>>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW FOR THEBUSINESS OF HEALTH BROUGHT TOYOU BY HENDRICKS REGIONALHEALTH.
IU IS GETTING BEHIND ONE OF THENATION'S LARGEST STATE-BASEDRESPONSES TO THE OPIOIDADDICTION EPIDEMIC.
THROUGH ITS GRAND CHALLENGESINITIATIVE, IU IS PUMPING $50MILLION INTO AN INITIATIVEFOCUSED ON ONE OF THE STATE'S
MOST URGENT ISSUES.FOR MORE ON THE INVESTMENT ANDTHE GOALS OF THE INITIATIVE, I'MPLEASED TO WELCOME IU VICE
PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH FRED CATEAND IU HEALTH CCEO DENNISMURPHY.GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE
PROGRAM.FRED, I WILL START WITH YOU.THIS GRAND CHALLENGE INITIATIVEREALLY AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AND
I YOU FOCUSING ON REALLY BIGCHALLENGES OF THE OPIOIDADDICTION EPIDEMIC FITS THEBILL.
>> IT MIGHT BE THE BIGGESTCHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THECOMPLEXITY, BUT ALSO IT'S REALLYAFFIXING -- AFFECTING USURERS
ALL ACROSS THE STATE.>> $50 MILLION OVER FIVEYEARS, 13 MILLION HAS ALREADYBEEN OR IS BEING DEPLOYED.
TALK ABOUT THE MONEY AND HOW ITWILL BE USED.>> LIKE IN OUR PRIOR GRANDCHALLENGES WHEN WE FOCUSED ON
HIRING PEOPLE AND BRINGING MORETALENT MOST OF THE MONEY ISGOING INTO PROJECTS ON THEGROUND THAT WE WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.13 HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THEFIRST ROUND OF PROJECTS AND YOUCOULD SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES
RIGHT NOW ALL THE WAY FROMHELPING TO COLLECT BETTER DATA,WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS INTHE FIELD SO WE HAVE EXPERT
CONSULTATION SO EVEN IF YOU ARENOT AN ADDICTION SPECIALIST YOUCAN PROVIDE ADDICTION SERVICESWHERE YOU ARE.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLSWORKING ON EDUCATION AND DATACOLLECTION THERE ABOUT WHATWORKS AND WE ARE EXPANDING
ACROSS THE STATE AND ALSOLOOKING AT POLICY ISSUES WHEREIS STATE LAW MAY GET IN THE WAYOF DEALING WITH ADDICTIONS AND A
LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN THE LAWWORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR ANDTHE LEGISLATURE CAN MAKE ADIFFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE.
>> IU HEALTH A KEYCOLLABORATOR AND PARTNER ONTHIS.TALK ABOUT YOUR EXTENSIVE
NETWORK AND YOUR MASSIVEFOOTPRINT AND HOW YOU WILL BEINVOLVED.>> WE ARE THE STATES BIGGEST
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SO WE FEELTHAT THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITYTHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE ADIFFERENCE IN THIS SPACE SO WE
FEEL OURSELVES IN PARTNERSHIPWITH THE UNIVERSITY AS THELEARNING LABORATORY WHERE ALL OFTHE WORK AND THE IDEA THAT'S
BEING GENERATED OUT OF THESEPROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ROUTESO WE SEE OURSELVES AS THEACTIVATION ARM OF THIS
INITIATIVE AND AS FRED SAID,THIS KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES SO WESEE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE RURALFACILITIES, URBAN FACILITIES,
HOSPITALS, PHYSICIAN OFFICES,LOTS OF PLACES WE CAN HAVE ANIMPACT.>> IN MANY RESPECTS ARE YOU
HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND FACILITIESAROUND THE STATE ARE ON THEFRONT LINES OF THIS CHALLENGEAND THAT I THINK WOULD BE A
VALUABLE PART OF THIS.>> WE SEE THIS EVERY DAY ANDEVERY HOUR WHETHER IT'S OUREMERGENCY ROOMS WHERE YOU ARE
DELIVERING DRUGS OR MATERNITYWARD OR NEONATAL UNITS WHERE YOUSEE BABIES IMPACTED BY THIS.AND SO THIS FOR US IS CORE TO
INNOVATING AND REALLY FIGURINGOUT NEW SOLUTIONS TO WHAT IS ANEXCEEDINGLY COMPLEX PROBLEM.>> FRED, AS YOU LOOK AT
MEASURING OUTCOMES, HOW WILL YOUMEASURE THIS?>> WE HOPE TO DO IT IN A LOTOF WAYS.
WE WANT TO SEE A REDUCTION INTHE NUMBER OF HOOSIERS WHO AREADDICTED.WE WANT TO SEE A REDUCTION IN
DEATHS TO OVERDOSES AND AREDUCTION TO THE NUMBER OFBABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO AREADDICTED AND TRANSFERRING THAT
TO THE BABY.ALSO LOOKING AT MEASURES AROUNDSPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND HOWMANY OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS ARE
UNDER, CAN WE REDUCE THAT NUMBERAND CAN WE MEASURE THE SUCCESSOF SPECIFIC INITIATIVES TOINVEST MORE IN THE THINGS THAT
WORK AND BACK AWAY FROM THETHINGS THAT DON'T WORK.>> QUICKLY DENNIS, MANY TIMESINDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTION
ISSUES HAVE OTHER ISSUES AS WELLAND THAT MAY BE A BYPRODUCT.>> WE REALLY SEE THIS AS NOTJUST AN ADDICTION PROGRAM, BUT
REALLY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMBECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITHDEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND AWHOLE SET OF ISSUES AND THEN THE
IMPACT OF ADDICTION LEADS TO AWHOLE SET OF OTHER CLINICALISSUES SO IT IS REALLY HOW YOUCREATE A BROAD-BASED PROGRAM
AROUND ALL OF IT.