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.

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.

TASC 90 Webinar: Innovations in Telehealth

Author: National Rural Health Resource Center

This event, recorded February 11, 2015 provides examples of innovative telehealth programs. From this event, the listener will:

Learn about current issues and activities within rural telehealth
Understand an overview of two state Flex Program-supported telehealth projects
Discover these projects’ successes, challenges and opportunities for consideration in your state’s rural telehealth effort

Discussion on the event also included:

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and TASC updates
Rural regulatory updates
Flex Monitoring Team updates

Agenda [PDF - 97.15 KB]

FORHP Policy and Regulatory Update [PDF - 376.5 KB] Aaron Fischbach, FORHP

Improving Access to Care: Use of Telehealth by Critical Access Hospitals [PDF - 409.9 KB] John Gale, Maine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine

Project ECHO - Nevada [PDF - 1.96 MB] Dr. Evan Klass, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Rural Veterans Health Access Program - Alaska [PDF - 542.19 KB] Susan Maley and Shellie Smith, Alaska State Office of Rural Health

Innovations in Telehealth Webinar Recording [MP3]

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Flex Virtual Knowledge Group

Board Engagement and Leadership Support

June 4, 2018

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 Webinar

SHIP State Coordinator Technical Assistance Webinar: June 2018

June 13, 2018

Topics include: Best Practices for Grant and Contract Development
Connection details for this webinar have been sent to SHIP Coordinators and State Office of Rural Health Directors. For more information, please contact ship-ta@ruralcenter.org.

Upcoming Conference Call

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

June 20, 2018

Quality Reporting Specialist Robyn Carlson of Stratis Health will be offering open office hour calls to discuss CAH MBQIP data abstraction questions on June 20, 2018. Sessions are free of charge, but registration is required.