{"id":1715,"date":"2022-03-04T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:36:20","slug":"purdue-growing-research-and-outreach-to-deliver-on-the-ground-health-care-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/Q1\/purdue-growing-research-and-outreach-to-deliver-on-the-ground-health-care-solutions","title":{"rendered":"Purdue growing research and outreach to deliver on-the-ground health care solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University is enlarging its capacity to create, verify and deliver innovative solutions to health and health care problems with a significant expansion of the university\u2019s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering<\/a> (RCHE).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The center will enhance the mission first outlined when the Regenstrief Foundation established RCHE in 2005 by venturing outside conventional boundaries for health care research. It will use novel multidisciplinary studies that examine broad questions around health and well-being, and will emphasize delivering practical, implementable solutions directly to communities in keeping with the Purdue land-grant mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe first will listen to the communities we serve,\u201d said Pavlos Vlachos, director of RCHE and the St. Vincent Health Professor of Healthcare Engineering. \u201cOur holistic approach puts the community and patient at the center of everything we do. We want to listen to patients and clinicians, to identify needs, and then harness Purdue\u2019s vast talent to develop, test and validate solutions. RCHE will act as a bridge carrying the benefits of research and discovery directly to the people they are designed to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RCHE\u2019s work is designed to accomplish key missions within four areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Systems.<\/strong> Improve health care delivery and patient outcomes by deploying sustainable solutions in health systems. This can be done by integrating Purdue\u2019s excellence in engineering, modeling, artificial intelligence, human factors, organizational behavior and the social sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population Health and Health Equity.<\/strong> Translate discovery and innovation into real-world solutions to improve population health and address the root causes of health inequities through meaningful community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Data Science. <\/strong>Harness the power of health and health care data via Purdue\u2019s strengths in computer science, statistics and mathematics to improve patients\u2019 experiences, outcomes and population health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Education and Communication. <\/strong>Break down communication boundaries to translate innovative solutions that can improve everyone\u2019s health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its work to foster equal access to health care, RCHE will investigate impediments to health equity and develop programs to address barriers. Ultimately it will help communities implement solutions to overcome health inequities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis expansion of work in health care improvement is a very important step for Purdue and for the people of Indiana,\u201d said Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general, who now serves as Purdue\u2019s first executive director of health equity initiatives. \u201cRCHE will broaden and magnify valuable work already being done at Purdue to promote health equity. Until health care is consistently accessible, affordable and of high quality, these will be our goals. These goals are worthy challenges for the best minds, so this is the right challenge for Purdue, and this is the right approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the past 17 years, RCHE has brought to bear all the engineering disciplines to questions of how best to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage illness, as well as preserve and improve physical and mental health through all health care services and professions. Most recently, through the I-HOPE<\/a> program, RCHE has taken the lead, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Health and more than 100 community partners, to reduce health disparities throughout the state. Over the next two years, RCHE and collaborators will engage with 30 Indiana counties, boosting local strengths and building networks to connect people to needed health services. This effort and other key initiatives rely heavily on the Purdue Healthcare Advisors, a team of 30 specialists in health equity and lean methodology, as well as RCHE\u2019s teams of faculty and clinical affiliates and data scientists. They will all collaborate on work to improve the quality, accessibility, equity and affordability of health care delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theresa Mayer, executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue, said that while Purdue has been able to make significant impact in many areas through RCHE, \u201cthe expanded focus of the new organization will enable us to leverage our research expertise to grow our impact on the community in Indiana and beyond.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today\u2019s toughest challenges. Ranked in each of the last four years as one of the 10 Most Innovative universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, Purdue delivers world-changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Committed to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue offers a transformative education to all. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap at\u00a0https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Writer:<\/strong> Amy H. Raley
Media contact:<\/strong> Amy Patterson Neubert, apatterson@purdue.edu<\/a>
Source:<\/strong> Pavlos Vlachos, pvlachos@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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