Health Care Grants Available To Improve Outcomes In W.Va.

A local nonprofit healthcare quality improvement company, Quality Insights, is marking its 50th anniversary by offering $100,000 in grants to nonprofits and community organizations seeking to improve health and health care in West Virginia.

Quality Insights was established in West Virginia in 1973 and has since expanded to Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dr. Jean Storm, medical director of Quality Insights, said the organization utilizes four tools in its work: science, data, education and collaboration.

“We have provided support for tens of thousands of health care providers, and have impacted millions of patients,” Storm said. “I like to say simply put, we are working behind the scenes to bring people and information together to improve health.”

The nonprofit plans to fund eight to 15 grants in amounts up to $20,000 in areas where its staff collaborates with community coalitions, healthcare facilities and patients to address provider care, grassroots efforts, and education and research.

The grant submission period is now open and will close on June 30, 2023.

For more information visit qualityinsights.org/50.