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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Ill. health centers get $6.5M in federal awards
CHICAGO (AP) — Eleven Illinois health centers were awarded grants Wednesday under the Affordable Care Act to extend care to more patients.
The Illinois grants total nearly $6.5 million and include awards to health centers in Chicago, Bloomington, East St. Louis, Galesburg and Springfield.
The Illinois grants are part of $128.6 million in grants in 41 states announced in Detroit on Wednesday by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The grants will go to 219 health centers across the country, extending access to more than 1.25 million additional patients.
The money allows a Chicago health center, Centro de Salud Esperanza, to see more than 2,500 new patients and hire an OB-GYN, said Daniel Fulwiler, CEO of the center in southwest Chicago.
"It's a super exciting day for us," Fulwiler said. The Chicago clinic becomes a federally qualified health center with the award, which will allow the center to get OB-GYN malpractice insurance coverage through the government. The expense of malpractice insurance has prevented the center from hiring an OB-GYN in the past, Fulwiler said.
Health center officials said they are pleased the grants came ahead of the Supreme Court decision expected later this month on key aspects of the federal health care law that critics have labeled "Obamacare." The Supreme Court could overturn the entire law, among other possible outcomes, which might jeopardize future grant funding.
The Illinois health organizations awarded grants are:
VNA Health Care in Aurora, $489,195.
Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington, $595,833.
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center in Chicago, $608,333.
Centro de Salud Esperanza in Chicago, $595,833.
Erie Family Health Center Inc. in Chicago, $975,000.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois in Chicago, $483,003.
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation in East Saint Louis, $431,094.
Greater Elgin Family Care Centerin Elgin, $525,000.
Knox County Health Department in Galesburg, $595,833.
Community Nurse Health Association in La Grange, $602,460.
Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University in Springfield, $595,833.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Awards $1 Million for Innovative Health Care Solutions
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire -05/14/12)- Health 2.0 announced today that it has awarded more than $1 million to health care innovators through its Developer Challenge series. The challenges, sponsored by both public and private entities such as the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Novartis, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Walgreens, bring multidisciplinary teams of developers together to address a specific, real-world health care issue.
Challenges run anywhere from one day to a number of months, giving sponsors unprecedented access to hundreds of talented developers focused on producing innovative solutions that can be quickly brought to market. Winning teams are awarded cash prizes up to $100,000 and often reinvest it into innovation, developing additional health solutions.
On May 14, 2012, at the Health 2.0 Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston Conference, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, joined Health 2.0 to award its millionth dollar for innovation.
"Sponsors always walk away with fresh perspectives, concepts, or working prototypes. It's a proven way to harness the creativity of the developer community and fast track an innovation to improve health care delivery for both physicians and patients," explained Health 2.0 Co-chair and CEO Indu Subaiya.
Since the program launch in 2010, Health 2.0 has completed 40 Developer Challenge events. In 2012, Health 2.0 will conduct more than 30 challenges worldwide, including events in Japan, Sweden and India.
The next Developer Challenge event, Washington DC's HDI Code-a-thon: Preventing Obesity, will be held June 2-3 at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. The coding competition challenges developers to use big data to build applications preventing obesity and ultimately improving health care.
For more information on the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge or to sponsor a challenge, contact Senior Vice President, Jean-Luc Neptune, at jl@health2con.com or at (646) 734-2320.
About Health 2.0
Health 2.0: The conference. The media network. The innovation community. The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge innovation transforming the health care system and is the premiere platform connecting IT innovators to established health care providers. Health 2.0 covers the broadest spectrum of the technology revolution that is shaking up every sector of health care. Learn more at www.health2con.com.
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