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Community & Population Health

Rural Health Path to Value
Rural Health Innovations offers services to help you climb toward population health and improve the health status of your community.

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA)
Work with us to set a course toward value-based payment and population health. A thorough assessment of your community's needs is the crucial first step.

Additional Consulting Services

Strategic Planning, Leadership, and Workforce
The Center offers a variety of services to help with Strategic Planning, Leadership, Workforce, and Performance Improvement.

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

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 Webinar

DRCHSD COVID Financial Recovery Webinar Series Part V: Physicians - Strategic Planning

August 14, 2020

Proper alignment with employed and affiliated physicians continues to present challenges, especially to rural providers. With growing practice subsidies and recruitment and retention difficulties, leaders must engage at a deeper level with the medical staff to achieve sustainable arrangements. Tune in to hear from BKD experts about how organizations are repositioning to achieve value for the organization, physicians and the patients they mutually care for.

Upcoming HELP Webinar

Leading Through Change

August 18, 2020

Recognize individual differences in reactions to change. Use strategies for leading groups and individuals through change. Manage your own emotions during the change process.

Upcoming MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

August MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

August 20, 2020

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

Innovative Approaches to Delivering Training and Education

August 31, 2020

This SHIP Technical Assistance (TA) Webinar will focus on innovative and successful approaches to delivering mass education and training implemented by the Indiana State Office of Rural Health, and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

Upcoming Webinar

Innovative Approaches to Delivering Training and Education

August 31, 2020

Upcoming Webinar

Flex PIMS Updates

September 2, 2020

Learn about results from the Flex FY 2018 Performance Improvement Management System (PIMS) data collection. Understand the requirements for the Flex FY 2019 PIMS data collection. Discover resources available for PIMS data collection.

Upcoming Conference Call

Ask Robyn - Quarterly Open Office Hour Calls for MBQIP Data Abstractors

October 22, 2020

Register for an open office hours call to discuss MBQIP abstraction questions with Quality Data Specialist, Robyn Carlson of Stratis Health. Sessions are free of charge, but registration is required.

News

Critical Access Hospital Recognition

Lincoln County Medical Center, Ruidoso, New Mexico

July 2020

Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC), located in Ruidoso, New Mexico, was one of only four critical access hospitals (CAH) that earned national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.

Critical Access Hospital Recognition

Mason District Hospital, Havana, Illinois

June 2020

Mason District Hospital (MDH), located in Havana, Illinois, is one of only four critical access hospitals across the United States to receive national recognition for its care coordination program.

Critical Access Hospital Recognition

Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

June 2020

Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (SGCMH), located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is one of only four critical access hospitals that received national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.

Hospital Spotlight

Val Verde Regional Medical Center Implements SMART ER

February 2020

Through the fulfillment of VVRMC’s mission and vision, they strive to improve patient satisfaction by existing as the premier provider for all healthcare needs within their community, all while delivering healthcare they can trust.

Video

Bringing it all Together for EMS in Wright County, Iowa

January 2020

Learn how one county in Iowa, with three independent ambulance services, completed a multi-year process to address their broken EMS system using Flex Program funding.

Video

EMS in Dixie County, Florida: Driving Data for Improved Health

January 2020

In this video, one rural ambulance service shares the value realized in reporting and using data to improve organizational culture. They share their enhanced ability to identify improvement opportunities that move the needle on health outcomes for their patients, such as Community Paramedicine and an antibiotic protocol for sepsis.

Upcoming Events

DRCHSD COVID Financial Recovery Webinar Series Part V: Physicians - Strategic Planning

Leading Through Change

August MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

Innovative Approaches to Delivering Training and Education

Innovative Approaches to Delivering Training and Education

Flex PIMS Updates

Ask Robyn - Quarterly Open Office Hour Calls for MBQIP Data Abstractors

News

Lincoln County Medical Center, Ruidoso, New Mexico

Mason District Hospital, Havana, Illinois

Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Val Verde Regional Medical Center Implements SMART ER

Bringing it all Together for EMS in Wright County, Iowa

EMS in Dixie County, Florida: Driving Data for Improved Health

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