HHS Announces $643 million Health Information Technology Extension Program Awardees

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

It is that time of year in the federal funding calendar!

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must obligate its appropriated regular and "Stimulus" funds by 30 September 2010.  It is now April.  Awards must be made soon to clear contracting before October.  Awards will be announced at an accelerated pace ...

... As you will recall from previous MedTech-IQ postings, The HITECH (or "Stimulus") Act authorizes a Health Information Technology Extension Program. The program consists of Regional Extension Centers (RECs) and a national Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC)...

... The RECs will offer technical assistance, guidance, and information to support and accelerate health care providers’ efforts to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)...

... The HITRC will be responsible for gathering information on best practices and help the RECs collaborate with one another and relevant stakeholders ...

... Here now are the Regional Extension Centers (RECs) awardees and the amounts they have been awarded.  If you are not among, do not loss heart.  Note to whom and where awards have been made.  Do you have a unique product or service that may advance their ability to accomplish their mission?    If so, market to them, and ...

ENJOY!

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The REC cooperative agreements were awarded in two rounds with 32 awards announced in February 2010 and 28 in April 2010.  The final number of RECs in the program is 60.

 

Grantees in the second series of awards (announced April 6, 2010)

REC Awardees	Federal Share
Alaska eHealth Network, Anchorage, AK	$3,632,357
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL	$7,519,969
Arizona Health-e Connection, Phoenix, AZ	$10,791,644
Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA	$15,625,910
eHealthConnecticut, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT	$5,749,309
National Indian Health Board, Washington, DC	$15,625,910
Quality Insights of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE	$5,859,716
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL	$7,669,328
Community Health Centers Alliance, Inc, St. Petersburg, FL	$10,982,866
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL	$5,884,132
Hawaii Health Information Exchange, Honolulu, HI	$5,859,716
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY	$6,005,467
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, Baton Rouge, LA	$6,207,802
HealthInfoNet, Manchester, ME	$4,777,483
Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients, Baltimore, MD	$5,535,423
eQHealth Solutions, Inc , Baton Rouge, LA	$4,289,613
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO	$6,836,335
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation, Helena, MT	$5,020,754
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ	$23,048,351
Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Eastern), King of Prussia, PA	$28,810,271
Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Western), King of Prussia, PA	$15,625,910
Ponce School of Medicine, PR	$19,280,796
South Carolina Research Foundation, Columbia, SC	$5,581,407
Dakota State University, Madison, SD	$5,687,168
The TAMUS Health Science Center Research Foundation. College Station, TX	$5,279,970
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX	$15,274,327
Dallas- Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation, Irving, TX	$8,488,513
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Lubbock, TX	$6,666,296
Total	$267,616,743

 

Grantees in the first series of awards (announced February 12, 2010)

RECs Awardee	Federal Share
Arkansas Foundation For Medical Care	$7,400,000
Northern California Regional Extension Center	$17,286,081
Southern California Regional Extension Center	$13,961,339
Colorado RHIO	$12,475,000
District of Columbia Primary Care Association	$5,488,437
Health Choice Network, Inc., Florida	$8,500,000
Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc., Georgia	$19,521,542
Northern Illinois University	$7,546,000
Northwestern University	$7,649,533
Iowa IFMC	$5,508,019
Purdue University	$12,000,000
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc.	$7,000,000
Massachusetts Technology Park Cooperation	$13,433,107
Altarum Institute, Michigan	$19,619,990
Key Health Alliance (Stratis Health), Minnesota – North Dakota	$19,000,000
CIMRO of Nebraska	$6,647,371
LCF Research, New Mexico	$6,175,000
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC)	$26,534,999
Fund for Public Health New York	$21,754,010
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	$13,569,169
Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana)	$9,738,000
Ohio Health Information Partnership	$28,500,000
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Inc.	$5,331,685
OCHIN Inc. (Primary), Oregon	$13,201,499
Rhode Island Quality Institute	$6,000,000
Qsource (Tennessee)	$7,256,155
HealthInsight, Utah-Nevada	$6,917,783
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc.	$6,762,080
VHQC and the Center for Innovative Technology, for The Virginia   Consortium	$12,425,000
Qualis Health, Washington - Idaho	$12,846,482
West Virginia Health Improvement Institute Inc.	$6,000,000
MetaStar, Inc, Wisconsin	$9,125,000
Total	$375,173,281

 

Read on at: http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&ob...

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

Additionally, all REC awardees, those announced today and the 32 announced on Feb. 12, 2010, now have an opportunity to apply for a two-year expansion supplemental award. The supplemental awards would ensure that health IT support services are available to over 2,000 of the nation’s critical access hospitals and rural hospitals, both defined as having 50 beds or less. Approximately $25 million is available through this supplemental expansion program.

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