Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
Through the original PBHCI grant, Weber Human Services, the community behavioral health center in Weber County (WHS) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with midtown Community Health Center (Midtown) to establish and operate a primary healthcare clinic within the WHS mental health facility to serve SMI patients in the Weber County area. This clinic will provide at least 20,250 medical encounters, with the potential of multiple services per encounter based on the patients' medical conditions, to 2750 SMI unique patients throughout the 4 year grant period. WHS proposes accomplishing the following goals with this supplemental program. 1. Both WHS and Midtown EHRs will achieve stage 1 meaningful use certification by the end of the supplemental grant period. 2. WHS will continue to participate in the development of the Utah cHIE and be ready to participate with data uploads of consented patients by July 2012. a. WHS will establish feasible consenting practices for patient participation in the cHIE. b. WHS will implement HL 7 standards to ensure capability of submitting data to the cHIE by September 2012.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
