Opportunity Information: Apply for NAP AX 19 002
The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) USA Cooperative Agreement Program is a discretionary cooperative agreement funding opportunity from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). It is designed as a single-source award to IHE USA, meaning ONC planned to fund one recipient (ExpectedAwards: 1) rather than run a broad, open competition among many organizations. The overall aim is to strengthen practical, standards-based health IT interoperability by advancing IHE integration profiles that use RESTful approaches, then proving they work in real-world settings and moving them into formal, publicly available technical frameworks.
The work focuses on developing or extending IHE RESTful-based integration profiles. In practice, IHE profiles are implementation guides that tell vendors and healthcare organizations how to use standards consistently so systems can exchange data reliably. By emphasizing RESTful approaches, the program is pointing toward modern, web-based interoperability patterns commonly used in contemporary APIs, which aligns with broader industry movement toward easier, more scalable health data exchange.
A major requirement is hands-on, real-world testing of these profiles through established interoperability testing events and community activities. The opportunity specifically references IHE USA annual Connectathons (large, structured testing events where multiple organizations validate that their systems interoperate using the same profiles), HL7 developer days, and other related venues. This signals that ONC was not only interested in writing specifications, but also in ensuring they are implementable, testable, and adopted by actual developers and vendors under realistic conditions.
Another core piece is coordination with HL7 and providing HL7 with feedback on issues uncovered during profile development and testing. HL7 develops widely used healthcare data standards, and IHE profiles often build on or constrain those standards to make implementation more consistent. By formally routing lessons learned back to HL7, the program aims to create a feedback loop where practical implementation challenges can inform improvements to underlying standards, guidance, or tooling, reducing friction for implementers over time.
The opportunity also requires that the resulting profiles and extensions become available for public use by shepherding them through IHE governance into the appropriate IHE Technical Framework domain. That requirement matters because it pushes the outputs beyond informal drafts or one-off project deliverables and into the official IHE documentation ecosystem that implementers rely on. Incorporation into an IHE Technical Framework generally increases visibility, stability, and trust in the specification, and supports broader industry adoption.
From an administrative standpoint, the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial involvement from the federal agency compared with a standard grant. The program falls under the Health activity category and is associated with CFDA 93.691. The award structure includes a five-year period of performance, with the anticipated performance dates running from September 9, 2019 through September 8, 2024. The first budget period could provide up to $500,000 (AwardCeiling: 500,000), while any additional funding in later years would depend on the availability of funds, indicating that continuation funding was not guaranteed even though the overall performance period spanned five years.
Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number (NAP AX 19 002), the posting/creation date (June 14, 2019), and the original closing date (July 16, 2019). Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with clarification referenced elsewhere in the full notice, but the description makes clear ONC intended a single-source award specifically to IHE USA. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a federal investment in maturing interoperability specifications into thoroughly tested, publicly available implementation guidance, with a strong emphasis on iterative testing, community engagement, and standards coordination.Apply for NAP AX 19 002
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) USA Cooperative Agreement Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.691.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 14, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 16, 2019 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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