Implementation Science Letters of Intent 2016

Implementation Science to Improve Patient Care

A Partnership Between UCLA CTSI, SC CTSI & LA County Department of Health Services

Purpose

The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LAC DHS) have formed a partnership to develop and test interventions to enhance quality, efficiency and patient-centeredness of care provided by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. This solicitation requests letters of intent that describe ideas for such programs from which formal applications for funding will be selected.

Description of Pilot Grant Program

The participating CTSIs and the DHS intend to issue two pilot grants of up to $75,000 each for up to one year to support the design and small scale implementation of interventions within DHS that will achieve the goals of quality, efficiency and patient centered care. The DHS will provide additional resources and operational support for the selected projects. When completed, successful pilot projects will serve as a base for sustaining extramural funding to implement and formally evaluate the intervention(s) on a larger scale and longer timeframe within DHS. Acceptable funding mechanisms include but are not limited to NIH R01, R21, R03; PCORI, AHRQ, CDC, and CMS Center for Innovation.

Eligibility

Awards will be made to research teams consisting of investigators from UCLA and/or USC working closely with investigators and staff members from DHS to design and conduct the pilot project. Multisite collaboration is encouraged. All USC and UCLA faculty in any series (tenured/non-tenured) including adjunct and professional research series may apply. Participating CTSIs and DHS will work with applicants to help them assemble research teams to conduct their pilot projects.

Submission

LOIs should be submitted through this website by November 7, 2016. Questions can be addressed to Dr. Allison Orechwa (Allison.Orechwa@med.usc.edu) at USC or to Anne Skinner (ASkinner@mednet.ucla.edu) at UCLA.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Title

Affiliation

Project Title

1] Summarize the challenge in DHS health care that you propose to address

2] Describe the intervention or approach that you propose to develop and pilot-test

3] Describe the expertise proposed for the project, including the names and expertise of the PI and known co-investigators as well as any additional areas of expertise that will be required for investigators not yet identified

4] Describe the expected impact of the intervention on quality, efficiency and patient centeredness of care within DHS

Reviewer Comments