New Challenge Competition Offers Prizes for Ideas on Advancing AHRQ’s CDS Connect
Four prizes of $25,000 each will be awarded to winning contestants in a new challenge competition
designed to solicit ideas on advancing the functionality, value and accessibility of AHRQ’s CDS Connect
platform. The goal of the new challenge is to strengthen the ways in which industry, government and
nonprofit entities can collaborate to share innovative CDS across health systems. The competition will
proceed in two phases, first calling for design proposals, then live presentations. Prizes will be
awarded in four categories: best overall design, best technical functionalities, best value proposition
and most innovative design. The first submission deadline is December 6, 2023. Access more information about how
to enter or contact ahrqchallenge@ahrq.hhs.gov.
In 2016, AHRQ launched a program of grants and contracts aimed at helping health care providers move patient-centered
outcomes research (PCOR) evidence into practice through clinical decision support (CDS). AHRQ advances the science
of CDS by supporting implementers, clinicians, and technology vendors in developing CDS tools that are shareable,
standards-based, publicly-available, and patient-centered. These components are detailed below.
Beyond these efforts, AHRQ continues to fund grants focused on advancing evidence into practice. Grant funding
is available for digital healthcare research and other priority areas, including clinical decision support. Please
visit https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/fund-opps/index.html
for information on those opportunities.