Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program
(STAR HIE Program)
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/onc-funding-opportunities/strengthening-technical-advancement-and-readiness-public-health

Awardees in the STAR HIE Program will build upon previous and existing federal investments in health information exchanges (HIEs) and will leverage work done by the industry to advance HIE services for the benefit of public health. The result of these efforts would be improved linkages between public health agencies and the services that HIEs are well situated to provide. These services include, but are not limited to, establishing or updating:

• Services that benefit public health registries;
• Connectivity services that benefit a public health agency; and/or
• Data services that benefit a public health agency.

The Program has the following objectives:

1. Build innovative HIE services that benefit public health agencies.
2. Improve the HIE services available to support communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The STAR HIE NOFO is limited to United States-based HIE entities. The award will allocate $2,500,000 to fund up to five awards with a period of performance of up to two years in the form of cooperative agreements with funding contingent upon availability of funds, satisfactory completion of milestones, and a determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the federal government and the public. ONC plans to award these five awards in the amount of up to $500,000 each.