Improving Chronic Conditions Through Inexpensive Interventions

The National Institute on Aging plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity aimed at establishing a national consortium comprising researchers, clinicians, and electronic health record (EHR) vendors. This consortium will focus on evaluating the clinical effectiveness of various care strategies that target whole-person outcomes and quality metrics for older adults with complex health conditions, including those with multiple chronic diseases. The initiative emphasizes collaborative research to scale EHR-based interventions, integrating proven primary care approaches—such as preventive services, chronic care coordination, deprescribing, and goal-setting—into interoperable, AI- and machine learning-enhanced platforms designed to support both individual patient care and broader population health management. Participants will be tasked with developing and deploying user-friendly dashboards, validating these tools in real-world environments, and overcoming implementation challenges involving personnel, processes, and technology. This funding opportunity intends to use the U24 activity code and encourages investigators with relevant aging research expertise to start forming collaborations in preparation for application submission once the NOFO is officially released. Although applications are not yet being accepted, this advance notice provides potential applicants ample time to design responsive projects aligned with the goals of improving chronic condition management through cost-effective interventions.