Awarded Grants

To lay the groundwork for implementation of a statewide telehealth network by further characterizing telehealth needs, resources and interest in the state and engaging key stakeholders in a deliberative planning process leading to a clear and concrete plan of action.

To increase access of self-employed and micro-business owners to health insurance information by developing a web site specifically designed for the self-employed micro-business user that will present unbiased information about how the health insurance system works and what options are available in NH.

To achieve the vision of the Medical Interpretation Advisory Board (MIAB) where the limited English proficient and deaf and hard of hearing populations in New Hampshire will have access to high quality health services and to improve the quality of healthcare offered by New Hampshire hospitals and other providers by promoting cultural competency within organizations, developing models or systems that ensure delivery of culturally sensitive and appropriate care and faciliating the Medical Interpretation Advisory Board and its subcommittees.

To create a healthy and sustainable health system for New Hampshire by engaging citizens, policymakers, providers, and other stakeholders in developing policies and systems that support New Hampshire's residents in their efforts to maintain good health and prevent illness and injury and maintain access to a healthcare system that provides high-quality, cost-effective care.

To develop a coordinated, easily accessible transportation system that provides quality services to the transit dependent residents of the Greater Derry-Salem region.

To continue to improve access to and quality of healthcare by providing a high quality, comprehensive, sustainable language interpretation service to assist both persons who are limited in their proficiency of English and staff at medical facilities/social service agencies to communicate without linguistic or cultural barriers.

To preserve health insurance coverage for construction workers and to inform public policy deliberations by convening labor, management and other stakeholders in order to plan and undertake a comprehensive analysis of construction bidding and procurement policies and practices and the link between those practices and workers' access to health insurance and health care.

To sustain a system developed to prevent early childhood caries by assuring resident physicians provide oral health education, screening and flouride varnish within the context of the well child visit for children ages 0-3 years; and to prevent prematurebirths and provide additional protection against early childhood caries by training resident physicians to provide oral health screening at the routine prenatal physical examination and referral of those at risk to a prenatal referral dental clinic.

To enhance the quality of community benefit reporting by NH health care charitable trusts through the development of uniform standards and guidelines for all aspects of community benefit reporting including needs assessment by designing improved reporting and evaluation tools.

To create systemic change in addressing linguistic barriers of non-English speakers in NH by increasing the number and quality of trained medical interpreters in the health care workforce, increasing awareness of the issue among health care organizations, and offering training to health professionals to enhance cross cultural communication skills.

To provide state policy-makers, the general public and health system stakeholders with data and information on healthcare finance and coverage by analyzing current status and trends in the health finance system and the impact on the cost and quality of healthcare and on access of residents to that care through health insurance and public programs.

To educate the NH public about the needs of our seniors, give seniors and caregivers access to resources that can help them, and begin building the public will to make changes benefitting our elderly in our communities through a story series on NH Public TV, an accompanying web site and four community forums.