Various health centers in Hawaii have received funding from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA, to increase new advancements in technology, it was announced June 20.
Nationwide, HRSA awarded $56 million to health centers it funds, "which provide primary care to 30 million people and serve patients regardless of ability to pay," the announcement noted. "They are also leaders in health care quality."
In Hawaii, a total of $415,237 was awarded to 13 HRSA-funded health centers to help improve quality of care.
HRSA is encouraging health centers to adopt "a modernized Uniform Data System (UDS+)," which "will create automated reporting platforms for quality and performance management, streamlining back-end work."
“Health centers have long been on the cutting edge of adopting new technology to improve patient care, and modernizing the Uniform Data System is no exception. When fully implemented, UDS+ will help us identify needs and tailor solutions much more precisely for the communities we serve,” said HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson in a statement.
The funding is also intended for "new equipment, meeting interoperability standards and providing data management training to staff," according to HRSA.
Fiscal year 2024 award recipients in Hawaii include:
- Hana Community Health Center Inc. ($30,916)
- Hamakua Health Center ($34,026)
- Kalihi Palama Health Center ($40,078)
- Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services ($35,380)
- Waikiki Health ($35,136)
- Koolauloa Health Center ($31,522)
- West Hawaii Community Health Center ($48,474)
- Molokai Ohana Health Care Inc. ($31,322)
- Lanai Community Health Center ($31,136)
- Hoola Lahui Hawaii ($31,707)
- Waianae District Comprehensive Health And Hospital Board Inc. ($47,748)
- Community Clinic of Maui Inc. ($36,469)
- Waimanalo Health Center ($32,845)
