Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology
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The Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology, under solicitation NAP-AX-22-001 issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Department of Health and Human Services, aims to accelerate innovation in health IT by tackling critical barriers to interoperability and adoption. The initiative targets two priority areas for fiscal year 2025: advancing the readiness of FHIR-based Subscriptions as a foundational capability to enhance real-time interactivity between health IT systems and third-party applications, and identifying and testing novel technical approaches to strengthen the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) infrastructure to boost adoption of the IAS. Projects funded under this opportunity are expected to produce scalable solutions that inform the evolution of health IT standards, methods, and techniques, ultimately driving widespread use of tools that improve healthcare outcomes for individuals and populations. Applications are open until September 30, 2027, and are accessible through Grants.gov, with inquiries directed to the Office of the National Coordinator via the provided point of contact. The solicitation does not prioritize one area over the other and welcomes diverse approaches to addressing these interconnected challenges. While no specific set-aside or NAICS code is designated, the funding is intended for federal initiatives focused on transforming the health IT ecosystem through cutting-edge technical innovation. The emphasis is on real-world applicability, interoperability, and the ability to serve as a model for industry-wide implementation, ensuring that breakthroughs in health IT can be rapidly integrated into clinical and operational workflows across the healthcare system.
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The goal of the LEAP in Health IT funding opportunity is to address well-documented and fast emerging challenges inhibiting the development, use, or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT, which are scalable across the healthcare industry. Solutions are expected to further a new generation of health IT tools and inform the development, implementation, and refinement of health IT standards, methods, and techniques towards enabling widespread adoption of health IT tools to improve healthcare outcomes.
It is critical for the health IT field to be able to innovate and leverage the latest technological advancements and breakthroughs to optimize real-time solutions, especially in areas where health IT has potential to improve the health and healthcare for individuals and populations.
The descriptions provided for the two areas of interest, Area 1 and Area 2, include ways applicants may approach developing a project. The areas of interest have been assigned numbers for ease of reference, not for prioritization. While there are many challenges associated with the use of health IT, ASTP identified these two areas of interest as 2025 priority areas.
In fiscal year 2025, ASTP seeks applications pursuant to the LEAP in Health IT notice of funding opportunity for projects that address one of the following areas of interests:
· Area 1: Demonstrate readiness of FHIR®-based Subscriptions capability as a foundational health IT capability for improved interactivity with third-party applications.
Area 2: Identify and test innovative technical approaches that would inform future changes to the TEFCA infrastructure to increase adoption of IAS.
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