Project Grant FPHPA016123

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...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded a $1,998,660.00 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on September 13, 2024. The grant, funded through the ONC's Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology program (CFDA 93.345), supports the development of innovative solutions to address critical challenges in health information technology...

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...

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 $292,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support the IT infrastructure modernization project for the Apicha Community Health Center (Apicha CHC) in New York City. The funding will be used to upgrade the organization's technology infrastructure, including ensuring continuous power for equipment, establishing redundant IT closets and servers, acquiring upgraded network...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the 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). The grant supports the University of Rochester Medical Center in implementing a Clinical Workflow Change Management Project for two rural healthcare providers, Tri-County Family Medicine and Finger Lakes Health. The key project...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $939,230 project grant to Health TECH Alley Inc. of Columbia, MD under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant will support the "CATALYZING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES" project from April 2021 through October 2022. The project aims to catalyze the use of health information technology in underserved communities to promote economic...

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...

This $4,000,000 Project Grant award under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) was provided by the Department of Health and Human Services to the State of Alaska Department of Health to implement an electronic health record (EHR) system. The grant will fund the replacement of the department's 35-year-old legacy EHR system, which has become difficult to maintain and staffed. The new EHR system is expected to increase the department's efficiency and effectiveness in delivering...

This $700,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (CFDA 93.912 - Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement) aims to enhance the operations and sustainability of the Dallas County Medical Center (DCMC) in Arkansas. The key objectives are to: 1) standardize DCMC's electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) systems across departments to improve efficiency,...