Case Study

“Research experiment data is easier to analyze and review, which goes towards improving the lives and survival rates

of childhood cancer sufferers”

– Children’s Cancer Institute Executive Strategic Operations Manager, Elaine Neeson

Technology: On-premise, MS SQL Server, Oracle

Industry: Health / Not for Profit

Location: Australia

Highlights• Facilitated research aimed at

improving childhood cancer treatments

• Deployed across multiple data sources to deliver consistent, real-time insights

• Solution development time savings – from weeks to hours

How Yellowfin helps Children’s Cancer Institute improve survival rates.

CompanyChildren’s Cancer Institute is the only independent medical institute in Australia solely dedicated to research regarding the causes, prevention, treatments and cures for childhood cancer.

In 2015, Children’s Cancer Institute and Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network announced Zero Childhood Cancer – a national personalized medicine program to identify tailored treatments for children with high risk cancer.

“Yellowfin has delivered beyond expectations”

– Children’s Cancer Institute Business Systems & Information Manager, Tracy Hogg

Why Yellowfin?Children’s Cancer Institute required a database-independent tool to develop reports across multiple disparate data sources in order to generate deeper insights throughout the research, operational and business aspects of the organization.

The reports produced had to be easy for non-technical people to access, understand, share and act on.

A trial of Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence platform was deployed and instantly proved successful due to its ease-of-use, flexibility and efficiency.

“Yellowfin’s simple, intuitive ‘out-of-the-box’ design and layout was a driving factor when compared with other platforms available,” said Children’s Cancer Institute Business Systems & Information Manager, Tracy Hogg. “The user-friendly interface and functionality of the software meant there was only a small learning curve for the end-user.”

“Yellowfin’s ability to easily connect to a wide range of data

sources, and present dashboards to the user that have a consistent look and feel, meant it could be embraced by

the entire Institute” – Children’s Cancer Institute Business Systems

& Information Manager, Tracy Hogg

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What was achieved?The Zero Childhood Cancer program is further increasing the need for the Institute’s data to be highly accessible to users as it scales up, and Yellowfin reports enable that accessibility.

“Research experiment data is easier to analyze and review, which goes towards improving the lives and survival rates of childhood cancer sufferers – the very reason every Children’s Cancer Institute employee comes into work each day,” said Children’s Cancer Institute Executive Strategic Operations Manager, Elaine Neeson.

Yellowfin was quickly embraced, delivering more effective reporting and data analysis across the entire Institute, including the research teams, finance department, marketing and fundraising teams, as well as executive management.

“Yellowfin’s ability to easily connect to a wide range of data sources, and present dashboards to the user that have a consistent look and feel, meant it could be embraced by the entire Institute,” said Hogg. “Yellowfin has delivered beyond expectations.”