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Behavioral Health and Justice Simulation Central Jump Trading Center will open at OSF Saint Francis in Peoria T COM-Rockford houses new "central command center" to rehabilitate offenders HE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AT ROCKFORD on June 7 celebrated the opening of a new office in Rockford that now serves as the Illinois justice system's "central command center" in the campaign to rehabilitate criminal offenders who suffer from mental illness or drug addiction. According to a 2009 study published in Psychiatric Services, about 14.5 percent of men and 31 percent of women booked into county jails have a serious mental illness. The center will equip all Illinois counties to respond to the needs of criminal offenders with behavioral health disorders. "Offenders with mental health disorders often continue to commit nonviolent crimes, resulting in repeated incarceration periods and increasing prison costs that could be avoided with proper diversion," says Jack Cutrone, executive director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, which performs research aimed at improving the system. The Center of Excellence will provide technical assistance and training to improve the justice system's and treatment providers' ability to respond to such offenders. "The best way to be tough on crime is to be smart on crime," Cutrone says. Winnebago County, which col- laborated with the Criminal Justice Information Authority and the Depart- ment of Human Services to establish the center, won a $260,000 federal justice assistance grant in June 2011 to fund its creation. Trading donated $25 million for the facility through an effort organized by managing partner Bill DiSomma. DiSomma developed a close relationship with OSF Saint Francis after his daughter was severely injured, sustain- ing major injuries to her spine, ribs, kidney and spleen, in an accident on her family's farm in downstate Cuba, Ill. She received extensive medical care at OSF Saint Francis, a teaching hospital affiliated with the College of Medicine. Jump Trading Simulation Center seeks to be a leader in training medical professionals through cutting-edge technology and simulated clinical scenarios, which are used in medical education to give both clinicians in training and students an idea of how patients present their medical conditions and how they respond to treatment. This back- ground enables them to practice techniques safely before trying them out on real-life patients. "This is a dream I have had for years, that an academic medical center of our size finally will have a place to show T off its professional and academic achievements," says Keith Steffen, CEO of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, when Jump Trading gave the gift. "It will be a place that promotes training and education and that ultimately improves safety by caregivers at all levels of the medical center." "Jump Trading is an opportunity to use simulation to directly improve the health and well-being of our region as well as an opportunity for research and innovation that will change the way medicine is practiced, here in Peoria, across the U.S. and potentially across the world," adds Sara Rusch, MD, regional dean of the College of Medicine at Peoria. "The brightest and best physicians will be attracted by the opportunity to learn in a modern setting using the latest in technology and simulation equipment. This in turn will provide higher-quality patient care and better patient outcomes. Jump Trading's remarkable gift will have a lasting impact on medical education and on our community." The center will become a leader in training clinicians and students through simulated scenarios, as depicted in this rendering. HE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE in Peoria and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center on Sept. 16, 2011, celebrated the groundbreaking of the Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center on the OSF Saint Francis campus. A high-frequency proprietary trading firm with more than 200 employees, Chicago-based Jump The Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center is expected to open its doors in April 2013. 8 | FALL 2012 PHOTO: DARYL WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY