TELEMEDICINE

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TELEMEDICINE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
CENTER (TATRC) U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command FUNDING MECHANISMS Mr. John
Winston Director, Business Development 301.619.767
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U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH MATERIEL COMMAND
MG Lester Martinez-Lopez, Commanding
Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research
Center Cutting Edge Medical Technology
MEDICAL MATERIEL DEVELOPER
Deputy for Advanced Technologies Colonel (Dr)
Jeffrey Roller, MC, USAF Director, Telemedicine
Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
Mr. John Winston Telemedicine Advanced
Technology Research Center (TATRC) Director
for Business Development/AAMTI Program
Manager IPA, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the
Advancement of Military Medicine
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T A T R C
B U S I N E S S P R ACTICES

• TATRC manages projects through professional
  business processes
• Integrated Research Team (IRT)
• Program level
• Periodic, as required
• Broad strategic planning and oversight
• Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Project level
• More frequent, scheduled
• Project-specific guidance
• Product Line Review (PLR)
• Assessments of research by outside experts
• One research category per month annual cycle

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• Funding Opportunities

R E S E A R C H A N D D E V E L O P M E N T
Congressional Special Interest-CSI
(Congressionally Directed and Funded
Research) Unsolicited Proposals (TATRC
Discretionary Funding) Broad Agency
Announcement Mechanism for submission of CSI
and unsolicited research proposals
url http//www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/Baa_Paa/baa
list.cfm SBIR and STTR Programs for small
businesses and academic institutions
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• Funding Opportunities R E S E A R C H A N D D
  E V E L O P M E N T

Congressional Special Interest
The USAMRMC has been entrusted by Congress to
manage special programs. The funds for the
Congressional Special Interest Medical Programs
(CSI) are not in the President's Budget they are
added to the DoD Budget by Congress. Generally
Addresses Issues of National Importance Funds
Range of Projects from Basic Research to
Technology Insertion Funding Generally or gt
1M for periods of Two Years Funding Must be
Approved through Appropriation Process Very
Difficult to Acquire CSI Funding
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• Funding Opportunities R E S E A R C H A N D D
  E V E L O P M E N T

TATRC Discretionary Funding
TATRC management funds are used to augment,
support or otherwise improve existing research
portfolios by funding gap or related
projects. Addresses Issues of Relevance to
TATRCs Mission and Portfolio Funds Range of
Projects from Basic Research to Technology
Insertion Funding Generally or gt 200,000 for
periods of One Year Funding Must be Approved
through TATRC Proposal Review Board 8-10
Funding Rate
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• Funding Opportunities R E S E A R C H A N D D
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Broad Agency Announcement
Mechanism for Submission of CSI and Unsolicited
Proposals Pre-Proposals Submitted On-Line
Followed by a Full Proposal (if Requested)
url http//www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/baa_paa/ba
aproposal.htm .
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• Funding Opportunities R E S E A R C H A N D D
  E V E L O P M E N T

SBIR, STTR
SBIR The SBIR Program provides up to 850,000 in
early-stage RD funding directly to small
technology companies (or individual entrepreneurs
who form a company) STTR The STTR Program
provides up to 600,000 in early-stage RD
funding directly to small companies working
cooperatively with researchers at universities
and other research institutions Proposals
Submitted Via the Web Addressing Specific
Topics url http//www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir/
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Leverage ... Academic Partnerships
Basic and Applied Research
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• Georgetown University (CA-Medical Vangaurd)
• Howard University (CRDA-Urban Telemed)
• Harvard University (CA-CIMIT)
• Mass Institute of Technology (CA-CIMIT)
• University of Maryland (IPA/CA ORF)
• University of Utah (Contract-Teleopth)
• Saint Francis University (CRDA-CERMUSA)
• Loma Linda University (CA-NMTB/Proton Beam)
• University of Tex - Houston HSC (CA-DREAMS)
• University South Florida (CA-Telerad/Adv
  Cancer Detect)
• University of Hawaii (CA-Telemed Curriclm)
• University of Pittsburgh (Contract-GGTS)
• Stanford University (Contract-Affiliates Prog)
• Yale University (IPA-Adv Tech Watch)
• Texas A M (CA-DREAMS)
• Johns Hopkins University (CA-Periscopic MIS)
• University of Southern Calfornia (CA-NGI)

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Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research
Center Cutting Edge Medical Technology
Develop Partnerships for Non-Medical and
Supporting Technologies

• RD Panels and Commands Partnerships
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratory
• U.S. Army, Signal Battle Laboratory
• Commo Electronic Command
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Veterans Administration
• NASA
• DARPA
• National Library of Medicine (NIH)
• Agency for Health Research Quality (HHS)

Distributed, Synchronized Databases Advanced,
Adaptive Multilevel Security Data Mining of
Disparate Databases Secure Global Positioning
System Network Management Tools Info Warfare
Surveillance Defense Tools Artificial
Intelligence - Expert Systems Fault Avoidance
and Recovery Systems Hands Free, Wireless
Telecom Wireless Networking Data
Compression High Bandwidth Datalinks Low
Power Electronics Multi-platform, Interoperable
Software Complex Modeling and Simulation

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• Funding Opportunities

Demonstration and Insertion
Army Medical Department Advanced Medical
Technology Initiative (AAMTI) Open to AMEDD
Personnel-Fosters Collaboration Between Industry
Academia and AMEDD to Validate Advanced Medical
Technologies Advances in Medical Practices
(AMP) Open to AMEDD Personnel-Identifies
Advanced Medical Devices, Treatments, Systems
that Improve Cost of, Access to, and Quality Of
Care
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Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research
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• Funding Opportunities Demonstration and Insertion

AMEDD Advanced Medical Technology Initiative
Open to AMEDD Personnel with Collaboration from
Industry and Academia Designed to Foster
Medical Technology Entrepreneurship Demonstrate
s Technologys Impact on Cost, Access, Quality of
Care Seeks Fixed Facility and Deployed Solutions
Utilizing COTS Technology Typical Award is
175-225K Period of Performance is 18 Months
Proposals Submitted Via the Web Once per Fiscal
Year
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Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research
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• Funding Opportunities Demonstration and Insertion

Advances in Medical Practices (AMP)
Open to AMEDD Personnel with Collaboration from
Industry and Academia Designed to Insert
Advanced Medical Technology into the Military
Health System Mandated by Congressional
Language 10M per Service (Army, Navy, Air
Force) per Fiscal Year Period of Performance is
One Year Proposals Submitted Via the Web
24/7/365
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Average Day in MEDCOM
6,400 Dental Visits
40,386 Clinic visits
1,784 Beds Occupied 476 Patients Admitted
66,942 Pharmacy Procedures
68 Births
6,012 Immunizations
5,577 Outpatient Visits 21M of Food Inspected
41,693 X-rays
57,479 Laboratory Procedures
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