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Category Archives: Funding

Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement for round two of the Health Care Innovation Awards. View the announcement.

Posted on May 16, 2013

USDA Announces the Availability of Grants to Improve Health Care Services in the DELTA Region

See the attached notification of available grant funding for the Delta region of Missouri.

Posted on Apr 02, 2013

2013 NURSE Corps Scholarship Program Application Cycle Opens 3/5/13

The 2013 NURSE Corps Scholarship Program (formerly known as the Nursing Scholarship Program) application cycle is now open. The deadline to apply is May 2, at 7:30 pm, ET. To learn more about program eligibility and requirements, visit: http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/Nursing/guidance.pdf.

The Nursing Scholarship Program (NSP) and Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) have a new name and identity. These programs now fall under NURSE Corps: Caring for Communities in Need. Through the NURSE Corps Scholarship Program and the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program, NURSE Corps is empowering and enabling nurses to follow their passion for helping and healing others. While the name may be new, these are still the same great programs which have supported a community of nurses who provide quality health care to underserved areas throughout the U.S. and its Territories since 2002.

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Posted on Mar 06, 2013

ORHP Funding Opportunity: Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Development Program

ATTENTION:

The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is pleased to announce the release of the FY 2013 Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program (Announcement number: HRSA-13-251).  The purpose of this one-time funding opportunity is to support formal rural health networks that focus on activities relating to the recruitment, education, training, and retention of HIT specialists.  This program will provide support to rural health networks that can leverage and enhance existing HIT training materials to develop formal training programs, which will provide instructional opportunities to current health care staff, local displaced workers, rural residents, veterans, and other potential students. Funded projects will have rural health networks partner with an accredited rural or rural-serving educational institution, such as a community, technical, or vocational college.  The educational institution must either have an established HIT curriculum or be in the process of developing one at the time of submission.  They must also demonstrate how the curriculum aligns with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) modules.  These formal training programs will result in the development of a cadre of HIT workers who can help rural hospitals and clinics implement and maintain systems and meet EHR meaningful use standards. 

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Posted on Feb 20, 2013

Rural health saved from fiscal cliff

View the NRHA today article on “Rural Fiscal Cliff Averted”.

Posted on Jan 03, 2013

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Weekly Digest Bulletin

Submit your application for potential membership on two new consumer-focused HIT FACA Workgroups

Submit your application for potential membership on two new consumer-focused HIT FACA Workgroups

The HIT FACA Committees are forming two new consumer focused workgroups, the HIT Policy Committee’s Consumer Empowerment Workgroup and the HIT Standards Committee’s Consumer Technology Workgroup. 

HIT Policy Committee’s Consumer Empowerment Workgroup will be charged with providing recommendations on policy issues and opportunities for strengthening the ability of consumers, patients, and lay caregivers to manage health and health care for themselves or others.  Examples of issues to be covered include patient generation of their health data, incorporating patient preferences into care plans, and new types/sources of patient data.    

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Posted on Dec 24, 2012

ORHP Funding Opportunity Announcement: Small Healthcare Provider Quality Program (HRSA-13-159)

The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is pleased to announce the release of the FY 2013 Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement (Rural Quality) Grant Program (announcement number: HRSA-13-159).  The purpose of the Rural Quality Program is to provide support to rural primary care providers for implementation of quality improvement activities.  The ultimate goal of the program is to promote the development of an evidence-based culture and delivery of coordinated care in the primary care setting.  Additional objectives of the program include:  improved health outcomes for patients; enhanced chronic disease management; and better engagement of patients and their caregivers.  Organizations participating in the program are required to use health information technology (HIT) to collect and report data.  HIT may include an electronic patient registry (EPR) or an electronic health record (EHR), and is a critical component for improving quality and patient outcomes.  It is expected that organizations will have implemented an HIT system by the time of award.  Sustainability is also beginning to be an emphasis of this program.  It is a priority of the ORHP for grantees to sustain improvements, integrate quality improvement into their organizations, and spread quality improvement efforts to other conditions and populations.  Applicants may propose funding for up to three (3) years from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2016. The maximum award is up to $150,000 per year.  We expect to fund approximately 40 grantees.

To access and download the funding announcement, please click on:  http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=QRn6Q5JLyLTL1dC8mhnPN6ybyyzK2pBQ6prhhsnHncG6xjLjf2Tk!1106321451?oppId=209114&mode=VIEW

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Posted on Dec 04, 2012