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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Rockville, MD 20850

Email Bookmark and Share Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)

Web site Link to program web site
Type Grant or contract
Sponsor Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Deadline October 16, 2010
November 17, 2011
Tagged keywords Health Care Quality, National, Patient Safety, Research, Technology
Description The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support a wide variety of research designs in order to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care through the implementation and use of health IT. These designs include: small pilot and feasibility or self-contained health IT research projects; secondary data analysis of health IT research; and economic (prospective or retrospective) analyses of health IT implementation and use. Through economic analyses estimates of health IT implementation and use costs and benefits will be generated.

Research Areas. This FOA is focused on three research areas of interest:

  • Health IT to improve the quality and safety of medication management via the integration and utilization of medication management systems and technologies;
  • Health IT to support patient-centered care, the coordination of care across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of care; and,
  • Health IT to improve health care decision making through the use of integrated data and knowledge management.
Amount Total costs are limited to $100,000 over a maximum project period of up to two years.
Geographic Coverage Nationwide
Eligibility You may submit an application(s) if your domestic institution/organization is a:
  • Public or non-profit private institution, such as a university, college, or a faith-based or community-based organization;
  • Units of local or State government;
  • Eligible agencies of the Federal government.
  • Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized);
  • Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized);
  • Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations.

AHRQ's authorizing legislation does not allow for-profit organizations to be eligible to lead applications under this research mechanism, thus for the purpose of this FOA, AHRQ will make grants only to non-profit organizations. For-profit organizations may participate in projects as members of consortia or as subcontractors only. Because the purpose of this program is to improve health care in the United States, foreign institutions may participate in projects as members of consortia or as subcontractors only. Applications submitted by for-profit organizations or foreign institutions will not be reviewed. Organizations described in section 501(c) 4 of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying are not eligible.

Instructions To download a SF424 (R&R) Application Package and SF424 (R&R) Application Guide for completing the SF424 (R&R) forms for this opportunity, use the Apply for Grant Electronically button at the Program web site or link to Grants.gov at: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42968. Application Due Date(s): Standard dates apply, please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
Contacts

Direct your questions about general or programmatic FOA issues to:

Angela Lavanderos
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships

Health Information Technology
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Telephone: (301) 427-1505
Fax: (301) 427-1597
E-mail address: Angela.Lavanderos@ahrq.hhs.gov

CFDA 93.226

Last updated June 29, 2010