Overview of One Healthcare Organizations Approach to Grant Writing Tim Schoener, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Admi

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Overview of One Healthcare Organizations
Approach to Grant WritingTim Schoener, CPHIMS,
FHIMSSAdministrative Director, Susquehanna
Health

• An educational update to the
• HIMSS HIT Funding Initiatives Task Force
• February 12, 2008

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SH RegionalHome Health
SH Provider Network
Divine ProvidenceHospital
Admissions 14,483 ER 62,851 Same
Day 16,161 Patient Days 60,216 Outpatient
Visits 405,668 Gross Revenue 472,211,548
SH Physician Services
Williamsport Hospitaland Medical Center
Williamsport Area Ambulance Service
MVH Skilled Nursing Facility
Providence Ventures
Muncy Valley Hospital
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Why apply for grants?

• Fund outside the normal capital process projects
• Fund projects that would not normally be funded
• Fund pipedreams
• To receive other grant funding

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SH Grants received

• 97 National Library of Medicine Internet 50,000
• 01-03 Office of Advancement of Telehealth
  (OAT) 2,500,000 (500,000, 1,000,000,
  1,000,000) EHR
• 05 PA Dept of Public Welfare PACS in OR 100,000
• 05 Blue Cross of NEPA CPOE/MAK 500,000
• 05 Verizon CHC EMR 5,000
• 06 Verizon CHC EMR 15,000

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National Library of Medicine

• Internet seed money
• CIO was a female

50,000
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Office of Advancement of Telehealth

• Software and implementation expenses for EHR
• Over 600 new devices

2,500,000
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PA Dept of Public Welfare

• 42 flat panels in 11 Operating Rooms
• PACS Server in OR
• Added storage for PACS images
• Network infrastructure in OR

100,000
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Blue Cross of Northeastern PA

• CPOE, MAK software
• 1st year software support fees
• IT implementation team costs

500,000
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Verizon

• Community Health Center EMR devices

15,000
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Grant Types

• Competitive application on own merits
• Congressionally mandated appeal to legislature
  (lobbying)
• Research
• Implementation

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What happens once you have awarded a grant?

• Reporting
• Narrative
• Site visit
• Allocation documentation
• Conference attendance
• Drawing down funds

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Before you apply for a grant

• Lobbyist? Congressionally mandated
• Grant writer?
• Grant administrator?
• Work effort
• Expected outcomes?

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For further information, please contact HIMSS
Staff Liaison JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, PMP,
FHIMSS