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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPurdue University has received another shot of money to find ways to use engineering principles to improve health care.
The Regenstrief Foundation has donated $2.45 million to improve cancer care, patient scheduling, and phone- and internet-based health care, Purdue officials announced this morning.
The Indianapolis-based foundation, which helped launch Purdue’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering in 2005, will invest $1.35 million in a joint cancer care- engineering project involving Purdue, Indiana University and the Veterans Affairs Hospital.
The Regenstrief Center at Purdue also will receive $1.1 million to research a more systematic approach to patient scheduling to reduce no-shows at hospitals and clinics.
The Regenstrief Foundation also provides funding for the Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute Inc.
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