Cooperative Agreement U01HL077872

This $186,728 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services under the National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225) aims to design, implement, and evaluate a novel intervention to improve linkage to care for people experiencing homelessness after emergency department discharge. The project will (1) understand facilitators and barriers to linkage-to-care for this population through patient and stakeholder interviews, and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Project Grant award for $291,703 will contribute to the development of a comprehensive modeling and solution framework for generating annual rotation schedules for family medicine residents under the Clinic First model of training. The goal is to enhance residents' outpatient clinic experiences, better prepare them for primary care careers, and help address the nationwide shortage of primary care...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, TX $248,310 to research and develop technologies and practices that enable remote physicians to collaborate with nurses at local sites to perform medical physical examinations. The key products and services to be delivered include: The project will investigate touch sensing and display technologies, interaction methodologies and designs,...

This $149,982 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support research to optimize sociotechnical interventions aimed at improving healthcare access by addressing transportation disadvantage (TD). The work will: 1) advance knowledge on the socioecological factors of TD through stakeholder engagement; 2) develop community sensing methods to address the lack of granular TD/social determinants of health...

This $577,978 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will fund a 4-year research project focused on improving access to in-center hemodialysis for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The primary goals are to: Quantify social risk factors, including transportation insecurity, and their association with hemodialysis outcomes in a...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the federal Medical Library Assistance program (CFDA 93.879) provides $838,588 to Pace University to design and develop an evidence-based cognitive aid for prehospital providers to improve the treatment of pediatric patients. The key objectives are to: Characterize medical errors in prehospital care of children through a "human-in-the-loop" computational approach. Design and develop...

This $812,343 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will fund a multicenter, simulation-based randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of teleconsultation with pediatric emergency physicians in reducing serious safety events during prehospital transport of critically ill infants and children. The study aims to generate the first efficacy evidence for teleconsultation...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau, under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program, will support the continued growth of the graduate medical education program at Beebe Medical Center, Inc. in Lewes, Delaware. The funding will enable the construction of a new 32,000 square foot primary care facility that will serve as the training site for Beebe's family medicine residency program. This state-of-the-art...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $558,000 project grant to Atrium Health Navicent (AHN) to decommission four existing high-mileage ambulances and replace them with four new 2024 Ford high-top T350 ambulances equipped with Stryker power loading systems. AHN, the leading healthcare provider in Central and South Georgia, will utilize this funding to improve its Emergency Medical Services (AHN EMS) capabilities,...

This $2,975,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the replacement of outdated hospital beds at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The hospital currently uses five different models of beds across its maternity, telemetry, intensive care, and medical-surgical units, which creates burdens for clinicians and lacks ergonomic, comfort, and safety features....