INNOVATE INDIANA

Exhibit B-4
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT | SECTION 19
Patient simulation can be used to strengthen health care education and the health care industry across a region in several ways: 1) As a recruiting too
engage secondary and post-secondary students about career opportunities in medical education through observation of cutting edge technologies
currently in use; 2) Increase the completion rates of health care education programs by keeping students actively involved in learning through applied
practice; 3) Allow health and emergency care providers, including nursing homes, hospice providers, EMS, Homeland Security, Red Cross, FEMA Ra
Response providers, and more, to access career advancement training, update professional practices, and increase retention of providers currently in
practice through ongoing professional development.
The proposed RCNI HEALL project aligns closely with the projected rapid growth of the health care industry in the region. IU South Bend studied regi
workforce and degree program needs through its new Academic Master Plan, 2014-2020. Evidence indicates a strong need for significant expansion
health science programs, particularly nursing, medical lab science, pharmaceutical science, and radiography. Expansion is also pending at the IU Sch
of Medicine-South Bend.
IU South Bend and its partner colleges and universities who offer medical and nursing education individually have small simulation labs with 1-3
mannequins. Rather than our individual programs continuing to add duplicative mannequins and advanced software which would be used for limited t
periods, it would be much more economical to collaborate across institutions to create a simulation center. This center would have 10 mannequins
representing life stages from obstetrics to gerontology and multiple software packages to simulate a broad range of illnesses or trauma. Thus, collabo
lowers each institution’s cost while providing a much wider range of education for students as well as current health professionals.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE REGION ENGAGED CURRENT TRENDS
Project Impact
Project impact and
alignment with local or
regional plans
Similar to The Simulation Center at Fairbanks Hall at IUPUI, the versatile RCNI HEALL would be able to be configured as virtual environments for me
offices, hospital suites, radiography suites, operating rooms and emergency rooms. Current and future doctors, nurses, and technicians would be able
practice applied clinical skills on mannequins that respond like real patients, immerse themselves in computer-simulated surgery, and react to complic
emergency room dramas.
The proposed RCNI HEALL project would jointly benefit health education programming at IU South Bend’s Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences
well as several other health education programs at partner institutions in the region. All partners have recognized and support the need for a central,
modern, and interdisciplinary patient simulation laboratory.
Currently, Indiana University is in the early phase of a multi-billion dollar, state-wide capital campaign, entitled “FOR ALL: The Indiana University
Bicentennial Campaign,” which celebrates the university’s 200th anniversary in 2020. One of the major campaign themes of this campaign is “Creatin
Healthier State, Nation, and World.” The IU partners in this project consortium recognize the importance of this theme in planning priorities for growth
health education within the region.
Anticipated return on
investment (%) 17.5
Based on the state’s investment of $802,800 to construct the facility, it is estimated that annual state payroll tax on the direct
at RCNI HEALL would yield about $14,525 per year. Additionally, 7% state sales tax on student/user expenditures
Description of anticipated ($1,800,000/year) would yield $126,000, for an estimated total of $140,525 per year, or 17.5% of the state grant. Given this
return on investment formula, the state’s investment would be repaid in approximately 5.7 years.
Annual sales or other nontax
revenue generated ($) 5675000
Description of annual sales
or other non-tax revenue
generated
Health Education:
Average annual payroll of $725,000 for HEALL staff
Average annual user fees of $150,000 from third party organizations (public safety, nursing homes, etc.)
Annual student/user spending of approximately $1,800,000 ($10 per day per user)
Annual tuition revenue of approximately $3,000,000
The RCNI HEALL facility will be structured as a self-sustaining auxiliary enterprise, with user partners contributing from tuition
and fees to underwrite the cost of operations through cooperative agreements and/or usage fees for non-educational partner
(EMT’s, fire and rescue, technicians). Indirect economic impact will be driven by students and users (housing, fuel, food,
supplies, books, computers and software, safety items, lab clothing).
STATE OF THE REGION
& QUALITY OF PLACE
VISION & STRATEGY PROJECTS
STAKEHOLDERS, EXECUTION
& STRUCTURAL CHANGES
BENCHMARKING
& MEASUREMENT
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT