Limited Competition for AHRQ Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information Technology Implementation Grants

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	Federal Grant Title:	Limited Competition for AHRQ Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information Technology Implementation Grants
	CFDA Number:	93.22693.879
	CFDA Description:	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes 93.879 Medical Library Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-HS-05-013
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Nov 30, 2004
	Creation Date:	Nov 30, 2004
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 14, 2005
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	May 14, 2005
	Expected Number of Awards:	14
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: In 2004, AHRQ awarded 38 THQIT planning grants (P20s) under RFA-HS-04-010 for planning activities. Support was provided for planning activities related to the development of their HIT capabilities for improving patient safety and quality of care. This RFA is a competitive continuation that extends these activities and only current recipients of the initial THQIT planning grants are eligible to apply. The purpose of these awards is to allow these grantees to build on their current work in progress and to build their HIT infrastructure and data sharing capacity among clinical provider organizations in their communities. Because the existing THQIT recipients possess the implementation project objectives to enable them to build on the existing work and because continuity in the project is required, this is a limited competition. At least 2 of the required minimum of 3 partner institutions which are participants in the AHRQ THQIT planning grant must remain in the current application. In addition, ongoing evaluation of the THQIT program requires a longer period of funding be in place for the current awardees in order to determine the appropriate structure for future Agency programs of a similar nature. Because this RFA is intended to increase the availability of HIT in the US, no awards will be made to foreign institutions. Foreign institutions may participate in projects as members of consortia or as subcontractors only. Organizations described in sections 501(c) 4 of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying are not eligible. (See December 6, 1999, AHRQ reauthorization at http://www.a! hrq.gov/hrqa99a.htm. The following eligible institutions/partnership configurations are acceptable for this RFA: 1. The 38 THQIT Planning Grant institutions that received grants in response to RFA HS-04-010, or 2. Partnership configurations in which the original partners participating in the original THQIT grant change. This option requires that the original grantee institution remain a member of the applicant team. Also, as noted above, at least 2 of the 3 original partner institutions must remain. Eligible institutions may propose a change in Principal Investigator/Program Director. Justification for such changes must be provided.
Grant Description: The Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Information Technology (THQIT) program is aimed at improving health care quality and patient safety by promoting the development, adoption, and diffusion of health IT in a variety of important health care settings. This initiative will include a special focus on small and rural hospitals. This RFA will use the Cooperative Agreement (UC1) award mechanism. AHRQ intends to commit up to $7 million in FY 2005 to fund up to fourteen new grants in response to this RFA.
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