[Federal Register: January 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 19)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
[Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2007-IHS-HPDP1-0001]
Office of Clinical and Preventive Services Chronic Care
Collaborative
Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Number: 93.443.
Intended Recipient: Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Award Amount: $600,000 for year 1; $800,000 for years 2 and 3.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2007.
Authorities: Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13, Public Health Service (PHS)
Act, 42 U.S.C. 301(a).
I. Purpose
In this cooperative agreement, the Indian Health Service (IHS) will
work closely with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on
innovating and testing new designs of care delivery systems, leveraging
results for thousands of patients, and creating a system-wide emphasis
on improvement. The IHI's senior leaders and faculty will work closely
with the senior leadership team of the Indian health care system to
design an improvement strategy to meet the following agreed upon aims:
To test adaptations and innovations in chronic conditions
management in the IHS.
To develop a strategy for spreading the lessons learned to
all IHS sites as well as Tribal and urban sites.
To create a more robust improvement infrastructure.
To nurture the image of the IHS as an innovator in
healthcare by publicizing successes.
Leadership is the critical driver for change and the IHI will work
with the IHS, Tribal and Urban health programs leadership to build a
culture and structure to support improved levels of performance in the
delivery of health care. The IHI and the IHS will work collaboratively
to build new models of care and care processes, with the intent of
disseminating such learning and ``best practices'' throughout the
Indian health care system. The IHS will have the opportunity to
showcase the results of this work by publishing them on shared websites
as well as in jointly authored publications.
II. Justification
The IHI is a non-profit organization that is leading improvement in
health care throughout the world. IHI has unparalleled experience and
expertise in working with health systems that care for underserved
populations to improve the quality of care for their patients and build
capacity for continuing improvement. IHI developed and employs a
Breakthrough Series methodology (Learning Model Collaborative) to
provide programmatic guidance and focus through coordinated training
and support, communication,
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and sharing of lessons learned. They are world leaders in this area and
have worked with other programs in similar settings to improve chronic
illness systems of care for underserved and vulnerable populations,
including the Health Resources and Services Administration/Bureau of
Primary Health Care's health center program for eight years. The IHI's
intellectual capital and operational capacity are essential to the IHS.
The IHI has the resources and access to an international network of
experts in the area of chronic disease management and implementing
chronic care models in various settings. Most other improvement
agencies and organizations focus on specific steps and methodologies
while IHI takes a much more comprehensive and strategic approach to
improvement. Over the past 15 years they have become the recognized
world leader in system change in healthcare. They have moved beyond the
specifics of software into process development using a variety of
techniques to make the best use of technologies and existing
organizational capabilities. Their methodologies include improvement
advisors who act as peer to peer coaches for organizations implementing
change. This personal approach and the IHI's considerable expertise are
critical to expand existing Indian Country efforts, where personal
connection and effective relationships are often the difference between
project success and failure.
This single source cooperative agreement will allow IHS to expedite
learning from their organization as well as expedite access to IHI's
vast network of strategic partners.
III. Award Information
Type of Awards: Cooperative Agreement.
Estimated Funds Available: The award is for three years. For year
one $600,000 is available and for years two and three--$800,000 is
available for each year for a continuation award. Award under this
announcement is subject to availability of funds.
Anticipated Number of Awards: One single source award will be made
under the Program.
Project Period: February 16, 2007-February 15, 2010.
Award Amount: $600,000 in year 1; $800,000 in years 2 and 3.
For information regarding the notification, please contact: Candace
M. Jones, MPH, National Programs (NPABQ), 5300 Homestead Road, NE.,
Albuquerque, NM 87110, 505-248-4961 or candace.jones@ihs.gov.
Electronic Submission: The preferred method for receipt of
applications is electronic submission through Grants.gov. Please refer
to the following links for complete application instructions: applicant
package may be found in Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) or http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/gogp_fund.asp
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Dated: January 18, 2007.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
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