42 U.S.C. § 300jj–35 — Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education

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The Secretary may award competitive grants for programs that teach health students to use certified EHR technology. Schools must match at least half the grant's cost. The Secretary must evaluate the projects and report to Congress each year.

(a) In general: The Secretary can award competitive, peer-reviewed grants for demonstration projects. These projects build school programs that teach health professionals to use certified EHR technology as part of their clinical training. (b) Eligibility: To get a grant, a school must (1) submit an application in whatever form the Secretary requires; (2) submit a strategic plan for teaching EHR technology that aims to cut medical errors, improve access to prevention, reduce chronic disease, and improve health care quality; (3) be one of these: (A) a medical, osteopathic, dental, or pharmacy school, a graduate behavioral or mental health program, or another graduate health professions school, (B) a graduate nursing or physician assistant school, (C) a group of two or more such schools working together, or (D) an institution with a graduate medical education program in one of these fields; (4) agree to collect data on how well the project improves patient safety and care efficiency, and on how likely its graduates are to actually use certified EHR technology later; and (5) agree to provide matching funds, as described in part (d). (c) Use of funds: (1) The school must use the grant money working with two or more different disciplines together, and must use it to bring certified EHR technology into community-based clinical training. (2) The school cannot use the grant money to buy hardware, software, or services. (d) Financial support: The Secretary normally can't pay more than 50% of the project's costs. The only exception is if national economic conditions would make that 50%-match rule harmful to the program — and even then, the Secretary must first notify Congress and explain why the match requirement is being waived. (e) Evaluation: The Secretary must evaluate the funded projects and publish and share the results as widely as practical. (f) Reports: Within 1 year after February 17, 2009, and every year after that, the Secretary must send Congress (specifically the Senate health and finance committees and the House energy and commerce committee) a report that (1) describes the specific projects funded and (2) gives recommendations based on the evaluation from part (e).

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(a) In general

The Secretary may award grants under this section to carry out demonstration projects to develop academic curricula integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis and pursuant to peer review.

(b) Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall—

(1)

submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require;

(2)

submit to the Secretary a strategic plan for integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals to reduce medical errors, increase access to prevention, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance health care quality;

(3)

be—

(A)

a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy, a graduate program in behavioral or mental health, or any other graduate health professions school;

(B)

a graduate school of nursing or physician assistant studies;

(C)

a consortium of two or more schools described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or

(D)

an institution with a graduate medical education program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, or physician assistance studies;

(4)

provide for the collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration project to be funded under the grant in improving the safety of patients, the efficiency of health care delivery, and in increasing the likelihood that graduates of the grantee will adopt and incorporate certified EHR technology, in the delivery of health care services; and

(5)

provide matching funds in accordance with subsection (d).

(1) In general

With respect to a grant under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall—

(A)

use grant funds in collaboration with 2 or more disciplines; and

(B)

use grant funds to integrate certified EHR technology into community-based clinical education.

(2) Limitation

An eligible entity shall not use amounts received under a grant under subsection (a) to purchase hardware, software, or services.

(d) Financial support

The Secretary may not provide more than 50 percent of the costs of any activity for which assistance is provided under subsection (a), except in an instance of national economic conditions which would render the cost-share requirement under this subsection detrimental to the program and upon notification to Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.

(e) Evaluation

The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to evaluate the projects funded under this section and publish, make available, and disseminate the results of such evaluations on as wide a basis as is practicable.

(f) Reports

Not later than 1 year after February 17, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that—

(1)

describes the specific projects established under this section; and

(2)

contains recommendations for Congress based on the evaluation conducted under subsection (e).

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, § 3015, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, § 13301, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 256.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 111-5 · 123 Stat. 256

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