Apache Kafka in Healthcare and Pharma: Use Cases and Insights from Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health is at the forefront of leveraging real-time data streaming to transform healthcare and manufacturing operations. With Apache Kafka and Confluent Cloud, Cardinal Health has modernized its legacy systems, enhanced real-time analytics, and improved efficiency across its Pharma and Med divisions. This blog explores Cardinal Health’s journey, exploring how its event-driven architecture powers use cases like supply chain optimization, and medical device and equipment management. By integrating data streaming with platforms like Apigee, Dell Boomi and SAP, Cardinal Health sets a benchmark for IT modernization and innovation in the healthcare and pharma sectors.

(Originally posted on Kai Waehner’s blog: “Dynamic Pricing: Real-Time Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink”… Join the data streaming community and stay informed about new blog posts by subscribing to my newsletter. Also make sure to download my free book about data streaming use cases)

Data Streaming in Healthcare and Pharma

Many healthcare companies leverage Apache Kafka today. Use cases exist in every domain across the healthcare value chain. Most companies deploy data streaming in different business domains. Use cases often overlap.