” said Dr. Lynn Mikula, President & CEO at PRHC. “As we work toward our goal of establishing a Command Centre at the hospital – a hub where clinicians, leaders and other decisionmakers will collaborate to ensure we are providing the best, most efficient care possible – the information we are now able to access through Peregrine will be critical to everything we do, from direct patient care, to quality improvement projects, to the safe and efficient flow of patients through the hospital.”
For more information: Michelene Ough | Director, Communications | mough@prhc.on.ca
