Project Grant D1BRH20416

This $19,600,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the implementation of an advanced Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system at Cary Medical Center, a rural non-profit hospital in Caribou, Maine. The EMR system will enhance patient information exchange, improve care coordination, and support rural healthcare delivery for the Aroostook County community....

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology awarded a $123,809 cooperative agreement to Healthie Nevada under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement & Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program (CFDA 93.462). The award will support improving data quality to assist public health agencies with contact tracing from January 14, 2021 through July 13, 2022. Specifically,...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under CFDA 93.493 Congressional Directives program, will fund an IT infrastructure modernization project for the Apicha Community Health Center (Apicha CHC) in New York, NY. The $292,000 award, granted on Sep 30, 2024, will enable Apicha CHC to upgrade its technology infrastructure, including adding redundancy to network equipment, upgrading servers and workstations, and improving...

This $1,998,660.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology program (CFDA 93.345) aims to adapt an open-source SMART on FHIR application for 3 behavioral health use cases and pilot it in stand-alone behavioral health clinics with limited health information exchange capabilities. The project, led...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $6,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the Nwti Education Foundation in Springdale, AR. This 3-year grant, with a start date of September 30, 2023 and a completion date of September 29, 2026, will fund the construction and renovation of healthcare facilities, equipment purchases, and other community-based health and social service programs directed by Congress. The Congressional Directives...

This Project Grant award of $9,500,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) was provided to Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, Mississippi. The funding will support the purchase of medical equipment and upgrades to healthcare infrastructure at multiple hospital locations, including: Acquisition of a Cerner electronic health record system, Stryker endoscopy units, and a GE 3D Pristina mammography unit. Upgrade of the...

This $4,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285) to Communityhealth IT, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization based in Florida. The grant supports the expansion and diversification of registered apprenticeship opportunities in the healthcare and information technology sectors, with a focus on developing new apprenticeship programs, creating pre-apprenticeship...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $377,499 project grant to the Morton County Health System in Elkhart, Kansas. The grant funding will be used to acquire essential hospital equipment, including a generator, lab equipment, emergency room stretchers, and a call system. These upgrades aim to enhance the health system's capacity to provide critical healthcare services to the rural population of Morton County and...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support Chi Memorial Hospital-Georgia in Ringgold, GA. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the construction or renovation of healthcare facilities to address critical healthcare needs in the local underserved community. The Congressional Directives program enables Congress to directly invest in specific community...

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...