Presentation by Sherilyn Pruitt, MPH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

1. Sherilyn Pruitt, MPH
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Office of Rural Health Policy
Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

2. OAT Grant Programs
• Licensure Portability Grants
• Telehealth Network Grants
• Telehealth Resource Centers
• Flex Rural Veterans Healthcare
Access Program

3. Demonstrate how telehealth technologies
can be used through telehealth networks
to:
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expand access to, coordinate, and improve
quality of health services;
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improve and expand the training of health care
providers; and
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expand and improve the quality of health
information available to health care providers,
and to patients and their families.

4. Evaluate the cost and
effectiveness of remote vital
sign monitoring of individual
patients and the delivery of
healthcare services to
individuals in their place of
residence.

9. Virginia State-wide Telehealth Network

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Target Audience: Telehealth Networks
Serving Rural Communities
Access Application through: Grants.gov
Available: 02/2012
Applications due: 4/20/12
# of new awards: up to 14
Funding: $250K / yr (4yrs)
Start Date: 09/2012
Contact: Carlos Mena, cmena@hrsa.gov

11. Contact
Sherilyn Pruitt
Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA
spruitt@hrsa.gov
301-594-0819