E-QUAL & CEDR Grant Opportunity

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) seeks EDs in rural and underserved areas to join the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) and the Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR) for 2019. ACEP seeks to maximize the success of your quality improvement project and help your ED build critical data access and capacity.

The award is a one-time lump sum of $4,000 that will be used to cover the technical assistance of CEDR costs for 2019.

Eligibility

• Must be enrolled in and complete a 2019 E-QUAL collaborative

• Choose from Sepsis, Chest Pain or Avoidable Imaging

• Opioids is not eligible for the grant

• Hospital-based ED practices in CMS designated Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), OR

• ED practices located in rural areas requiring that your location be outside an Urbanized Area as defined by the U.S. Census. Use the following web link to determine if your ED facility meets the CMS Rural definition.

• Executed CEDR contract in place for 2019

• Did not  participate in the 2018 Rural Critical Access Grant Program

Applications must be submitted by the deadline to Nalani Tarrant, Senior Project Manager. The designated local champion and the individual who submitted the application will be notified through email by January 31, 2019 whether their site did or did not receive the award. This grant will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

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