Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Conference Call to be Held February 11, 2010

The Office of Rural Health policy will host a conference call for applicants interested in applying for the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant, on Thursday, February 11th at 2:00 PM Eastern time.

The purpose of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement (Rural Quality) Grant Program is to improve patient care and chronic disease outcomes by assisting rural primary care providers (e.g., critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, FQHCs, tribal organizations etc.) with the implementation of quality improvement (QI) initiatives using the Chronic Care Model and electronic patient registries (EPR). An EPR should not be confused with an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Like an EHR an EPR is an electronic system, but captures information on specific conditions and has a population-based focus. This grant program does not support funding for an EHR.  Health care providers who currently have an EHR are still eligible to participate in this program. To access the grant guidance for this program visit: www.grants.gov. Find Grant Opportunities and do a Basic Search by typing in the CFDA number: 93.912 or the Announcement Number: HRSA-10-045. The deadline to submit an application is March 15th, 2010.

E-mail Mary Collier at mcollier@hrsa.gov to register for this call.