Cardiovascular Research Impact in Rural Montana
GrantID: 77710
Grant Funding Amount Low: Open
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: Open
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Grant Overview
Montana's target outcomes center on measurable increases in rural clinician adoption of cardiovascular research findings within 18 months of project completion. State health department records indicate that fewer than 35 percent of primary care providers in counties with populations below 10,000 report routine use of updated neurovascular risk stratification tools. The funding therefore prioritizes projects that translate trial results into protocols usable by lone physicians serving multiple frontier counties.
These outcomes matter because Montana's 56 counties include 46 classified as frontier, where patients travel more than 100 miles for cardiac catheterization. Delayed adoption of evidence-based anticoagulation guidelines contributes to higher stroke hospitalization rates in eastern Montana compared with the western mountain counties that host larger referral hospitals. Workforce data show one cardiologist per 45,000 residents statewide, amplifying the need for research that reaches generalists quickly.
Implementation requires applicants to specify outreach methods calibrated to Montana's geography. This includes satellite training sessions at critical access hospitals in the Hi-Line region and use of existing telehealth platforms already licensed by the Montana Board of Medical Examiners. Projects must track provider behavior change through pre- and post-intervention chart audits rather than self-reported surveys.
Proposals must also address Montana's seasonal population fluctuations and limited broadband in southeastern counties. Review criteria include demonstration that educational materials account for variable clinic staffing during harvest and wildfire seasons. Funding supports only those collaborations that can document existing relationships with Montana's two medical schools and the state's Area Health Education Center network.
Montana applications differ from those in adjacent states because reviewers require explicit accounting for the absence of large academic medical centers outside Billings and Missoula. Projects must present data showing how research outputs will reach providers operating without on-site specialty support, using metrics drawn from Montana's hospital discharge and emergency medical services registries.
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