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Grant Programs for Research

• Rural Health Research and Policy Centers

Grant Programs for Rural Providers

• Rural Health Outreach grants support service delivery through collaboration. Each grantee forms a consortium with at least two partners.
• Network Development grants support the development of networks of at least three health care organizations that integrate systems of care administratively, clinically, financially and technologically.
• Network Development Planning one-year grants support planning to develop and operationalize health care networks.
• Delta States Rural Development Network grants support development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in the Mississippi Delta region.
• Delta Rural Hospital Improvement Project grants support hospitals in the Mississippi Delta region improve financial, quality and operational performance.
• Rural Access to Emergency Devices grants assist rural communities to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and provide training in their use and maintenance.
• Public Access to Defibrillation Demonstration Projects grants support projects that increase public access to emergency medical devices and services.
• Small Rural Hospital Improvement grants assist small rural hospitals to pay for costs related to the implementation of PPS, comply with provisions of HIPAA and reduce medical errors and support quality improvement.
• Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Cooperative Agreement grants examine the effectiveness and appropriateness of this new type of health care provider in certain remote locations.
• Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement grants assist rural providers with the implementation of quality improvement strategies, while improving patient care and chronic disease outcomes.
• Black Lung Clinics grants support public and private nonprofit entities in the operation of clinics that provide diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of active and retired coal miners with respiratory and pulmonary impairments.
• Radiation Exposure Screening and Education grants support health care providers in the operation of clinics that educate, screen, diagnose and treat people affected by the mining, transport and processing of uranium and the testing of nuclear weapons for the Nation's weapons arsenal.

Grant Programs for States

• FLEX Critical Access Hospitals Health Information Technology Network grants support the development of pilot programs in States that create networks to develop and implement Health Information Technology systems, such as practice management, disease registry, care management, clinical messaging, personal health record, electronic health records and health information exchange systems.
• State Offices of Rural Health grants assist States in strengthening rural health care delivery systems by maintaining a focal point for rural health
• Rural Hospital Flexibility grants are awarded to States to help them develop and implement Rural Health Plans with broad collaboration; stabilize rural hospitals by helping them consider, plan for and obtain designation as Critical Access Hospitals; assist Critical Access Hospitals, other providers, and communities as they develop networks of care; improve and integrate emergency medical services; and improve quality of care.