One of the leading pediatric healthcare facilities in the United States knows children are not just small adults. They need specialized diagnosis, treatment, equipment, and support. Most importantly, they require doctors, nurses, and specialists who understand these differences. This national children's hospital relies on a big data platform to better understand its patients, their conditions, and the quality of care they receive in support of its mission: to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.Hospitals' intensive care units (ICUs) have bedside monitors that continuously collect data streams on patient vitals such as respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure. The amount of information is vast, leading healthcare facilities to take hourly snapshots and then discard the data after several days.