Opportunity Alert – AC-150513-054 – Tribal Population Research Grants

Date Sourced: March 1, 2016
Category: Funding Opportunity
Status: Qualifying
Potential (High-Moderate-Low): Moderate
Add to SFA (Y/N): TBD
Client Action Required (Y/N): No

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Opportunity:
The National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center (TTAC) and
Alaska eHealth Network (AeHN) have Native American tribal populations that
may strengthen our research grant applications beyond just rural health.

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Summary of Activities/Tasks:
– March 1, 2016 – Met with both organizations at HIMSS 2016. Discussions
specifically focused on collaboration with an NIH funded remote patient
monitoring (RPM) grant aimed at rural populations and those with chronic
disease. These partner candidates were selected because NIH has set aside
funding for the collection of real-time patient biometrics and
patient-reported outcome measures – with special emphasis on rural and
underserved populations, including rural Native America tribal areas.

– March 2, 2016 – Garret Spargo, Director at TTAC (
www.telehealthtechnology.org/) notes: Discussed collaboration with
TTAC in conjunction with an NIH rural health funding grant. The grant aim
would be to evaluate the use of a remote patient monitoring technology to
collect real-time patient biometrics and patient-reported outcome measures.
TTAC is a good fit given the grant focus on rural populations; and the
monitoring of chronic disease to improve care delivery and outcomes. TTAC
operates in rural Native America tribal areas and has relationships with
several hospitals with stakeholders that would likely be interested in
pursuing an NIH funding grant with Entra. Beyond RPM biometric devices,
TTAC is likely to need the support of telehealth services to facilitate
handling of patient triage and redirection to appropriate resources or
physicians.

– March 8, 2016 – Outlined the rural health grant aims. This included, the
proposed funding request will provide an opportunity to demonstrate the
positive impact and effectiveness of RPM and telehealth services within
rural health and/or Native American populations by 1) improving health care
quality or access; 2) reducing cost or burden of screening, diagnostic,
treatment and follow-up care associated chronic diseases; and 3) improving
lifestyle intervention efficacy and scalability for behavioral risk
factors.

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Forward Statements and Guidance:
We are still trying to arrange follow-up calls to identify local health
researchers or principle investigators (PI) that will be participating in
the grant application. Those affiliated with a regional research center or
medical university are of particular interest. If neither of the above
organization have committed by 4/30/16, we will expand discussions to other
rural/tribal health networks. PIs are necessary for the NIH application to
detail the study aims; and define the telehealth and RPM research plan. We
will likely need a patient data protocol approved by an IRB (Institutional
Review Board). Note that IRB approval is NOT needed prior to submitting the
grant application, any award will be contingent on IRB approval which can
be submitted after the fact.

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