[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4272-4273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-386]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

[Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2007-IHS-HPDP1-0001]


Office of Clinical and Preventive Services Chronic Care 
Collaborative

    Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Number: 93.443.
    Intended Recipient: Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
    Award Amount: $600,000 for year 1; $800,000 for years 2 and 3.
    Application Deadline: February 1, 2007.
    Authorities: Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13, Public Health Service (PHS) 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 301(a).

I. Purpose

    In this cooperative agreement, the Indian Health Service (IHS) will 
work closely with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on 
innovating and testing new designs of care delivery systems, leveraging 
results for thousands of patients, and creating a system-wide emphasis 
on improvement. The IHI's senior leaders and faculty will work closely 
with the senior leadership team of the Indian health care system to 
design an improvement strategy to meet the following agreed upon aims:
    To test adaptations and innovations in chronic conditions 
management in the IHS.
     To develop a strategy for spreading the lessons learned to 
all IHS sites as well as Tribal and urban sites.
     To create a more robust improvement infrastructure.
     To nurture the image of the IHS as an innovator in 
healthcare by publicizing successes.
    Leadership is the critical driver for change and the IHI will work 
with the IHS, Tribal and Urban health programs leadership to build a 
culture and structure to support improved levels of performance in the 
delivery of health care. The IHI and the IHS will work collaboratively 
to build new models of care and care processes, with the intent of 
disseminating such learning and ``best practices'' throughout the 
Indian health care system. The IHS will have the opportunity to 
showcase the results of this work by publishing them on shared websites 
as well as in jointly authored publications.

II. Justification

    The IHI is a non-profit organization that is leading improvement in 
health care throughout the world. IHI has unparalleled experience and 
expertise in working with health systems that care for underserved 
populations to improve the quality of care for their patients and build 
capacity for continuing improvement. IHI developed and employs a 
Breakthrough Series methodology (Learning Model Collaborative) to 
provide programmatic guidance and focus through coordinated training 
and support, communication,

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and sharing of lessons learned. They are world leaders in this area and 
have worked with other programs in similar settings to improve chronic 
illness systems of care for underserved and vulnerable populations, 
including the Health Resources and Services Administration/Bureau of 
Primary Health Care's health center program for eight years. The IHI's 
intellectual capital and operational capacity are essential to the IHS. 
The IHI has the resources and access to an international network of 
experts in the area of chronic disease management and implementing 
chronic care models in various settings. Most other improvement 
agencies and organizations focus on specific steps and methodologies 
while IHI takes a much more comprehensive and strategic approach to 
improvement. Over the past 15 years they have become the recognized 
world leader in system change in healthcare. They have moved beyond the 
specifics of software into process development using a variety of 
techniques to make the best use of technologies and existing 
organizational capabilities. Their methodologies include improvement 
advisors who act as peer to peer coaches for organizations implementing 
change. This personal approach and the IHI's considerable expertise are 
critical to expand existing Indian Country efforts, where personal 
connection and effective relationships are often the difference between 
project success and failure.
    This single source cooperative agreement will allow IHS to expedite 
learning from their organization as well as expedite access to IHI's 
vast network of strategic partners.

III. Award Information

    Type of Awards: Cooperative Agreement.
    Estimated Funds Available: The award is for three years. For year 
one $600,000 is available and for years two and three--$800,000 is 
available for each year for a continuation award. Award under this 
announcement is subject to availability of funds.
    Anticipated Number of Awards: One single source award will be made 
under the Program.
    Project Period: February 16, 2007-February 15, 2010.
    Award Amount: $600,000 in year 1; $800,000 in years 2 and 3.
    For information regarding the notification, please contact: Candace 
M. Jones, MPH, National Programs (NPABQ), 5300 Homestead Road, NE., 
Albuquerque, NM 87110, 505-248-4961 or [email protected].
    Electronic Submission: The preferred method for receipt of 
applications is electronic submission through Grants.gov. Please refer 
to the following links for complete application instructions: applicant 
package may be found in Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) or http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/gogp_fund.asp.

    Dated: January 18, 2007.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 07-386 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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