Block Grant H2KIT08688

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded a $999,768 Cooperative Agreement to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (CFDA 93.345) program. The two-year project aims to advance the adoption of Individual Access Services (IAS) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) by...

This federal Project Grant award from the Indian Health Service (CFDA 93.228 - IHS Health Management Development Program) provides $150,000 to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) to digitize their medical records and fully adopt the requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act. The project aims to improve healthcare delivery and patient access to electronic health information (EHI) by transitioning paper records prior to 2017 to an electronic format. This will enable SEARHC to...

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Health Center (FSST HC) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to enhance its technical, operational, and cybersecurity readiness for the implementation of the OCHIN Epic electronic health record (EHR) system. The award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, will fund the acquisition and implementation of mission-critical systems including a purchased and referred...

The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma a 3-year, $300,000 Project Grant under the IHS Tribal Management Grant Program (CFDA 93.228) to modernize the Kickapoo Tribal Health Center's (KTHC) electronic health record (EHR) system. The goal is to strengthen KTHC's health management infrastructure and improve patient care delivery for its 2,500 eligible beneficiaries. The project will address gaps in health IT by implementing a new EHR system to enhance data management,...

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service under the CFDA 93.228 Health Management Development Program. The grant will fund the design and implementation of a modern Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for the tribe's Health and Human Services Department. The new EHR platform will support integrated workflows, improve billing and data reporting, and strengthen overall health...

The Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc. received a $123,809 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement & Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program (CFDA 93.462). The award will support Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc.'s efforts to connect underserved communities and address excess...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a 5-year, $849,993 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Ohio State University to develop an electronic health record (EHR) navigator that collates geriatric care information based on the "4Ms" framework (What Matters, Mentation, Medications, Mobility) to improve hospital care for older adults. The project aims to engage stakeholders, including experts from five national geriatric quality improvement programs, to design the...

This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) is supporting Self Regional Healthcare's Lakelands Collaborative Care Initiative. The initiative aims to expand chronic care management (CCM) services and improve health outcomes for rural residents in...

The Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality awarded Oregon State University a $740,620 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) to evaluate the integration of state prescription drug monitoring programs into electronic health records. Oregon Health & Science University and Comagine Health were named as sub-awardees to provide integration services for OHSU's Epic EHR system and support...

This $249,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Medical Library Assistance (CFDA 93.879) federal grant program supports a data science initiative to transform electronic health records (EHRs) into real-world evidence. The project aims to harmonize data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and EHRs to better emulate RCT findings using EHR data and study patient subgroups excluded from the original trials. Key activities...