The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) announces the Florida Health Information Network (FHIN) Grants Program 2008-2009. The FHIN Grants Program provides support to eligible organizations that endeavor to advance Florida’s health information infrastructure consistent with program objectives. The Agency will accept application for grants from interested parties beginning April 2, 2008. Grant awards are contingent upon the appropriation of program funds by the Florida Legislature.
The program provides grants to health-related institutions and organizations that seek assistance to plan, deploy, and evaluate interoperable health information exchange projects in clinical settings. Eligible organizations include Florida-based not-for-profit organizations, universities and colleges, units of local government, and public health departments.
Grant funding is available for planning, operational and training grants. Funding is intended for local organizations that want to develop a community-based health information exchange or projects that demonstrate health information exchange among two or more competing provider organizations for purposes of patient care and public health. The program also provides grants to organizations that wish to implement outreach and technical assistance activities to encourage the rapid adoption of electronic health records by physicians and other practitioners.
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FHIN
Grants
Program
Requirements
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FY
2008-2009 (.pdf
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FHIN
Grant
Application
FY
2008-2009 (.pdf
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FHIN
Grant
Application
FY
2008-2009 [Word
2003] |
Date |
Activity |
February 1, 2008 |
Pre-Notification of Funding Opportunity Posted on Website |
February 28, 2008 |
FHIN Grant Program Requirements Presented for HIECC Approval & Evaluation Panels Established
http://ahca.myflorida.com/dhit/
Governance/
HIECCommitteeMeetings.shtml
|
March 13, 2008 |
Recommended Final FHIN Grant Program Requirements Presented for Approval by the State Consumer Health Information and Policy Advisory Council
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/schs/
chismeetings.shtml |
April 2, 2008 |
Program Requirements Posted on Website/FAW |
April 18, 2008 |
Letters of Intent Due/Inquiries Due |
April 25, 2008 |
Answers to Submitted Inquiries Posted |
May 9, 2008 |
Application Deadline |
May 16, 2008 |
Applications Sent to the Evaluation Panels/HIECC |
Week of May 26, 2008
(Wednesday & Thursday) |
Oral Presentations to HIECC from Implementation Grant Applicants (HIECC Meeting to be scheduled) |
June 4, 2008 |
Evaluation Panels Complete Scoring |
Week of June 9, 2008 |
HIECC Recommendations for FHIN Grant Awards (HIECC Meeting to be scheduled) |
| June 19, 2008 |
Advisory Council acts on HIECC Recommendations |
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Inquiries
All inquiries must be submitted by e-mail to FLHII@ahca.myflorida.com. Answers to inquiries received before the deadline stated in the schedule above will be available on this web page by the date and time indicated in the schedule above. Applicants are responsible for checking the website regularly throughout the application, evaluation, and award process for any announcements.
Applicants may not directly contact Agency personnel for advice in responding to this solicitation. Any violation of this requirement may result in applicant disqualification. |
