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Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-Degree Training Program: A grant program to provide $6 million in grants to an institution of higher education (or consortia thereof) to support the development and initial administration of a set of health IT competency examinations. This is one component of the Health IT Workforce Program.
The Import Permit Program regulates the importation of "infectious biological materials." [67] The CDC runs a program that protects the public from rare and dangerous substances such as anthrax and the Ebola virus. The program, called the Federal Select Agent Program, calls for inspections of labs in the U.S. that work with dangerous pathogens ...
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. . It was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Servic
HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center program is working closely with healthcare professionals at more than 12,000 service sites and 1,400 health centers nationwide in order to provide HIV lab testing and access to PrEP medication. Anyone looking to find a clinic or provider that prescribes PrEP should use the ...
ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. [5] ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.
Under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006 (PAHPA) (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 109–417 (text)), HHS is the lead agency for the National Response Framework (NRF) for Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF-8). The Secretary of HHS delegates to ASPR the leadership role for all health and medical services support ...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisory group to the United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on policy development and provides coordination and support for HHS's strategic and policy planning, planning and development of legislation, program evaluation, data gathering, policy-related research, and ...
Receiving & Support Center. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is one of five adult level one trauma centers in Northern California, along with Stanford University Medical Center in northwestern Santa Clara County, San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Highland Hospital (Alameda County) in Oakland, and UC Davis Medical Center in ...