Featured Research
Catalyzing healthcare delivery transformations. CatalyzeCare.org, an online hub for healthcare delivery research and dissemination, bridges geographical gaps for healthcare delivery research groups, making cross-country collaborations almost as easy as being face-to-face.
Transforming Healthcare Delivery
RCHE applies concepts from academic research in science, management, and engineering to address challenges facing the healthcare delivery system and transform the healthcare delivery system. The center partners with healthcare providers and professional organizations to develop projects that accurately reflect the healthcare system.
Healthcare Engineering News
Purdue center wants patients' help in heart disease fight
May 23, 2011
Experts know that black men are 30 percent more likely to die of heart disease than non-Hispanic white men, but they don't know why.
Read Full StoryVirtual ICU created by faculty, ITaP partnership supports research and training
April 27, 2011
When a physician is treating a patient in an intensive care unit, nurses are more than partners. They're also human safety checklists. Are the right medicines and equipment on hand? Has the patient consented to the procedure? Did the doctor wash his
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Research Areas
Care Coordination
This research focuses on enabling and organizing a continuum of care that involves and engages the patient, family, and providers involved in care. Care coordination research includes physician-patient communication, industrial or systems engineering, information technology, resource allocation, and more. Learn more.
Population Health
This research area focuses on developing knowledge, innovations, and interventions that to improve the health of an entire group or population. Learn more.
About RCHE
Applying academic research to transform healthcare delivery.
Current Events
- 23FebDetailsResearch Speaker Series: Dr. Ping Huang
February 23 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MANN 203
- 7MarDetailsResearch Speaker Series: Dr. Susan DeCrane
March 7 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MANN 203
- 22MarDetailsResearch Speaker Series: Dr. Steven Landry
March 22 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MANN 203
Contact RCHE
Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall, Suite225
203 Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
- rche@purdue.edu
- Phone: 765.494.1531
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