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Community & Population Health
Community support of the local health care system is vital for sustainability and growth. Learn how to create a healthier and more engaged community by working with The Center.

Health Information Technology Consulting
As the national knowledge center on rural electronic health record adoption, The Center offers comprehensive services targeted at rural hospitals, rural health clinics and state and national HIT programs.

Leadership
Success begins with strong, informed leadership. The Center offers a variety of services, on-site and remotely, to leaders to assess strengths and identify areas of useful performance improvement.

Workforce
The Center understands that rural health care facilities face unique workforce challenges. Since 1991, The Center has assisted rural citizens, health professionals, educators and policymakers with design and implementation strategies to assure the availability of quality health care.

Strategic Planning
Effective planning is critical for organizational success. Expertly facilitated services conducted by The Center’s staff of national rural health experts will help hospitals and organizations achieve this success.

Performance Improvement
The Center offers a complete spectrum of rural health performance improvement services. With support from The Center, clients succeed in aligning people, processes and resources with their mission.

Technical Assistance & Services Center (TASC)
TASC provides performance improvement resources to CAHs and state Flex Programs on quality, finance, operations, systems of care and population health.

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)
SHIP provides funding to approximately 1,600 participating hospitals in 46 participating SORHs to help small rural hospitals participate in value-based payment and care delivery models.

Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program
The DRCHSD Program works with rural Delta communities to address health care needs and strengthen the local health care system through comprehensive technical assistance.

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Network Technical Assistance (TA)
RHI provides technical assistance (TA) to over 60 networks in the Development and Allied Health rural health network grant programs.

Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project
The Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project supports small rural hospitals nationally by providing on-site technical assistance to assist bridging the gaps between the current health care system and the newly emerging health care delivery and payment system.

Population Health Projects

Minnesota Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Project

Events
Find information about upcoming webinars, workshops and more hosted by The Center or Rural Health Innovations.

Allied Health Webinars
Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Network Allied Health Training grantees.

Health Education and Learning Program (HELP) Webinars
Eligible rural hospital leaders and staff can attend a HELP webinar to learn about current financial, operational and quality performance needs that impact their transition to the new health care environment.

Network Development Webinars
Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Health Network Development grantees.

Performance Management Group (PMG) Calls
Learn from the experience of leading hospital administrators and nationally recognized field experts. PMG calls allow peer-to-peer education focused on preparing rural hospitals for new payment and care delivery models.

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Network Development Webinar

Fostering Resiliency in Your Workplace

July 24, 2019

Undoubtedly, networks are feeling the pressures of health care transformation. They are doing much work with minimal staff, while trying to remain a stable force in their communities. Unsurprisingly, this pattern can lead to both physical and emotional challenges, compromised work quality, and employee turnover.

Upcoming Flex Virtual Knowledge Group

Grant Logistics: Closing out the Flex Grant Year

August 5, 2019

The tentative topic for the August Flex VKG is Grant Logistics: Closing out the Flex Grant Year. Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.

Upcoming Network Development Cohort Group Call

Two Sides of the Coin: Certification, Curriculum, and Associations

August 8, 2019

Networks are often having conversations around certification, curriculum development and state associations in varying degrees in relation to sustainability. This cohort call will explore both the positives and negatives of these three topics, specifically referencing national studies and the C3 recommendations.

Upcoming TASC 90 Webinar

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

August 14, 2019

The tentative topic of the August TASC 90 webinar is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This quarterly webinar will include updates from TASC, RQITA, FMT and FORHP, to include both the Flex Program and policies impacting CAHs.

Upcoming HELP Webinar

SRHT Toolkit Updates and Video Spotlights

August 19, 2019

Hear the latest updates to the Toolkit for Transitioning to Value-Based Systems and see the SRHT hospital spotlight videos featuring Bacon County Hospital and Health System and Roosevelt General Hospital.

Upcoming SRHT Learning Collaborative

Learning Collaborative Four

August 21, 2019

Selected hospitals should reserve the following dates and prepare to participate in four Learning Collaborative (LC) virtual meetings. More information will be provided to selected hospitals. LCs will be used to share information across projects to transition them to population health.

Upcoming Workshop

Network Development Collaborating for Impact Workshop

August 21, 2019 to August 22, 2019

Pier B Resort Hotel

True innovation comes only through a collaborative process where many voices are at the table, but it’s not easy to lead a group with a variety of perspectives and priorities. During this workshop, you’ll assess the strength of your own network’s collaborative relationships and build your collaborative leadership skills.

Upcoming Workshop

Network Development Collaborating for Impact Workshop

August 21, 2019 to August 22, 2019

Pier B Resort Hotel

Upcoming HELP Webinar

2019 Rural Care Coordination and Population Health Summit Findings

August 27, 2019

Explore the findings from the 2019 Rural Care Coordination and Population Health Management Summit. Speakers will identify key actions that leaders and providers should take to further develop a local infrastructure that they can deliver and manage population health in the future.

Upcoming Workshop

DRCHSD 2019 Summit

September 24, 2019 to September 25, 2019

The Hilton Memphis

The purpose of the DRCHSD 2019 Summit is to gather the nine participating hospitals and clinics, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Delta Regional Authority, program technical assistance providers and state partners. The two-day Summit will provide program accomplishments, rural health care information, networking and an overview of the next phase of projects.

News

Hospital Spotlight

Roosevelt General Hospital’s Astounding Financial Turnaround

July 2019

RGH was spotlighted in January 2019 for their impressive six-month post-project progress. In April 2019, they had such amazing outcomes that we created a Video Spotlight on them!

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Video Spotlight on Roosevelt General Hospital

June 2019

Roosevelt General Hospital, located in Portales, New Mexico, shares ways they utilized the recommendations from their SRHT Financial Operational Assessment and the significant impact it had on their finances, growth & expansion, patient satisfaction, staffing model, behavioral health access, and much more!

Critical Access Hospital Recognition

Six CAHs in Washington

June 2019

Columbia Basin Hospital, Columbia County Health System, Jefferson Healthcare, Newport Hospital and Health Services, Pullman Regional Hospital, and Whitman Hospital and Medical Center are recognized for an innovative, multi-state, rural palliative care initiative that includes telehealth case consultation with an interdisciplinary team.

Hospital Spotlight

Coteau des Prairies (CDP) Health System: Improving Quality of Care

June 2019

Read about how CDP has improved quality infrastructure, patient satisfaction, internal communication, and physician documentation a year after their SRHT quality improvement project.

Network Spotlight

Partnering for Behavioral Health in Rural Northeast and North-Central Nebraska: Workforce Programs and Services

May 2019

Partnering for Behavioral Health in Rural Northeast and North-Central Nebraska, located in Norfolk, NE works collaboratively with diverse and experienced organizations, institutions, and individuals to improve quality of life for people in northeast and north-central Nebraska.

News

New Tool to Create or Update Your Strategy Map and BSC!

May 2019

NEW! A series of five webinar recordings with rural hospitals and experts guiding them through a process to use the downloadable, pre-filled templates to develop and tailor their own Balanced Scorecard (BSC) & Strategy Map. The recordings also include educational slides from our subject matter experts and facilitated hospital discussion.

Upcoming Events

Fostering Resiliency in Your Workplace

Grant Logistics: Closing out the Flex Grant Year

Two Sides of the Coin: Certification, Curriculum, and Associations

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

SRHT Toolkit Updates and Video Spotlights

Learning Collaborative Four

Network Development Collaborating for Impact Workshop

Network Development Collaborating for Impact Workshop

2019 Rural Care Coordination and Population Health Summit Findings

DRCHSD 2019 Summit

News

Roosevelt General Hospital’s Astounding Financial Turnaround

Video Spotlight on Roosevelt General Hospital

Six CAHs in Washington

Coteau des Prairies (CDP) Health System: Improving Quality of Care

Partnering for Behavioral Health in Rural Northeast and North-Central Nebraska: Workforce Programs and Services

New Tool to Create or Update Your Strategy Map and BSC!

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