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“Overview of One Healthcare
Organization’s Approach to Grant Writing”
Tim Schoener, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Administrative Director, Susquehanna Health
An educational update to the
HIMSS HIT Funding Initiatives Task Force
February 12, 2008
SH
Regional
Home Health
Divine Providence
Hospital
Admissions
SH
Physician
Services
Muncy Valley Hospital
14,483
ER
62,851
Same Day
16,161
Patient Days
60,216
Outpatient Visits
405,668
Gross Revenue
$472,211,548
MVH
Skilled
Nursing
Facility
SH
Provider
Network
Williamsport Hospital
and Medical Center
Williamsport
Area
Ambulance
Service
Providence
Ventures
Why apply for grants?
• Fund outside the normal capital process
projects
• Fund projects that would not normally be
funded
• Fund “pipedreams”
• To receive other grant funding
SH Grants received
‘97
National Library of Medicine
‘01-03
Office of Advancement of Telehealth (OAT)
Internet
$50,000
$2,500,000
($500,000, $1,000,000, $1,000,000)
EHR
’05
PA Dept of Public Welfare
PACS in OR
$100,000
’05
Blue Cross of NEPA
CPOE/MAK
$500,000
’05
Verizon
CHC EMR
$5,000
’06
Verizon
CHC EMR
$15,000
National Library of Medicine
• Internet seed money
• CIO was a female
$50,000
Office of Advancement of Telehealth
• Software and implementation expenses for
EHR
• Over 600 new devices
$2,500,000
PA Dept of Public Welfare
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42” flat panels in 11 Operating Rooms
PACS Server in OR
Added storage for PACS images
Network infrastructure in OR
$100,000
Blue Cross of Northeastern PA
• CPOE, MAK software
• 1st year software support fees
• IT implementation team costs
$500,000
Verizon
• Community Health Center EMR devices
$15,000
Grant Types
• Competitive – application on own merits
• Congressionally mandated – appeal to
legislature (lobbying)
• Research
• Implementation
What happens once you have
awarded a grant?
• Reporting
– Narrative
– Site visit
– Allocation documentation
• Conference attendance
• Drawing down funds
Before you apply for a grant
• Lobbyist? Congressionally mandated
• Grant writer?
• Grant administrator?
• Work effort
• Expected outcomes?
For further information,
please contact HIMSS Staff Liaison JoAnn W.
Klinedinst, CPHIMS, PMP, FHIMSS