Purpose

To position Indiana as a premier state for the creation and growth of the health and life sciences industry.

Mission and Goals

The Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF) is a not-for-profit, private sector organization, and its members represent a private/public alliance of manufacturers, suppliers, educational institutions, health care providers, service providers and government.

Since it was incorporated in December of 1994, IHIF has worked to define the factors that lead to economic development success in Indiana’s already significant health industry, and then to build programs supporting future growth for the industry in the state.

IHIF has acted as a catalyst, convener, innovator, coordinator and supporter of initiatives that advance the state's health-related enterprises. It has brought together diverse corporate, academic and public entities, and heightened the general public’s awareness of the health industry's growth potential and economic benefits.

All IHIF efforts are directed toward achieving its strategic goals:

• Sustaining Indiana’s state investment in the industry’s future through programs such as the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund.


• Shaping a vision for Indiana’s economic development that focuses on the health and life sciences industry.


• Increasing the strength of Indiana health industry networks to build successful collaborations and to support the creation of new businesses.


• Supporting the industry’s growth by stimulating the creation of effective workforce development programs.

IHIF collaborates with both public and private economic development organizations, industry advocates, academe, and corporations large and small. In this umbrella role, the organization serves as a clearinghouse and broker of resources and information, as well as a spokesman on issues facing the industry.