Boston Children’s, MedStar Health Win ONC Funding For API Research

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)—located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—recently announced two hospitals that will receive grants under its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity. The LEAP in Health IT funding opportunity addresses well-documented and fast emerging challenges that inhibit the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT.

The two awardees, which will each receive up to approximately $1 million in funding over the next two years, are:

Boston Children’s Hospitals – Funding will go towards projects . . .