Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP)

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) has funded the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program to support the discovery of “breakthrough” research findings that will accelerate the nationwide use of health IT and will support dramatic improvements in health care. SHARP program grants have been awarded to four universities and health care organizations that are leading the way in collaborative health IT research and innovation.

SHARP program grants support health IT research in the following areas:

• Security and Health Information Technology
• Patient-Centered Cognitive Support 
• Health Care Application and Network Design 
• Secondary Use of EHR Information 
• NIH Affiliate: Prototype Healthcare Intranet