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.

Community Health Implementation Planning
We can help you to strategically build and carry out a community health implementation plan that addresses the needs identified in your CHNA.

Additional Consulting Services

Network and Partnership Development
More is possible when working together. Let us help you build bridges that lead to healthier communities.

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.

Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP)
RHPTP guides small rural hospitals and rural health clinics to prepare for participation in alternative payment and care delivery models.

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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

Performance Improvement Plan and Template

Downloads & Links

Performance Improvement Plan and Template

Author:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

This guide is a planning template for health care professionals working with long-term care patients to improve and sustain performance improvement strategies. The template can be customized through forms and analytical tools to apply in settings such as nursing and skilled nursing facilities, subacute care facilities, assisted living facilities and programs, residential care settings and adult medical day health care services. The exhibits, forms and tools include:

Design, Measure, Assess, Improve and Control (DMAIC) Tool
Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) Tool
Fishbone diagram
Root cause analysis (RCA)
Cause and effect map
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely (SMART) Tool
Pareto analysis chart (PAC)

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Workshop

Fall 2022 Flex Program Workshop

October 25, 2022 to October 27, 2022

Duluth, Minnesota

The goal of the Flex Program Workshop is to provide new or existing Flex Program staff and state office of rural health directors an orientation to the Flex Program. This workshop will cover multiple topics relevant to the Flex Program.

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