The eHealth Exchange https://www.ehealthexchange.org connecting federal agencies and providers launched their $500,000 eHealth Exchange Innovation Grant Program to award grants and other incentives to organizations.
The goal is to pursue innovative ways to increase the exchange of Electronic Health Information EHI or establish new technical advancements in connectivity. The non-profit health information network is optimistic their public benefit grant program will encourage innovation in how health information is exchanged and used.
Grant applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that might increase exchange by leveraging HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) or other eHealth Exchange technical specifications.
Grant awardees will be responsible for producing an implementation guide for the project that will benefit the broader community of eHealth Exchange and participants. All proposals should provide implementation, testing, and production details.
The eHealth Exchange Innovation Grant is open to eHealth Exchange participants and eHealth Exchange eligible applicants. Organizations may team for a multi organizational application. eHealth Exchange anticipates that as many as three awards for as much as $100,000 each will be made in the form of a milestone driven grant for one year.
Successful grantees will receive credit for eHealth Exchange participation fees previously paid in 2021 and may have fees waived in 2022, provided that the solution is fully operational in production. eHealth Exchange expects to perform significant technical coordination and testing throughout the project.
As Jay Nakashima, eHealth Exchange Executive Director said, “We’ve implemented the infrastructure for secure electronic health information exchange, but as a country, we can do much more to improve patient care. The eHealth Exchange sees so much potential to leverage the existing connectivity to improve the patient and provider experience, as well as to enhance health outcomes.”