Three Eastern Shore health centers receive quality improvement grants

SALISBURY, Md. – On Tuesday, Representative Andy Harris announced the award of more than $150,000 in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

We’re told funding was obtained through the HRSA’s Quality Improvement Awards, which are designed to help health centers further strengthen quality improvement activities and expand quality primary health care service delivery. These awards recognize the highest performing health centers nationwide, as well as health centers that have made significant quality improvements from the previous year.

Three health centers on the Eastern Shore have received funding:

• West Cecil Health Center, Inc.
  • $5,750 in Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality grants
  • $21,866 in Clinical Quality Improvers Grants
• Choptank Community Health System, Inc.
  • $5,750 in Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality grants
  • $60,000 in Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition grants
• Three Lower Counties Community Services, Inc.
  • $8,250 in Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality grants
  • $50,000 in Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition grants

“As a physician and member of the House Appropriations Committee, I applaud the award of this federal funding to our local health centers. These grants are designed to improve efficiency in care delivery, quality of care, and reward high achieving centers – which leads to better overall health service for our consistently underserved rural areas. These grants have my full support,” Harris said in a statement.