Hawaii
Rural Health Transformation Program- Program
- Hawaii
- First-year award
- $188,892,440 (CMS)
- Lead agency
- Office of the Governor of the State of Hawaii, with the State Health Planning and Development Agency leading the health information network
- Program page
- rhtp.hawaii.gov/home
- Contact
- The program office's contact details
- Where the plan names technology
- Hawaii's application would build a Rural Health Information Network to "Connect all rural providers to interoperable EHRs and the statewide health information exchange for real-time care coordination" and a Pili Ola Telehealth Network to "Deploy telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and consumer-facing technology to improve prevention and chronic disease management." It also proposes to "Establish an innovation technology laboratory to develop and pilot AI applications in health care" and to "stand up a secure, AI-enabled Duals Data Dashboard."
- AI named in the plan
- Yes
- Funding rounds
- Open HOME RUN Rural Health Workforce Investment Program (Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation AHEC); Up to $50,000 to up to $200,000 per individual, by category; eligible: Healthcare professionals licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide clinical care in Hawaii who provide or will provide direct patient care in rural Hawaii, with a five-year rural service commitment
- Next
- The state's funding page says "RHTP-related funding opportunities, procurement notices, and education award links will be shared here as they become available," and that opportunities for non-state entities are posted through the Hawaii Awards & Notices Data System. CMS said on Sept. 1, 2026 that Hawaii will allocate $45 million to the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine for the HOME RUN workforce initiative and $13 million to the Hawaii Department of Health for new ambulances and emergency communications. The HOME RUN workforce application lists no deadline; questions go to [email protected]. The state's funding page links an "education award application" for HOME RUN whose address could not be read, so the HBMC Foundation AHEC form listed here is not confirmed as that link.
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, Hawaii RHTP program site, Hawaii RHTP funding opportunities, Hawaii's application to CMS, Engage Hawaii, Rural Health Transformation Plan, Governor's office, $188.9 million award, SHPDA steering committee presentation, June 2, 2026, HOME RUN Rural Health Workforce Investment Program application, CMS, Hawaii awards
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