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| Grants
Overview |
In 2005, HRSA administered 159 telehealth/telemedicine
projects. Of those, 92 were awarded funds totaling
more than $34.9 million. Projects receive funds
in one of four ways: |
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- The
Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP):
OAT now awards competive grants through the
TNGP. This program replaced the Rural Telemedicine
Grant Program (RTGP). The TNGP funds projects
that demonstrate the use of telehealth networks
to improve healthcare services for medically
underserved populations in urban, rural, and
frontier communities. More specifically, the
networks can be used to: (a) expand access
to, coordinate, and improve the quality of
health care services; (b) improve and expand
the training of health care providers; and/or
(c) expand and improve the quality of health
information available to health care providers,
patients, and their families. The primary
objective of the Telehealth Network Grant
Program (TNGP) is to help communities build
the human, technical, and financial capacity
to develop sustainable telehealth programs
and networks. In 2003, 15 projects were funded
through the TNGP as part of a three-year award.
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- Rural
Telemedicine Grant Program (RTGP):
This program was replaced by the
Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP). OAT
awarded competitive grants through 2002. The
goal of the RTGP was to improve quality health
services for rural residents and reduce the
isolation of rural practitioners through the
use of telemedicine technologies. In 2005,
OAT administered 5 projects that were funded
from 2000-2002.
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- Congressionally
Mandated Projects (CMP): OAT also
administers funds specially earmarked by Congress.
The goals of these projects vary widely, but
all include the use of telehealth technologies
to improve access to health care. In 2005,
OAT administered 139 CMP projects. Of those,
77 CMP projects were funded and 62 projects
were in an extension period.
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Special Projects: These projects
were funded through OAT grantees to:
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promote activities inprogram evaluation;
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to document the diffusion of telehealth
technologies among the Health Resources
and Services Administration’s (HRSAs)
grantees: Telehealth
Inventory Website;
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to evaluate specific policy issues; and
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to develop concepts for telehealth resource
centers.
The projects focus on collaboration and using
telehealth as a method of overcoming health
care or educational access issues. |
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Project
Descriptions by State |
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