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Sherilyn Pruitt, MPH U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration

Office of Rural Health Policy Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

OAT Grant Programs

• Licensure Portability Grants

• Telehealth Network Grants

• Telehealth Resource Centers

• Flex Rural Veterans Healthcare

Access Program

Demonstrate how telehealth technologies can be used through telehealth networks to:

• expand access to, coordinate, and improve quality of health services;

• improve and expand the training of health care providers; and

• expand and improve the quality of health information available to health care providers, and to patients and their families.

Evaluate the cost and

effectiveness of remote vital

sign monitoring of individual

patients and the delivery of

healthcare services to

individuals in their place of

residence.

Virginia State-wide Telehealth Network

• Target Audience: Telehealth Networks Serving Rural Communities

• Access Application through: Grants.gov

• Available: 02/2012

• Applications due: 4/20/12

• # of new awards: up to 14

• Funding: $250K / yr (4yrs)

• Start Date: 09/2012

• Contact: Carlos Mena, cmena@hrsa.gov

Contact Sherilyn Pruitt

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA

spruitt@hrsa.gov

301-594-0819