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| Grants
Overview |
In 2004, HRSA administered 138 telehealth/telemedicine
projects. Of those, 54 were awarded funds totaling
more than $27.7 million, and 56 were projects
in an extension period. Projects administered
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Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP):
HRSA now awards competitive grants through
the TNGP. This program replaces 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 FY 2003, 15 projects
were funded through the TNGP as part of a
3-year award.
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- Rural
Telemedicine Grant Program (RTGP):
This program was replaced by the Telehealth
Network Grant Program (TNGP). HRSA 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 FY 03,
HRSA administered 19 projects that were funded
in FY02 and two additional projects in extension
periods.
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- Congressionally
Mandated Projects (CMP): HRSA 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 FY 2003,
HRSA funded 39 CMP projects and administered
35 additional projects in extension periods.
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- Special
Projects: These projects were funded
through HRSA grantees to:
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activities in program evaluation
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document the diffusion of telehealth technologies
among the Health Resources and Services
Administration’s (HRSAs) grantees:
Telehealth
Inventory Website;
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evaluate specific policy issues; and
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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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