PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this grant program is to expand access to, coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential health care services, including preventive and emergency services, through the development of integrated health care delivery systems or networks in rural areas and regions. Specifically the purpose of the Rural Telemedicine Grant Program is to demonstrate how Telemedicine can be used as a tool in developing integrated systems of health care, improving access to health services for rural citizens and reducing the isolation of rural health care practitioners. The purpose is also to collect information for a systematic evaluation on the feasibility, costs, appropriateness and acceptability of rural Telemedicine.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Program Development;
- Specialized Health Research and Training;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Health Professional;
- Rural;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);