Healthcare
The EcO15 initiative will create a regional network of stationary clinical simulation labs that can be used for accreditation and degree certifications increasing the quality of healthcare education; especially critical thinking skills. In addition to the simulation labs, the EcO15 healthcare initiative will help support the Bachelor of Science Nursing program at IUPUC. This is important to the SE region of Indiana because:
- More than 10 percent of the region’s workforce (15,000 people) are employed in the health care services sector
- Demand for high quality health care will be increasing during the next five years in SE Indiana as the 65+ age group will be increasing by over 20%
- There will be a continuing shortage of nursing faculty and registered nurses as current employees transition into retirement years
- Quality of patient care continues to be the top priority as technological advances are made and the demand for knowledge and skills increase
- Thirteen of the fifty most highly compensated and in-demand occupations in Indiana are in the health care industry
What is clinical simulation?
 An attempt to replicate some or nearly all of the essential aspects of a clinical situation so that the situation may be more readily understood and managed when it occurs in a real clinical practice.
Clinical simulations are described along a continuum-from low fidelity to high fidelity. On the low fidelity end of the simulation spectrum are experiences such as case studies or role playing. Further along the spectrum are partial task trainers (low technology mannequins) to more technologically sophisticated simulations such as computer based.
Simulation mannequin training programs such as what you will see in this video will help improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. Watch this video to see what the simulation mannequins (SIM Man) allow students and medical professionals to do.
What assets does EcO15 have to support these healthcare goals?
- Provide access to continuing education for health care professionals.
- Present health career awareness and outreach programs to secondary students.
- Develop mentoring programs with academic institutions for college students
The EcO15 Healthcare Steering Committee consisting of:
- Julie Abedian- Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
- John Burnett- EcO15
- Mike Bushong- Jennings County School Corporation
- Jim Helms- Region 11 Ivy Tech Community College
- Jay Howard- IUPUC
- John Hogan- Region 10 Ivy Tech Community College
- Dick Johnson- Columbus Learning Center Management Corp
- Kathryn Johnson- St. Vincent Jennings County Hospital
- Vickie Johnson- Schneck Medical Center
- Nancy Marticke- Margaret Mary Community Hospital
- Diane McKinney- Decatur Memorial Hospital
- Carl Risk- King’s Daughters’ Hospital and Health Services
- Pete Resnick- Dearborn County Hospital
- Dr. Tom Sonderman- Columbus Regional Hospital
In addition to the steering committee, the following assets support the healthcare goals:
- EcO15 Simulation Taskforce
- EcO15 Healthcare website
- Formation of County Coordinators in each of 10 counties in EGR9
- Up to $4.1 M to invest in the next two years
- Expert in simulation practices, Dr. Pam Jeffries, from John Hopkins University in Baltimore
- Long standing relationships with each hospital and educational institutions
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