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ORHP announces the guidance release of the Small Healthcare Provider Quality Improvement Program. The synopsis of this opportunity may be found here; or go to www.grants.gov and search using the CFDA number: 93.912 or the Announcement Number: HRSA-10-045. The deadline to submit an application is March 15th, 2010. For further information, please contact Elizabeth Rezai-zadeh, erezai@hrsa.gov.

Health Information Technology Implementation for Health Center Controlled Networks

Total of $ 88 million in Recovery Act funds to be distributed through an estimated 36 awards. FQHCs may apply for funds to enhance their capacity to provide additional HIT services in support of Recovery Act-funded acquisitions of HIT and EHR systems by community health centers and health center-controlled networks. Funding will be distributed in two categories: HIT implementation and EHR implementation. Deadline is February 5, 2010.

HIT News: Beacon Communities Funding Announcement

The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program will provide funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of the future where hospitals, clinicians and patients are meaningful users of health IT, and together the community achieves measurable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health.

Awards will be made in the form of cooperative agreements to 15 qualified non-profit organizations or government entities representing geographic health care communities.

Individually and in aggregate, the Beacon Communities will generate and disseminate valuable lessons learned that will be applicable to the rest of the nation’s communities as they strive to build and leverage their health IT infrastructure for healthcare improvement. The Beacon Community Program will include 0 million in grants to build and strengthen health IT infrastructure and health information exchange capabilities, including strong privacy and security measures for data exchange, within 15 communities. An additional million will be provided for technical assistance to the communities and to evaluate the success of the program. 

 For more information, go to: http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1422&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=4&mode=2&in_hi_userid=10741&cached=true

Grantee Directory for 2009 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program

The directory lists all current Outreach grantees, with a brief description of each project, contact information and more. You should have received an electronic copy from your Project Officer; it will also be posted on the Office of Rural Health Policy website, www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov. Hard copies are available by request from your Project Officer.