Building Telehealth Capacity for Chronic Care in Tennessee
GrantID: 7244
Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $100,000
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Grant Overview
Tennessee's telehealth capacity for chronic illness management remains constrained by uneven broadband infrastructure outside the Nashville and Memphis corridors. The state's 2022 broadband deployment report identifies 142,000 rural addresses lacking reliable 25 Mbps service, concentrated in the Cumberland Plateau and Upper East Tennessee. These gaps directly affect patients with diabetes and hypertension who require regular remote monitoring.
Workforce constraints compound the infrastructure shortfall. Tennessee's rural counties average 0.8 endocrinologists per 100,000 residents, compared with 4.2 in Davidson County. Primary care practices in these areas report difficulty recruiting staff trained in remote patient monitoring platforms. Hospital systems in Knoxville and Chattanooga have expanded telehealth internally but maintain limited referral pathways to independent rural clinics.
The grant requires applicants to document existing electronic health record integration with at least one major Tennessee health system and to submit letters from local broadband providers confirming 100 Mbps symmetric service at proposed clinic sites. Readiness assessments must include staff training logs showing completion of the Tennessee Telehealth Resource Center curriculum.
Tennessee distinguishes its review by weighting proposals that link new telehealth nodes to existing Project ECHO programs operating through the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Quarterly outcome reporting focuses on hemoglobin A1c control rates and emergency department visits for enrolled patients, drawn from the state's all-payer claims database.
Funding prioritizes the 19 counties designated as health professional shortage areas for primary care while requiring explicit coordination plans with the three major academic medical centers to prevent fragmentation of specialist support.
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