Announcing the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Grant Program - Year Seven
Apr 22,
2008
Deadline for letter of intent: Received no later than 5 pm, Friday, May 23, 2008
The Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) will offer a seventh year of funding for their rural health grant program.
Keenly aware of the significant stress North Dakota rural areas face in providing for their local health needs, BCBSND seeks to support those communities who demonstrate an effective plan to successfully improve health care delivery to the rural population by utilizing HIT. The company desires to stimulate new thinking about what can be, as opposed to what has always been in the health delivery status quo. Financial support based on established criteria will be awarded to those applicants whose proposals benefit rural North Dakotans and their emerging health needs in a society and industry undergoing accelerated change.
BCBSND seeks projects that demonstrate collaborative efforts involving rural health care facilities and whose measurable outcomes improve access, safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health services to the population residing in rural North Dakota. As in past years, proposed grant programs must address the high priority health needs of a rural population through the planning and implementation of an HIT infrastructure.
Total amount of funds available is $400,000. The individual awards will be made on a competitive basis to successful applicant(s). It is anticipated that five to seven grants ranging from $40,000 to $65,000 will be awarded. The committee will consider grants of greater amount if an applicant is applying on behalf of a network of healthcare facilities, and the request will support the HIT infrastructure for the network. Preference will be given to applicants that propose to work collaboratively with healthcare facilities that are not all owned by one main organization.
Funding Period: September 15, 2008 - February 15, 2010
