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Indiana University Health Network Plan • Goals and objectives of the proposed network Indiana University Health, formerly known as Clarian Health Partners, is a nonprofit healthcare system located in the state of Indiana. Indiana University Health’s creation dates was on January 1st, 1997 when three Indianapolis hospital Methodist Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University Hospital merged to form Clarian Health Partners. In 2011 Clarian changed its name to what is now known as, Indiana University Health. Based in Indianapolis, the hospital system soon grew to include other hospitals and health centers across the state. Indiana University Health is the largest network of physicians in the state of Indiana. Indian University Health system currently work with over 33,000 team members and has 2683 beds. In 2017 Indian University Health had 119,908 admissions, 2,879,430 outpatient visits, 493,565 ER visits and 115,737 surgical cases. Indiana University Health has been nationally ranked by “US New & World report” for the past 20 years. This and numerous other awards can be seen on the company’s web site at: The goal of the Healthcare Connect Program is to connect all the remote sites to the hospital's information systems to provide a central source for patient information. Connecting the clinics to the hospital's network allows the clinics to access all of its resources including primary EMR applications, current and NextGen information services. The long-range vision of the Consortium is to enable a set of standard telehealth connection services that will interconnect throughout the region and facilitate any healthcare location in nearby states to share one or more telehealth services with any other healthcare location in the regional and ultimately to share on a national level. • Strategy for aggregating the specific needs of health care providers {HCPs), including providers that serve rural areas, within a state or region Most of the remote clinics are small, so providing a separate EMR application for each site would not be cost effective, and would make the sharing of this information with other health care providers difficult. By sharing the hospital's resources, each clinic and remote site will have access to a much broader array of information services. • Strategy for leveraging existing technology to adopt the most efficient and cost- effective means of connecting those providers The clinics already have network equipment to interconnect PCs and printers. By using high speed connections and standard network equipment, the IU Health Consortium will be able to connect the PCs and printers in the remote offices to the hospital's existing network. This will allow access to servers and applications in the hospital as well as cloud based applications available on the internet. The hospital already has an extensive network of leased facilities, which interconnect connects the Hospital and remote clinics. • Discussion of how the broadband services will be used to improve or provide health care delivery The hospital and clinics have direct access to the internet for cloud based services and dedicated access for such services as radiology and patient records. Remote locations are connected using a combination of DS 1s, DS 3s, dark fiber, PRI, Centrex lines and high speed Ethernet connections. This network will support applications such as: • Interactive video conferencing and telemedicine. • Streaming video for distance learning and continuing education. • Enabling medical record queries from multiple sources. • Transmission and receipt of imaging files. • Web-based collaboration tools for meetings and peer-to-peer consultation and interaction and for hospital administration. • Access to internet based resources for staff and patient education. The hospitals and all clinics and locations will benefit from these high-speed connections. Facilities will be upgraded and expanded, as needed for growth and new services beyond what's mentioned above. • Discussion of previous experience in developing and managing health IT (including telemedicine) programs Derek Dunn , Director of Information Services, for Indiana University Health will oversee this project. A project management plan outlining the project's leadership and management structure (a work plan, schedule, and budget) • Derek Dunn, Executive Director Is Infrastructure & Chief Architect, will be the project Manager. Mr. Dunn has been with IU Health for over 4 years and has been in the IT/IS sector for Healthcare for over 17 years. • Schedule: -Bid process to last 28 days with a goal completion date of 06/2018 -Implementation is expected to last 60 days. -The approximate date for project completion will be on 07/01/2018 • Budget: -Telecommunication Services - Annual Cost ~$2,000,000.00 -65% of these costs will be covered under the Healthcare Connect Fund, while the remaining balance will be paid out of the hospital's income. • Sites that are participating in this consortium are: HCP NO. Site Name HCP Address 13225 Orange County Hospital 642 West Hospital Road, Paoli, Indiana 47454 14109 IU Bedford 2900 West 16th Street, Bedford, Indiana 47421 16160 IU Health Frankfort Hospital 1300 S. Jackson Street, Frankfort , Indiana 46041 17031 IU Health White Memorial Hospital 720 South Sixth Street, Monticello, Indiana 47960-1698 17312 IU Health Morgan Hospital 2209 John R. Wooden Dr., Martinsville, Indiana 46151 17763 IU Tipton 1000 South Main Street, Tipton, Indiana 46072 25043 IU Health Bloomington Hospital 601 West 2nd St., Bloomington, Indiana 47403 25047 Blackford Community Hospital 410 Pilgrim Blvd., Hartford City, Indiana 47348 25049 IU Health - University Hospital 550 University Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 25058 Jay County Hospital 500 West Votaw Street, Portland, Indiana 47371 27679 IU Health Data Cave Columbus 2425 Technology Blvd, Columbus, Indiana 47201 27698 IU Health Data Center Senate Ave 1515 North Senate, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 28046 IU Health Starke Hospital 102 E Culver Blvd., Knox, Indiana 46534 30844 IU Health Physicians Primary Care 506 Michigan St., Walkerton, Indiana 46574 30972 IU Health Urgent Care at LifePlex - 2855 Miller Dr., Ste. 119, Plymouth, Rural Health Clinic Indiana 46563 34583 IU Health Southern Indiana 8695 W. Jack Carnes Way, French Lick, Physicians-French Lick Indiana 47432 34587 IU Health SIP Mitchell 105 Teke Burton, Mitchell, Indiana 47446 34589 IU Health SIP - Bedford Judah 200 Judah Medical Dr., Bedford, Indiana 47421 34949 IU Health Arnett Medical Offices- 810 S. Sixth Street, Monticello, Indiana Monticello 47960 34951 IU Health Arnett- Frankfort 550 S. Hoke Avenue, Frankfort, Indiana 46041 35046 IU Health Blackford County Cardiac 1709 North Walnut St., Hartford City, Rehab Indiana 47348 35047 Mutli Specialty Clinic 1710 South Spiceland Road, New Castle, Indiana 47362 35048 Cancer Center Forest Ridge 2200 Forest Ridge Parkway # 120, New Castle, Indiana 47362 35983 IU Health SIP Gosport 7 East Main Street, Gosport, Indiana 47433 35984 IU Health SIP- Nashville 103 W. Willow Suite A, Nashville, Indiana 47448 35985 IU Health SIP- Spencer 9 Crane Avenue, Spencer, Indiana 47460 39960 IU Health Radiation and Oncology 9149 State Rd. 37, Bedford, Indiana 47421 39971 IU Health Southern Indiana Pediatrics 1614 25th St., Bedford, Indiana 47421 (SIIP) 50676 IU Health Southern Indiana Pediatrics- 1949 Hospital Drive, Martinsville, Indiana Martinsville 46151 61174 IU Health - Ball Memorial Hospital 2401 W. University Ave., Muncie, Indiana 47303 61185 IU Health Methodist Hospital 1701 North Senate, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 61197 IU Health Arnett Hospital 5165 McCarty Ln., Lafayette, Indiana 47905 61198 IU Health West Hospital 1111 Ronald Reagan Pkwy, Avon, Indiana 46123 61199 IU Health Riley Hospital for Children 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 61200 IU Health North Hospital 11700 North Meridian Street, Carmel, Indiana 46032 61290 IU Health Saxony Hospital 13000 East 136th Street, Fishers, Indiana 46037 61335 IU Health 731 W Henry St Data Center 731 West Henry, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 .
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