FY13 Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for the Adoption and Implementation of Health Information Technology in Family Planning Services Grants Region 3

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-FPH-13-044 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.217Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-OPHSClosing Date: May 17, 2013Award Ceiling: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 100Creation Date: Apr 10, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The Office of Population Affairs recognizes the critical need to assist Title X family planning services sites in making the necessary changes to ensure continued delivery of primary, preventive reproductive health services during and after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The continued delivery of high quality health care services will require a robust HIT system to provide services to both continuing clients as well as newly covered individuals.Up-to-date electronic technologies are critical to provide high quality clinical family planning and related preventive health care services, as well as comply with administrative and financial requirements. The funding awarded under this announcement is for activities that support the adoption and implementation of HIT and enable family planning providers to meet meaningful use requirements. Specifically, funds should be used to enable family planning providers to: (1) Adopt and implement certified electronic health record (...
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