CFDA#
93.345
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
C - Funds little to no technology
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Authority
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Summary
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) to address well-documented and fast emerging challenges that inhibit the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT. Project solutions are expected to further a new generation of innovative health IT research and inform the development, implementation, and refinement of standards, methods, and techniques for overcoming major barriers in health information access, exchange, and use.
This NOFO outlines two Areas of Interest that are a priority for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC):
- Area 1: Address health equity and social determinants of health through innovative, open-source technology tools, and electronic health records; and
- Social determinants of health (SDOH) refer to the conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play, and affects a wide range of health risks and outcomes while health equity is everyone attaining their full potential for health and well-being.7 An integral part of healthcare delivery involves understanding the social and environmental factors of patients' lives outside of the healthcare system. Addressing inequities in these conditions may be supported by the collection, exchange, and use of SDOH data.8 This data can be used to identify and help eliminate health disparities by improving health outcomes at an individual and population level.
- Area 2: Demonstrate the use of equity-enhancing patient-generated health data for clinical care and research.
- Patient-generated health data (PGHD) is increasingly becoming critical for both clinical care and research. PGHD are health-related data that are created, recorded, or gathered by or from patients (or family members or other caregivers) to help address a health concern. 21 PGHD related technologies such as mobile phones, apps, remote monitoring devices, and wearable technology (such as, but not limited to fitness trackers, smart watches, and body-mounted sensors) are more accessible now than before and can be cost effective methods to monitor and track health outside of the clinical care setting. PGHD can also support patients' healthcare goals by providing patients, providers, and researchers with more information about a patient's conditions or health situation.
History of Funding
None is available.
Additional Information
While working to implement Cures Act provisions, ONC identified gaps with respect to leveraging EHR data to support population-level analyses and delivery of services, as well as integrating clinical knowledge into routine clinical practice.6 The reasons for these gaps range from a lack of data standards and interoperability to the digitization, integration, and presentation of new evidence into clinical workflows in safe, useful, and useable ways.
Therefore, this funding opportunity will support innovative and breakthrough solutions critical to maximize the potential of health IT and achieve the goal of a transformed healthcare delivery system through various methods, such as:
- Determining the fundamental questions, the answers to which will identify barriers to nationwide interoperability and electronic exchange of health data.
- Engaging the health IT industry, along with academic researchers, to identify and develop innovative solutions that address barriers to interoperability.
- Disseminating findings from research while fostering collaboration, advancement, and implementation of solutions and lessons learned with the health IT industry.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants include public and nonprofit private institutions, such as:
- Universities
- Colleges
- Faith-based and community-based organizations
- Units of local and state government
- Eligible agencies of the federal government
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized and other than federally recognized)
- Tribally designated organizations
Deadline Details
Although not required, applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a non-binding e-mail letter of intent to apply for this funding opportunity. This letter of intent will assist ONC in planning for the application review process. The Letter of Intent is requested by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on June 30, 2022 and should be sent to ONC-LEAP@hhs.gov.
Applications are to be submitted by August 15, 2022. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
Anticipated $1,000,000 per award, two awards are to be granted. One award per Area of Interest. Project period is from September 26, 2022-September 25, 2027, budget period is September 26, 2022-September 25, 2024.
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