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A -- INFORMATICS FOR THE NATIONAL HEART ATTACK ALERT PROGRAM SOL BAA/RFP-NLM-98-103/EAS POC Eve Schaefer or Valerie Syed, 301/496-6546 WEB: BAA/RFP-NLM-98-103/EAS, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/oam/oam.html. E-MAIL: email contracting officer, eve_schaefer@ccmail.nlm.nih.gov. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) seeks to obtain research and development services related to the use of medical informatics as an approach to reducing or eliminating some or all of the obstacles hindering the utilization of therapies known to improve survival rates of acute heart attack if administered shortly after onset of the attack. This project will include the planning of demonstration applications which make use of medical informatics in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) related health care; public health; health education; and biomedical, clinical, and health services practice and research. Project plans will involve the use of informatics applications relevant to treatment of AMI for the public, for patients, and for health care providers. Project plans must have a strong evaluation component designed to measure impact on the nation's health care, health education, and/or research systems in such areas as morbidity and mortality of acute heart attacks. These project plans represent Phase I of a three-phased program. Some of the Phase I project plans may be implemented in Phase II via non-competitive follow-on acquisitions or new solicitations. Phase III will demonstrate the efficacy of successful Phase II projects in production via non-competitive follow-on acquisitions. This acquisition is for Phase I project plans only. BAA/RFP-NLM-98-103/EAS will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies will not be issued. The RFP may be downloaded approximately on or after May 5, 1998 from the National Library of Medicine World Wide Web home page. The NLM home page URL is shown below. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. It is anticipated that proposals will be due on or about June 19, 1998. See Numbered Note 26. (0105)

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