FW: Funding Opportunity for HIT in Ambulatory Care Settings

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Dear Colleagues, here is an RFP from AHRQ that you may be interested in. Definately a research RFP! Many thanks for Prosser at NACHC and Marcia Gomez at the Bureau of Primary Health Care for passing this along. See below for additional information and the link to the web site for full info.

Bobbi

Dear health centers, health center networks, PCAs, and others:

We wanted to make sure you are aware of these recently announced funding opportunities by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality. Please pass this on to others who may be interested!

AHRQ To Fund Studies on Safety and Quality in Ambulatory Care Settings

AHRQ will fund up to $26 million in new research projects to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care. Four separate funding opportunity announcements under AHRQ's new Ambulatory Safety and Quality grant program were published in the December 5 NIH Guide.

Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Improving Quality through Clinician Use of Health IT will provide $9 million to fund 20-40 new projects intended to support the development of health IT to assist clinicians, practices, and systems improve the quality and safety of care delivery and medication management. The deadline to submit an application is February 14, 2007.

Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Enabling Quality Measurement through Health IT will provide $6.8 million to fund 12-24 new projects to support the development of health IT to assist clinicians, practices, and systems measure the quality and safety of care in ambulatory care settings. The deadline to submit an application is February 13, 2007.

Ambulatory Care Patient Safety Proactive Risk Assessment will provide $4 million to support 20 projects to support proactive risk assessments and model risks and known hazards that threaten patient safety. The deadline to submit an application is February 16, 2007.

Ambulatory Safety and Quality: Enabling Patient-Centered Care through Health IT will provide $6 million to fund 15-20 demonstration projects that will explore the use of health IT and related policies and practices to establish and enhance patient-centered care. The deadline to submit an application is February 15, 2007. Follow this link for more information on all of these funding announcements (http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/grantix.htm) and instructions on electronic submission of applications. Please visit this link for information on technical assistance conference calls scheduled in early Jan.

Proser

Director of Policy Research

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

1400 Eye Street, NW, Suite 330

Washington, DC 20005

202.296.1960 direct

202.296.3526 fax

mproser@...

www.nachc.com

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