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            Health care quality funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Health care quality funding opportunities, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
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				<copyright>Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center</copyright>
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        http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_topic_details.php?topic=Health%20care%20quality        </link>
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<title>Medica Foundation Cycle 1 Funding Priorities</title>
<description>Grants designed to develop capabilities or change processes related to behavioral health care and empowerment and self management of chronic disease. Geographic coverage:  Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin  -- Medica </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=790 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:16:58 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Medica Foundation Cycle 2 Funding Priorities</title>
<description>Grants designed to improve health care disparities in the areas of prevention and health care literacy. Geographic coverage:  Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota  -- Medica </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=788 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:15:13 CST</pubDate>
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<title>ARRA OS Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Comparative Effectiveness Delivery System Demonstration Grants (R18)</title>
<description>Funding to conduct demonstrations of (1) broad strategies and/or specific interventions for improving care by redesigning care delivery, or (2) strategies and interventions for improving care by redesigning payment. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2312 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:43:24 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2312 </guid>

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<title>AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)</title>
<description>Funding for Large Research (R01) Projects, and expresses AHRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing extramural health services research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation grants. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2059 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:56:39 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2059 </guid>

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<title>AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support</title>
<description>Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=940 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:45:12 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=940 </guid>

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<title>Sunflower Foundation Capacity Building Grants</title>
<description>Funding for building the organizational capacity/improving the effectiveness of the health care safety net. Geographic coverage:  Kansas  -- Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1366 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1366 </guid>

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<title>Annual Monato Rural Essay Prize</title>
<description>Annual award for the University of Wisconsin's best rural health paper. Geographic coverage:  Wisconsin  -- Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1027 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:27:25 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1027 </guid>

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<title>2010 John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality</title>
<description>The Eisenberg Award recognizes major achievements of individuals and organizations in improving patient safety and quality. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Joint Commission </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=820 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:01:02 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=820 </guid>

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<title>Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program (SHCPQI)</title>
<description>Grant program designed to assist rural providers with the implementation of quality improvement strategies, while improving patient care and chronic disease outcomes. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Office of Rural Health Policy </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1222 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:42 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1222 </guid>

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<title>California Endowment Grant Programs</title>
<description>Grants to expand access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved and to improve the health status of all Californians. Geographic coverage:  California  -- California Endowment </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1051 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:53:00 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1051 </guid>

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<title>California Endowment Grant Programs</title>
<description>Grants to expand access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved and to improve the health status of all Californians. Geographic coverage:  California  -- California Endowment </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1051 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:53:00 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1051 </guid>

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<title>William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants</title>
<description>Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  --  </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:40 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863 </guid>

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<title>Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants</title>
<description>Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=832 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:51:41 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=832 </guid>

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<title>Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)</title>
<description>Funding to support the development and enhancement of expertise in health IT and related disciplines, including research and evaluation methods. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2003 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:09:04 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2003 </guid>

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<title>Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety II (R18)</title>
<description>Funding to support Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) grant applications to implement safe practice interventions. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2267 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:48:40 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2267 </guid>

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<title>AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13)</title>
<description>Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=106 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:12:55 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=106 </guid>

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<title>Physician Investigator Research Award</title>
<description>Funding for Michigan physicians to explore a research idea concerning quality, cost or appropriate access to care. Geographic coverage:  Michigan  -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1558 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:38:20 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1558 </guid>

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<title>Investigator Initiated Research Program</title>
<description>Funds Michigan-based applied research projects addressing the quality and cost of health care and appropriate access. Geographic coverage:  Michigan  -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1557 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:37:17 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1557 </guid>

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<title>Healthcare X Prize</title>
<description>The Grand Challenge for this Healthcare X PRIZE will be to create an optimal health paradigm that empowers and engages individuals and communities in a way that dramatically improves health value. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- X PRIZE Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2136 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:41:17 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2136 </guid>

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