Telehealth Centers of Excellence Program

For program and eligibility questions:
Tracy Tendo
240.706.3460
ttendo@hrsa.gov

For financial and budget questions:
Kim Ross
301.443.2353
kross@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
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This opportunity offers funding to support incumbent academic medical centers that will implement and evaluate innovative telehealth solutions in rural populations and populations with limited access to services, serve as national models, test concepts and create proven, replicable approaches that expand access to care and improve health outcomes.

Required activities:

• Implement at least 20 high-quality telehealth projects each year. Projects must be evidence-based; address public health needs; last 1 year; have a regional or national focus; and focus on populations with limited access to services, including rural populations. Projects should address one or more of the focus areas:
  • Chronic conditions
  • Nutrition
  • Primary care
  • Mental/behavioral health
  • Maternal and child health, including pediatric populations
  • Emerging topics or technologies, such as artificial intelligence
• Staff a Telehealth Center of Excellence team with strong experience in managing complex grant programs
• Summarize results from each project. Share results in reports or other products for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Promote the use of telehealth programs across the country. Do this by testing technology, creating training protocols, and giving states templates to add telehealth into their health systems
• Share information and research findings with the public, which includes healthcare providers, policymakers at all levels, and safety-net providers through various formats that may include journal articles, policy briefs, conference presentations, webinars, responses to questions, content for Telehealth.HHS.gov, and others that provide practical, evidence-based information
• Work closely with the Telehealth Centers of Excellence, HRSA's Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT), and other HRSA- and OAT- funded programs
• Be able to share access to the data sources used for final deliverables

Eligible applicants are incumbent Telehealth Center of Excellence award recipients.

Award ceiling: $4,250,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 2
Estimated total program funding: $8,500,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.