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You work for a healthcare facility that would like to apply for a grant to develop new ways to improve the quality of healthcare. Visit the www.cms.gov website and explore the CMS Innovation Center. Select a grant that you would like to pursue and draft a grant proposal on behalf of your healthcare facility.
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- 2-3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages,
- Be formatted according to APA requirements
- A minimum of four references with associated in-text citations. Two of these sources must be from peer reviewed or quality academic sources. Each reference must be cited at least once in the paper.
- Use headings to organize the content of your work.
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Running Head: GRANT PROPOSAL
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XYZ Community Hospital Grant Proposal
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GRANT PROPOSAL
Introduction
The XYZ Community Hospital in Chicago requests support from the Medicare Rural
Hospital Flexibility Program in the amount of $15,000,000 towards the purchase of a number of
healthcare improvement items for the hospital. XYZ Community Hospital is one the hospitals in
the rural areas of Chicago that caters for a large population majorly low income earners. It is for
this case that the hospital is seeking funding from the program to help in the purchase of quality
improvement facilities to enhance the quality of healthcare provided within the hospital. The
hospital aims to use this fund to purchase new hospital equipment to help replace the outworn
and outdated ones as well as to supplement the existing equipment used within the XYZ
Community hospital. Quality healthcare services is at the heart of this hospital and based on the
history of the hospital, it is imperative to note that XYZ Community hospital is one of the best
healthcare organizations in Chicago that provides patient centered healthcare services and that
matches both social and cultural needs of the patient.
Objectives
The XYZ Community Hospital hopes to replace all its outworn and outdated quality
improvement facilities and equipment including the following:
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Incubator, laboratory
Haemoglobinometer, electronic
ECG Monitor
Operating theatre lamp
Vacuum Plant
Refrigerators
Patient trolleys
Infusion stand
Mobile X -ray unit
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GRANT PROPOSAL
The list above is not comprehensive but it include some of the medical devices that the
hospital intends to replace and purchase to help improve the quality of healthcare services it
offers to its patients. We also propose to supplement some of the ...