HealthIT Answers August 20, 2021
By Jawanna Henry, Brett Andriesen, Kevin Chaney, MGS, Tracy Okubo and Allison Dennis, ONC
Each year since 2018, new Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT awardees join an entrepreneurial group dedicated to developing and scaling technological breakthroughs. Together, these awardees bring forth solutions to advance research capabilities and improve care delivery. This year is no exception. The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and DARTNet Institute are the newest awardees under ONC’s LEAP in Health IT funding opportunity.
For 2021, LEAP in Health IT focused on two areas of interest:
- Area 1: Referral Management to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Aligned with Clinical Care
- Area 2: Health IT Tools to Make Electronic Health Record (EHR)...