# Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care

> **NIH NIH U54** · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2020 · $13,847,931

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Overall
The Point-of-Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care proposes to further develop a
national “center-without-walls” for rapid transformation of emerging point-of-care technologies
into commercially viable, clinically focused solutions for improving primary healthcare. The
Center was established by the Consortia for Improving Medicine through Innovation and
Technology (CIMIT), a consortium of research institutions, universities, military medicine centers
and hospitals throughout the US with international affiliates at University of Manchester-UK
(MIMIT), Barcelona (The Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technologies in
Catalonia) and Singapore (A*-STAR/Eastern Health Alliance). CIMIT established the Point-of-
Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care under a Cooperative Agreement (U54)
award from National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) in 2012 and the
Center created a national network of research sites, harnessing the power of multidisciplinary
collaboration to speed the translation of high-impact research into primary care practice and
broader dissemination by commercially licensable opportunities. We will build upon our proven
approach to needs-driven primary healthcare technology innovation to expand and significantly
enhance our Center. The Center’s overall objective is to build upon the progress made under
the previous U54 award and offer expanded support to teams through the integrated functional
elements of the proposed enhanced Center. In so doing, the Center will offer a portfolio of
synergistic support to teams with innovative solutions through defined interfaces and hand offs
throughout the innovation process while continuously improving the Center’s processes of
finding, funding, facilitating, and following projects. The long-term goal is to create a dynamic,
sustainable national network that identifies key unmet needs in the delivery of primary care as
well as promising emerging technologies and then to accelerate their translation into clinical
applications for broad impact in primary care medicine through high-quality translational and
clinical research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10220180
- **Project number:** 3U54EB015408-08S1
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** John A Parrish
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $13,847,931
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-08-08 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10220180

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10220180, Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care (3U54EB015408-08S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10220180. Licensed CC0.

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