Project Grant D1BIT16749

Award Summary The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), through its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology program (CFDA 93.345), awarded a $1.998 million cooperative agreement on September 22, 2025, to the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago in partnership with Elimu Informatics, Inc. and Emory Healthcare. The project, titled "Powering Proactive Care: FHIR Subscriptions as the...

This $8,000,000 Congressionally Directed Spending for Construction Projects grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) on September 30, 2023. The grant will support the construction and renovation of healthcare facilities, as well as the purchase of necessary equipment. As a state-controlled institution of higher learning, TTUHSC will leverage its expertise in biomedical...

The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $2,500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant funding will enable CHCC to acquire a new integrated electronic health record (EHR) system from MEDITECH. This system will connect CHCC's remote health centers on Tinian and Rota,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) $5.44 million on August 11, 2025, under the Section 206 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: State Planning Grants to Promote Continuity of Care for Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries program (CFDA 93.694). In partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) as sub-recipient, OHCA will purchase and implement an interoperable electronic health...

The Greater Houston Healthconnect Inc. was awarded a $123,809 cooperative agreement 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 the development of the Healthconnect Electronic Link to Public Health (HELP) application, a public health...

Federal Grant Award Summary Health Tequity LLC received a $769,766 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), announced September 17, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2026. The award supports development and usability assessment of ACTIVATE, an Artificial Intelligence Accessibility Engine (AIA) designed to make digital care coordination accessible to...

This $238,884 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is funding research to assess the efficacy of digital health technologies in low-resource settings. The primary awardee, the University of South Florida, is conducting in-depth interviews and behavioral observations with healthcare providers, patients, and their families to explore how digital health services impact treatment experiences,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $2.325 million through the Telehealth Programs (CFDA 93.211) to the University of Missouri System on September 1, 2025, for a five-year cooperative agreement (completion date: August 31, 2030). The Center for Telehealth Research and Policy (C-TRAP)—a multidisciplinary initiative led by the University of Missouri, Michigan State University, and the University of...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma received a $300,000 Project Grant from the Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The project focuses on modernizing the Kickapoo Tribal Health Center's (KTHC) electronic health record (EHR) system to strengthen operational capacity and service delivery. The three-year initiative addresses critical technology gaps that have...

This $1,933,556 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under its Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) will support research to assess the impact of hospital-based health information technology (hospital-HIT) on healthcare quality and equity for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The primary awardee, the University of Maryland, College Park, will conduct a ten-year longitudinal study to evaluate how hospital-HIT systems that promote care...