Report to the Regenstrief Foundation Board by the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering

Provide a summary of activities during the second year Identify future direction for RCHE Address your questions Purpose of Presentation

Create an RCHE Organization Begin construction on a permanent home for RCHE Expand partners to serve as “living laboratories” Recruit new faculty to Purdue Engage Purdue faculty in research to improve healthcare delivery First Year Objectives

Purdue University Administration Launch Team Support from the e-Enterprise Center Executive Committee RCHE Organization

Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall May 2006April 2007

WellPoint became a partner in May of 2006 Joined existing partners: Regenstrief Institute IU Medical Group Ascension Health / St. Vincent Health Indiana Hospital& Health Association Roudebush Veterans Medical Center 24 of 27 projects conducted in “living laboratories” Expand the Number of Partners

Existing Purdue faculty –77 faculty have participated in RCHE –39 faculty in research projects –All colleges except one RCHE sabbaticals –3 faculty RCHE scholars –5 faculty New to faculty –3 faculty –RCHE director and faculty Recruit Purdue Faculty Into RCHE Research

Research projects completed, or in progress -27 projects -16 RCHE sponsored -11 partner sponsored Need for focus of core research activities -Second year planning to develop research focus Research Projects

Planning Activities 2005 NAE / IOM January 2006 RCHE strategic retreat Strategic partners meetings May 2006 Purdue Healthcare Summit June 2006 National Science Foundation – Healthcare Systems Engineering Workshop Invited speakers series

Invited Speakers Peter L. Perreiah, Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative Brian Dixon, Regenstrief Institute Atif Zafar, IU Medical Center Matthew Realff, National Science Foundation, Director for Service Enterprise Engineering James Benneyan, Northeastern University Michael Carter, University of Toronto Clem MacDonald, Regenstrief Institute John Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, HHS

Core Research Efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery –Systems and processes improvement Operations –Departments –Hospitals –Inter-hospital coordination to accommodate surge capacity Programs

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Improving safety and quality of care -Training hospital staff in performance improvement, root cause analysis and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) -Indiana Center for Patient Safety Collaborative effort Data collection and analysis Hospital implementation assistance Core Research (cont.)

Enabling healthcare data security and interoperability -Translating regulations into operational guidelines -Assess data security progress from other industries Core Research (cont)

Disseminate our findings and seek peer review Leadership and collaboration -Collaborative networks for research design -Validity and applicability of research findings Facilitate interdisciplinary and systems analysis training -Doctorate in Nursing Practice -Engineering Healthcare Signature Area Develop the Practice of Healthcare Engineering

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