Slide Presentation for Technical Assistance Workshop (Text)
At the June 12 Technical Assistance Workshop for potential grant applicants,
there will be a slide presentation (PowerPoint®, 99 KB); this is the text version.
For details about the grant, access the request for
applications (RFA) in the April 4, 2003, NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-03-005.html.
Slide 1. Safe Practices Implementation Challenge Grants Technical Assistance
Workshop and Conference Call
John M. Eisenberg Building
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
June 12, 2003
Slide 2. Congressional Mandate for AHRQ
The Director of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shall conduct
and support research and build private-public partnerships to:
- Identify the causes of preventable health care errors and pat injury in health
care delivery.
- Develop, demonstrate, and evaluate strategies for reducing error and improving
patient safety.
- Disseminate such effective strategies throughout the health care industry.
Slide 3. AHRQ’s Patient Safety Portfolio
- Identifying risk and hazards:
- Reporting system demonstrations (16 projects).
- Working conditions (22 projects).
- Building Capacity:
- Centers of excellence in patient safety research (3 centers).
- Developing centers of excellence in patient safety research (18 projects).
- Patient safety improvement corps (PSIC) to be funded in FY 03.
Slide 4. AHRQ’s Patient Safety Portfolio
- Raising awareness:
- Dissemination and education (6 grants).
- User liaison program (ULP) conferences and workshops with states.
- Identify proven patient safety practices:
- System best practices (6 projects).
- Clinical informatics (11 projects).
- Evidence-based practice center (EPC) report on evidence based patient safety practices.
Slide 5. Goals of Implementation Challenge Grants Request for Applications
(RFA)
- Assess risks and known hazards to patient in the process of care and devise intervention strategies.
- Implement safe practices that show evidence of eliminating or reducing the known risks and hazards associated with the process of care.
Slide 6. Key Dates
- Letter of Intent: June 15, 2003.
- Application Receipt Date: July 15, 2003.
- Approximate Peer Review Date: First week in September.
- Anticipated award date: September 30, 2003.
Slide 7. Mechanism of Support and Funds Available
- U 18 Cooperative Agreement
- AHRQ will have a substantial involvement in monitoring and evaluating these projects.
- One-time solicitation…
- Cost sharing requirement of 50%.
- Projected $3 million in total costs in FY 03.
- Five to ten new grants.
- Half of the awards will be for risk assessment and half for implementation projects.
Slide 8. Eligible Institutions
- For profit or non-profit organization.
- Domestic and foreign.
- Public and private not profit institutions, such as universities, clinics colleges, and hospitals.
- Faith-based or community based organizations.
- Tribes and tribal organizations.
- Integrated delivery system research networks (IDSRNs) and Primary care based research networks (PBRNs) are encouraged to apply.
Slide 9. Principal Investigator (PI)
- Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed project is invited to develop an application.
- Individuals from underserved racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are encouraged to serve as PI.
Slide 10. Two Types of Projects
- Risk Assessment Projects
- 12 months in duration.
- Maximum level of federal support $200,000.
- 50% cost sharing required.
- Implementation Projects
- 24 months in duration.
- Maximum level of federal support $500,000.
- 50% cost sharing required.
Slide 11. Risk Assessment Grants
- Must identify a priority risk area to be assessed. The information on risk area should come from the organization's data.
- Describe the risk assessment methodology [i.e. Failure mode and effects analysis, Probabilistic risk assessment]. If applicant has limited experience seek outside help.
- Must develop a plan for selecting interventions that will reduce or eliminate the target risk.
Slide 12. Implementation Projects
- Must document the risk and hazards to be addressed.
- Must specify the safe practice to be introduced and justify selection for dealing with the identified risk.
- Must provide an implementation plan.
- Introduce known safe practices.
- Must assess level of adoption.
- Document the impact of the project.
Slide 13. Implementation Projects Current Safe Practice Recommendations
- Project may expand upon current safe practice recommendations found in the following:
Slide 14. Cost Sharing is Required
- 50% of total costs of project.
- Institutions must document their actual contribution to the project.
- 3 separate budget sheets required: federal support, cost sharing, combined budget .
- Provide assurances that the organization is committed to provide funds and resource for its share .
- No funds used to calculate indirect costs are part of cost sharing.
Slide 15 Cost Sharing Cannot be Met From
- Costs borne by another federal grant or contract.
- Costs or contributions toward another federal grant.
- Costs of services or property financed by income earned by contractors and a contract from a recipient.
Slide 16 Submitting an Application
- Applications must be prepared using PHS 398 research grant application and form
- PHS 398 is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
- For further information contact Grants Info telephone (301) 435-0714, E-mail GrantsInfo@nih.gov
- Be sure to follow the application directions (especially font requirements). Failure to follow the directions may result in the proposal being withdrawn from consideration.
Slide 17. Peer Review Process
- Incomplete, non-responsive applications returned without further consideration.
- Must pass technical review of cost-sharing requirement (50%) or application returned without further consideration.
- Peer Review panel will discuss and give priority scores to applications of the highest merit.
Slide 18. Review Criteria
Applications reviewed with consideration of the following criteria:
- Significance - important patient safety problem.
- Approach - design, method, and potential problems.
- Innovation.
- Investigator - training and experience of investigator and personnel or outside partners (especially in safety training).
- Environment - culture of workplace and institution with regards to safety.
- Evaluation and Assessment of Impact - plans for evaluation.
- Budget – reasonable budget and period of support; evidence of cost-sharing.
Slide 19. Award Criteria
- Scientific Merit.
- Availability of Funds.
- Program Priorities:
- Institutional systems rather than single institutions.
- Geographical distribution may be considered.
Slide 20. Awardees Responsibilities
- Primary responsibility for project as a whole.
- Retain custody of rights of data subject to government rights to access.
- Must work with AHRQ Coordinating Center and the Program Evaluation Center.
- Participate in the annual meeting held in Washington DC area (include funding in the. budget).
- Keep ARHQ informed of forthcoming publications.
Slide 21. AHRQ Responsibilities
- AHRQ project officers will have substantial scientific-programmatic involvement in all matters related to the project.
- AHRQ will promote collaboration and comparison of risk assessment approaches and implementation strategies.
Slide 22. Next Steps
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This workshop and conference call is being recorded. Questions and answers
from this workshop and conference call will be posted at www.ahrq.gov by June
20, 2003.
- Any questions regarding the RFA and the application process should be directed
to:
James B. Battles, Ph.D
Senior Service Fellow for Patient Safety
Center for Quality Measurement and Improvement (CQuIPS), AHRQ
Phone: (301) 427-1332
E-mail: JBattles@ahrq.Gov
Slide 23. Peer Review and Grant Management Inquiries
- Regarding peer review issues:
Michele Hindi-Alexander
Health Scientist Administrator, AHRQ
Phone: (301) 427-1547
E-mail: MHindi@ahrq.gov
- Regarding financial or grant management issues:
Joan Metcalfe
Grants Management Specialist, AHRQ
Phone: (301) 427-1450
E-mail: JMetcalf@ahrq.gov
Slide 24. Thank You
Questions?
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Current as of June 2003
Internet Citation:
Safe Practices Implementation Challenge Grants. Text of Slide Presentation for Technical Assistance Workshop. June 2003. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/safepracta.htm
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850