Cooperative Agreement HITEP150033

This Project Grant award of $540,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) supports research at Emory University focused on enhancing the security and privacy of electronic health record (EHR) systems. The key objectives of the project are to address two main challenges: (1) the complex correlations in EHR data, including cross-feature, temporal, and cross-modality correlations, and (2) the...

Bronx Rhio 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 NYC Regional Health Information Exchange-Enabled Response and Recovery (HIERR) project. This project will allow Bronx Rhio Inc. to...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $1,113,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Eastern RIO Blanco County Health Service District, doing business as Pioneers Medical Center, a non-profit hospital in Meeker, Colorado. The funding will support the enhancement of Pioneers Medical Center's security infrastructure, including the implementation of Verkada interior and exterior security cameras, an Axis camera station recorder,...

The City of Houston, through its Department of Health and Human Services, was awarded a $4,018,665 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response program (CFDA 93.354). The funding will be used to enhance the city's public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities across several critical domains, including mass community testing, case investigation and contact tracing, isolation and quarantine services,...

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,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) to West Feliciana Parish Hospital, a critical access hospital in Louisiana. The grant funding will be used to enhance the hospital's cybersecurity and digital infrastructure, including replacing a health...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) was awarded a $341,167 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (CFDA 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) to support its Behavioral Health Division and Behavioral Health Training Unit. The grant will be used to strengthen existing training programs and share HCSO's expertise with other agencies, positioning the department as a designated mental health and law...

The District of Columbia Government, through its Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), was awarded a $4,528,230 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (CFDA 97.137). The award, dated December 13, 2024, supports a range of cybersecurity enhancement initiatives for the Washington, D.C. region over a 4-year performance period ending December 12, 2028. Key focus areas include developing governance...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $150,000 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Project Grant (CFDA 93.145) to Sun River Health, Inc. (d/b/a Hudson River Healthcare) to implement an infrastructure development project focused on upgrading the organization's telemedicine security and capacity. Specifically, the grant funding will be used to purchase two new firewall system CPU/hardware units to improve the availability and redundancy of Sun...

The Southeast Colorado Hospital District was awarded a $205,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to fund their "Southeast Colorado Hospital Cybercrime Prevention, Hospital IT Upgrades, and Prevention Renovations Project". The grant will support the purchase of 75 HP desktop computers with security software and 5 managed network switches to enhance the hospital's cybersecurity...