HHS seeks contractors for HITECH Act implentation
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced four notices seeking contractors to assist and evaluate the administration of grant programs from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) that promote state health information exhange and the creation of health IT training centers.
HHS is looking for contractors who will:
The announcements can be viewed at the Federal Business Opportunities Web site.
HHS is looking for contractors who will:
- Assess the overall progress towards the goals of the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Separate program evaluations will be conducted that focus on the effectiveness of the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, the Regional Extension Center Program, the Beacon Communities Program and the IT Professionals in Healthcare.
- Identify performance measures and develop and conduct a formative and summative evaluation of the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreements Program required under HITECH. This will focus primarily on the effectiveness of the state cooperative agreements in establishing information exchange capability by studying the progress of states in implementing and expanding information exchange.
- Provide technical assistance to State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement awardees in governance, finance, technical infrastructure, operations and accountability.
- Establish a customer relation management (CRM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for regional health IT extension centers.
The announcements can be viewed at the Federal Business Opportunities Web site.