[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 104 (Friday, May 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 30656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12275]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


Notice of Grant Award to American Academy of Family Physicians 
for Phase One of an Open Source EHR Pilot Project Entitled ``Making the 
Transition From Paper to Electronics in Office-Based Medical 
Practices''

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of grant award.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded a 
grant entitled ``Open source EHR Pilot Project, Phase One: Making the 
Transition from Paper to Electronics in Office-Based Medical 
Practices'' to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), 11400 
Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672, in response to an 
unsolicited application. The AAFP proposes that it will provide a 
comprehensive, low-cost, standardized, secure, and open source 
electronic health record (EHR) to the health care community. As a 
national academy, the AAFP is inherently familiar with the resources 
required and the necessary questions to be asked in order to make this 
a viable project, particularly on a national scale. The total amount of 
the award is $100,000 for the period June 1, 2004, through November 30, 
2004. This project is an opportunity for CMS to further its objective 
of providing Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries with information to make 
better choices. It will investigate the use of Open Source EHR as a 
tool for improving quality of care for selected patient populations, 
e.g., diabetes and asthma, through routine collection of quality 
indicator and performance data and the delivery of evidenced-based 
guidelines and plans of care at the time of EHR use. This project is 
consistent with CMS' goal to improve health care quality and consumer 
decision-making in health care. Funding of this unsolicited proposal 
will result in a desirable public benefit in that its aim is to provide 
improvements in quality and safety of care delivery.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert G. Deal, Office of Research, 
Development, and Information, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 
C3-24-07, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, (410) 786-
6645, or Judy Norris, Grants Officer, Department of Health and Human 
Services, OOM/AGG/CMS, C2-21-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 
21244-1850, (410) 786-5130.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.779, Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Research, Demonstrations and 
Evaluations)

    Authority: Section 1110 of the Social Security Act.

    Dated: May 18, 2004.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 04-12275 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
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