The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Aug. 10 that $25 million is available to hospitals and other healthcare facilities through a competitive emergency care grant program focused on hospital surge capacity, emergency care system capability, and community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies.
The program will award grants for projects intended to help integrate public and private emergency care system capabilities with public health and other first responder systems; improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and expandability of emergency care systems and overall preparedness and response capabilities in hospitals, other healthcare facilities (including mental health and long-term care facilities), and trauma care and emergency medical service systems; and develop plans for strengthening public health emergency medical management and the provision of emergency care and treatment capabilities.
Grant applications must be received by Sept. 7, 2007, and may be filed online. Read the press release.
