Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-15-123 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.912Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Apr 06, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 8Creation Date: Feb 05, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This announcement solicits applications for the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program (Care Coordination Program).

The purpose of the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program is to support the development of formal, mature rural health networks that focus on care coordination activities for the following chronic conditions:? diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).? Care coordination in the primary care practice involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient?s care to achieve safer and more effective care.? Rural Americans are unhealthier, with higher rates of chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, CHF, and COPD and have higher rates of high-risk behaviors such as smoking, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition.[1],[2],[3],[4]? These high-risk behaviors cause many of the illnesses, suffering and deaths due to chronic diseases and conditions.[5]?...

Source: Grants.gov - February 6, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding