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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 Integrative Behavioral Health (IBH) Project

Associates Program
The Associates Program is designed to connect health care organizations and networks with highly qualified rural consultants and technical experts.

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 Workshop

FORHP Flex Program Workshop

October 23, 2018 to October 25, 2018

Fitger's Lakefront Hotel

The goal of the FORHP Flex Program Workshop is to provide new or existing Flex Program staff an orientation to the Flex Program. Attendance at this event is open only to state Flex grantees.

Upcoming Network Development Webinar

A Look at Network's Sustainability Characteristics: How Are We Doing?

October 25, 2018

Last month, all of the Network Development grantees were asked to complete our annual Network Sustainability Assessment. In this webinar, we'll take a look at the results and explore what they tell us about how we are doing as a cohort, aiming for sustainability. We will also check out TA resources, share lessons learned and provide input on TA topics for the upcoming year.

Upcoming Webinar

November MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

November 1, 2018

MBQIP VKGs provide a networking opportunity for state Flex Programs and subcontractors. Topics for discussion are determined based on MBQIP Data Reports, technical assistance trends and requests.

Upcoming Webinar

Learning Collaborative: Improving Quality Reporting in Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics

November 1, 2018

SHIP Coordinators should attend this webinar to understand how to support provider based RHCs to implement quality reporting and acquire tools and resources to assist with this task.

Upcoming TASC 90 Webinar

November TASC 90

November 14, 2018

This quarterly webinar will include updates from TASC, RQITA, FMT and FORHP, to include both the Flex Program and policies impacting critical access hospitals (CAHs).

Upcoming Webinar

Learning Collaborative: Improving Quality Reporting in Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics

November 20, 2018

SHIP Coordinators should attend this webinar to understand how to support provider based RHCs to implement quality reporting and acquire tools and resources to assist with this task.

Upcoming SRHT Learning Collaborative

Learning Collaborative One

March 20, 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 SRHT Learning Collaborative

Learning Collaborative Two

May 15, 2019

Upcoming SRHT Learning Collaborative

Learning Collaborative Three

July 17, 2019

Upcoming SRHT Learning Collaborative

Learning Collaborative Four

August 21, 2019

News

Hospital Spotlight

Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Experiencing Improved Community Feedback

October 2018

Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center shares their continued progress on their SRHT Quality of Care and Transition of Care Project. They were previously spotlighted in February 2018.

Critical Access Hospital Recognition

Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania

September 2018

Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC), located in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, is being recognized for the development of an innovative emergency department (ED) mental health distress response.

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Network Spotlight: Bootheel Health Alliance, Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc.

September 2018

Missouri Bootheel Regional located in Sikeston, MO strives to decrease disparities in health outcomes through improving the well-being of residents of the Missouri Bootheel by overcoming health disparities in obesity and diabetes.

Networking News

Collaborating Across Cultures for Health Networks

September 2018

One of the most challenging forms of collaboration for health networks is collaborating across cultures. While some cross-cultural collaborations may be obvious, such as between Native and non-Native groups, others are much more subtle, such as between groups or healthcare systems with regional differences.

Hospital Spotlight

Evergreen Medical Center Remains Committed to Quality Care

September 2018

Evergreen Medical Center in Alabama utilized the recommendations from their SRHT QI Project to continue to improve the patient experience in their hospital.

News

Apply for a Financial or Quality Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project!

September 2018

With the support of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), RHI is excited to announce the next application cycle for the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project.

Upcoming Events

FORHP Flex Program Workshop

A Look at Network's Sustainability Characteristics: How Are We Doing?

November MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

Learning Collaborative: Improving Quality Reporting in Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics

November TASC 90

Learning Collaborative: Improving Quality Reporting in Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics

Learning Collaborative One

Learning Collaborative Two

Learning Collaborative Three

Learning Collaborative Four

News

Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Experiencing Improved Community Feedback

Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania

Network Spotlight: Bootheel Health Alliance, Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc.

Collaborating Across Cultures for Health Networks

Evergreen Medical Center Remains Committed to Quality Care

Apply for a Financial or Quality Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project!

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