Grantee Name
Fund for Public Health in New York
Funding Area
Special Projects Fund
Publication Date
August 2014
Grant Amount
$248,095
Grant Date:
May 2012 – December 2013
In 2009, Congress authorized more than $30 billion in spending to stimulate the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), which has led to an increase in EHR adoption across the country.
EHRs have been used primarily to improve the delivery and quality of health care services and to reduce spending. However, they also have the potential to contribute real-time information about population health because they provide access to large volumes of standardized health data. In 2012, the New York Health Foundation (NYHealth) awarded a grant to the Fund for Public Health in New York (FPHNY), on behalf of its implementing program partner New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH), to research and disseminate findings pertaining to the development of an EHR-based population health surveillance system.