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Farmington Economic
Development Department
Breakfast Meeting
October 13, 2010
Farmington Economic
Development Department
Breakfast Meeting
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President for Health Affairs
Dean, School of Medicine
The University of Connecticut
October 13, 2010
Who We Are.
We are proud.
We are the UCONN Health Center.
Our state’s only publicly-funded
academic medical center.
The Only Public tertiary care hospital.
The hub of medical and dental
education, clinical care and research.
Our new TV ad tells the story of our
three-part mission.
I would like to discuss with you.
The new UConn Health Network.
 The renewal of our university
hospital, the John Dempsey Hospital.
 How we will help enhance the
business environment in Farmington
and the surrounding towns.
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How you can help.
History
 As
we embark on this new
chapter for the Health
Center, we are simultaneously
celebrating a milestone that
took place nearly 50 years
ago.
Late spring of 1961.
Connecticut General Assembly
approved legislation.
UConn Schools of Medicine and
Dental Medicine.
Graduating the first classes in 1972.
-the face of healthcare in our state.
-new generations of healthcare
providers in Connecticut
-advanced healthcare services for
citizens
The UConn Health Center:
Connecticut’s Public Academic Health
Center and Hospital
3
Schools: Medicine, Dental
Medicine, Graduate School in
Bio-medical Sciences
 35 % of School of Medicine
graduates and 46% of School of
Dental Medicine graduates
practice in the State
The UConn Health Center:
Connecticut’s Public Academic Health
Center and Hospital
 58%
of the State’s dentists are
School of Dental Medicine
graduates
 For Fall Semester 2010, majority of
students are Connecticut residents
 Residency Training: 694 medical and
dental residents training in local
hospitals
Clinical Services
John Dempsey Hospital (JDH): 224bed acute care university teaching
hospital
 In FY 09, 22.8% Medicaid inpatient
days as a percentage of total patient
days
 UConn Medical Group (UMG):
region’s largest multi-specialty
clinical practice

Clinical Services
UConn Dental Clinics: Connecticut’s
single largest provider of dental
services for the under and uninsured;
68% Medicaid recipients –
 In addition, University Dentists: our
comprehensive practice – provides
complete care for patients in the
region

Notable Clinical Strengths
 We
are home to the only full
service Emergency
Department in the Farmington
Valley — staffed entirely by
board-certified emergency
medicine physicians and
highly trained staff.
 Our
cardiology outpatient and
inpatient service — the Pat
and Jim Calhoun Cardiology
Center
 —honored by the American
Heart Association for
exemplary care for patients
with heart failure.
 The
only freestanding center for
musculoskeletal health in the
region and its director, Dr. Jay
Lieberman — a joint replacement
specialist — was recently
honored with the Urist Award,
one of the most prestigious
national awards in Orthopedic
Surgery.
More
physicians on
the prestigious
America’s Top Doctors
list than any other
hospital in the region.
Economic Driver
 Major
employer: more than 5300
employees working on our
campus and across the State
 Major
contributor to
Connecticut’s economy:
Generate nearly $1 billion in
Gross State Product
Economic Driver
 Workforce
development: Major
producer of physicians and
dentist who practice in the state
 UCHC
represents ½ of the
University of Connecticut, ½ of
its budget, ½ of its employees
and ½ of its research portfolio.
Research Strengths
 The
Health Center ended our last
fiscal year on June 30th with
more than $100 million in
extramural research funding.
Huge accomplishment.
Research Strengths

This fall, four of our most prominent
— and growing — research centers
moved across the street to the new
Cell and Genome Sciences Building
where there is also incubator space
for new bioscience start-ups.
We’re very encouraged about these
endeavors.
Over
the past decade,
the Health Center budget shortfalls
structural challenges …
 small and encumbered
with low-profit services
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC),
UCHC has implemented $100
million in operating expense
reductions and revenue
enhancements.
PwC had predicted unless and
until the underlying causes of
these operating losses are
corrected.
Dialogue Begins
The Health Center’s
need for deficit
appropriations began a
multi-year dialogue
about how to fix the
problem.
In 2007, we proposed building
a larger replacement hospital
on this campus.
In 2009, we proposed creating
a partnership with Hartford
Healthcare, Corp (which many
I shared with you last fall).
Neither of gained sufficient
consensus and support
— clear findings from the
Connecticut Academy of
Science and Engineering in
2007 that verified the need
for new clinical facilities
on this campus.
2010: A Bold Solution
March -Governor M. Jodi
Rell, backing of all
regional hospitals,
announced a new path
forward .
Coined the term UConn
Health Network.
2010: A Bold Solution
--Represents
a new era of
cooperation among regional
hospitals
-- combined with state bond
funds for the renewal of John
Dempsey Hospital
--provide funding for related
clinical, research and academic
initiatives in the region.
Plan was approved by the
General Assembly in May and
signed by Governor Rell in June –
Here at the Health Center.
Moving forward however with any
new state bonding funds is
contingent upon the UCHC
securing $100m in non –state
funds.
The creation of a new
hospital tower plus the
renovation of a significant
portion of JDH serves is the
cornerstone of our success
going forward:
 Financial
stability to all UCHC
operations, including the Schools
of Medicine and Dental Medicine,
the Graduate School in Biomedical
Sciences, John Dempsey Hospital
and the UConn Medical Group;
 Sustaining and expanding access to
tertiary, specialty, primary and
oral health care.

Improving the quality of the medical and
dental schools by recruiting and retaining
outstanding students, residents, fellows
and faculty;

Creating a supportive environment an
emerging translational research program;

Serving increasingly important role
state’s system of care by strengthening
the services of UCHC and other health
care providers throughout the state.
Comprehensive application to
the federal Health Resources
and Services Administration
for a $100 million federal
grant to support the
construction of a new patient
tower on this campus and
renovations
The state legislation that
passed gives us the authority
to move forward
planning and design.
Architectural planning firm
selected.
The Renewal of John Dempsey Hospital
Renovate existing space within our
hospital
Construct a new, 169-bed tower.
Critical piece: the assumption of the
licensure of 30 Neonatal Intensive
Care (NICU) beds and 10 beds from
the Special Care Nursery to
Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center.
Beds will stay here – where
neonatology started in northern
Connecticut – but will be licensed
to and operated by Connecticut
Children’s.
Connecticut Children’s at UConn
Health Center.
Efforts will ultimately allow us to
add 50 new adult medicalsurgical beds into our mix,
Allow us to offer private, stateof-the-art rooms for patients
with additional space for
teaching and research
collaborations.
Ultimately
Solving Structural Deficit
Med-Surg Size
Distribution of Services
Elements of the UConn Health Network
The UConn Health Network is a
series of regional initiatives with
local hospitals and healthcare
organizations. All are designed to
address pressing healthcare
needs. The legislation provides
funding – in some cases “start
up” funding – for these projects
including:
Connecticut Institute for Primary
Care Innovation (CIPCI)
 Based
at St. Francis Hospital
and Medical Center
 Focused on addressing the
growing shortage of primary
care physicians
 Innovative models of training
and improving patient care
Center for Education, Simulation and
Innovation (CESI)
 Hartford
Hospital
 Enhanced with cutting-edge
resources< train next
generation surgeons in the
robotic/minimally invasive
techniques and innovations
Center of Excellence on Health
Disparities Research
 Focused
on addressing
problems of inequality in
health care, with support
from the Cobb Institute of
the National Medical
Association
Center of Excellence on Health
Disparities Research
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Within five years, the Center would
be supported by over $4.5M in
external grant funding,
corresponding to over 80 new jobs
for the region
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Addressing Health Disparities/Savings
in Capital and Suffering
National Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Cancer centers in the region to work
together, as one entity, to seek
designation as a National Institutes
of Health Comprehensive Cancer
Center.
 Put region on par with nationallyrecognized cancer centers, which
serve as destinations for excellence
in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment.
National Comprehensive Cancer Center
Brings together all the highly
accomplished cancer Will contribute
to efforts to attract federal and
private sector funds for large-scale
clinical trials related to cancer care,
screening, and prevention
 Considerable potential for job
creation through enhanced research
contracts and grants

Connecticut Institute for Clinical and
Translational Science (CICATS)
 Launched
in 2009
 Educating and nurturing new
scientists throughout the region
 Focused on increasing the
number of clinical and
translational research projects in
the greater Hartford area –
particularly large-scale projects
Connecticut Institute for Clinical and
Translational Science (CICATS)
Master of Science Degree in Clinical
and Translational Research
 Development of Participants Clinical
Interactions Resources
 Development of Region Wide
Expertise in Clinical Research
 NIH Grant 50MM Submitted
Yesterday.
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Biosciences Enterprise Zone
 Intended
to attract new
commercial investment into
the area, with a particular
focus in Farmington, New
Britain, Bristol and
Hartford.
Biosciences Enterprise Zone
 The
biomedical research activity
of the University of Connecticut
is envisioned as a stimulus for
the Biomedical Enterprise Zone,
with technology transfer linkages
being pursued to commercialize
University based biomedical
research.
Regional Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit Program
 Integrating
care with Connecticut
Children's
 Provides comprehensive, solesource NICU services in the
region and improves
accessibility, efficiency, and
continuity of care
Regional Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit Program
Attracts highest quality
pediatricians, obstetricians, and
other clinical health care
professionals to the greater Hartford
area
 Drives more grant opportunities to
the region
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Connecticut Institute for Nursing
Excellence

Based at the UConn School of Nursing
in Storrs, the Institute will explore
new ways to enhance the
recruitment, education, and
retention of nurses and nursing
faculty throughout the region.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
is
 -planning phase for a comprehensive
community cancer center
 bring new levels of service expertise
and access to care to patients
throughout Central Connecticut and
beyond.

Bristol Hospital
 The
UConn Health Network
also supports patient room
renovations at Bristol
Hospital.
Community Health Centers
 Two
of Hartford’s community
health centers and the
Hispanic Health Council that
serve at-risk populations also
receive support resulting from
the establishment of the
UConn Health Network.
By 2030,
-6,818
new jobs will be generated.
This (Connecticut Center for
Economic Analysis)
--2100
construction jobs the renewal
project will create.
Also,
estimates regarding state
output project that the new
hospital, together with the
UConn Health Network
components, will generate
$994 million annually in new
output.
Farmington
A financially solid academic
center is a dynamic force for
economic growth. As we grow
and recruit more physicians,
scientists, nurses and other staff,
there is a clear benefit to our
hometown and the surrounding
area.
This project, with its capacity to bring financial
viability to our hospital, represents the future
of our enterprise and those we serve.
This is an opportunity not just to improve, but
to transform. Uniquely positioned as the state’s
only public academic medical center, UCHC is
now also uniquely positioned for a true
partnership with the federal government, our
state government, teaching affiliates and
community partners statewide.
How you can help:
Support the UCONN Health
Center
This is Your Health Center.
Talk About the Health Center
Be a Part of Its Future
2nd Annual
WHITE COAT GALA
to benefit the UConn Health Center
on the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary
Save the Date!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
7 p.m. Cocktails, 8 p.m. Dinner, Program and Live Auction
Honorees
James Calhoun
Marja M. Hurley, M.D.
Ravindra Nanda, M.D.S., Ph.D.
For Tickets and sponsorship information, please contact
Dina Plapler at 860.679.8077
or [email protected]
We are in an era of renewal
and growth — and look
forward to many successful
years ahead.
Thank you! I’m now happy to
answer your questions.