Health Care Providers Invited to Apply for $1M in Grants to Improve Patient Safety, Efficiency

The Cardinal Health Foundation today announced that, for the fifth consecutive year, it will award more than $1 million in grant funding to help US hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.

Since the inception of the E3 Grant Program in 2008, the Cardinal Health Foundation has awarded 147 grants totaling more than $4.25 million to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of health care, nationwide.

Cardinal Health Foundation E3 Grant Program applicants are encouraged to submit funding requests for projects that will improve medication safety, particularly as patients move from hospital environments to home and other healthcare settings; or for projects that will improve operating room (OR) safety through the use of World Health Organization Surgical Safety checklists. These checklists have been proven to reduce surgical morbidity and mortality by providing a list of patient safety activities that must be completed by a surgery team before proceeding with a medical procedure.

Applications for E3 grants can be submitted online with a the deadline of December 2, 2011. 

For more details, see the press release.