APPLIED RESEARCH RELEVANT TO AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD

NIH GUIDE, Volume 23, Number 6, February 11, 1994



RFA:  LM-94-002



P.T. 34



Keywords:

  0710078 

  Health Records 



National Library of Medicine

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research



Letter of Intent Receipt Date:  March 28, 1994

Application Receipt Date:  April 27, 1994



The Applied Research Relevant to an Electronic Medical Record RFA

(LM-94-002), published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts,

Volume 23, Number 5, February 4, 1994, invited applications for

cooperative agreements for applied research and development projects

relevant to the development of an electronic medical record system

(EMRS).  The purpose of this amendment is to revise the Notice of

Availability of the RFA and the RFA as follows:



In the Notice of Availability, the following areas are revised:



In the heading section at the top of the Notice, insert "Agency for

Health Care Policy and Research" under the National Library of

Medicine because AHCPR is a co-sponsor of the RFA.



Under APPLICATION PROCEDURES, the first sentence of the sixth

paragraph is revised to read:  "Applications must be received by

April 27, 1994."



Under REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS, the third bullet in the third paragraph

listing factors to be used in judging applications is revised to

read:  "compliance with the requirements noted in the SPECIAL

REQUIREMENTS section of this RFA".



In the RFA, the following areas are revised:



In the heading section at the top of the Notice, insert "Agency for

Health Care Policy and Research" under the National Library of

Medicine because AHCPR is a co-sponsor of the RFA.



Under RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, the third paragraph under Objectives and

Scope on AHCPR areas of interest in applications is revised to read:

"The AHCPR has particular interest in applications that address

improvements in delivery of health services through the use of an

EMRS.  Such topics include, but are not limited to:



o  incorporation of guidelines, decision aids, expert systems, and

reminder systems



o  use of EMRS data for multiple purposes including patient care,

payment, research, utilization review, assessment of quality of care,

outcome analysis, and planning



o  database development



o  security/confidentiality/privacy issues



o  behavioral, interface, and other issues related to user acceptance



o  accessing data and information sources



o  multi-media options



o  storage, transmission, and retrieval of images



o  cost/benefit evaluations



o  shareability and standards, including content, data-exchange, and

vocabulary issues



o  transmission of EMRS data among institutions to improve patient

care".



Under APPLICATION PROCEDURES, the first sentence of the sixth

paragraph is revised to read:  "Applications must be received by

April 27, 1994."



Under REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS, the third bullet in the fourth paragraph

listing factors to be used in judging applications is revised to

read:  "compliance with the requirements noted in the SPECIAL

REQUIREMENTS section of this RFA".



Under AWARD CRITERIA, the third paragraph is revised to read:

"Applicants should be aware that in addition to scientific/technical

merit, consideration will be given to program priorities, program

balance, and total cost of the proposal when staff, the Board of

Regents of NLM, and the National Advisory Council of AHCPR make their

funding recommendations."



INQUIRIES



For further information regarding these revisions and for copies of

the corrected RFA, direct inquiries to:



Milton Corn, M.D.

Division of Extramural Programs

National Library of Medicine

Building 38A, Room 5N505

Bethesda, MD  20894

Telephone:  (301) 496-4621

FAX:  (301) 402-0421

E-mail:  corn@lhc.nlm.nih.gov



James McAllister, M.P.H.

Center for General Health Service Extramural Research

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

2101 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 501

Rockville, MD  20852

Telephone:  (301) 594-1439

FAX:  (301) 594-2155

E-mail:  jmcallis@po3.ahcpr.gov



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