Improving Immunization Collaboration Among Pharmacists and Other Healthcare Providers - Financed Solely by PPHF 2015 Prevention and Public Health Funds

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-IP15-1504PPHF15 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.733Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jul 27, 2015Award Ceiling: $800,000Expected Number of Awards: 2Creation Date: May 28, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Progress on public health goals of immunization will depend on a higher standard of collaboration among pharmacists and other health care providers. The purpose of this FOA is to demonstrate successful models of collaboration between pharmacists and other healthcare providers in a way that ensures up-to-date vaccination status of their shared patients. Stalled progress in raising some categories of immunization rates could be overcome if pharmacists and other healthcare providers could achieve a higher level of "immunization collaboration." Better collaboration between pharmacists and other healthcare providers is needed because of the increasing interdependence of pharmacists and other clinicians. Pharmacists are providing a higher percentage of immunization than in previous years. With that comes the need to strengthen their collaboration with other healthcare providers. Stronger immunization collaboration would be characterized b...
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