Resources

Ellenville Regional Hospital was recognized for their effort in community engagement with the creation of a seamless process of medication management as patients transition within and across organizations.

Granite County Medical Center spearheaded the effort to establish a mobile dental clinic where the nearest dentist can be up to 70 miles away. GCMC helped with billing, scheduling, marketing, housekeeping, fundraising, IT support, administrative support, and maintenance.

Central Valley Medical Center (CVMC) demonstrated excellence in quality initiatives with improvements in patient safety and satisfaction. CVMC was one of the first CAHs in Utah to report quality measures and has continued to lead by example

Tahoe Forest Hospital District was recognized for their quality reporting strategies and demonstrated excellence in quality initiatives with documented outcomes.

Page Hospital participated in the CMS Partnership for Patients initiative through the Premier Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). The hospital maintained Joint Commission accreditation and demonstrated high quality outcomes and operational performance rates relative to peers.

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital was recognized for being a leader in public reporting and demonstrated excellence in quality.

Abbeville Area Medical Center has been a leader in the state of South Carolina for Hospital Compare and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers (HCAHPS).

Boon County Hospital (BCH) demonstrated excellence in quality initiatives with documented outcomes. BCH actively participated in the Partnership for Patients as well as many other quality initiatives.

Speare Memorial Hospital (SMH) implemented Lean and Six Sigma training methods, which have fostered a hospital-wide performance improvement infrastructure. SMH also established a Transition Care Program to allow care transition nurses to continue to follow their patients' post-hospital care at their homes.

Fairview Hospital was a recipient of the CAH Recognition Certificate for quality improvement and demonstrated quality initiatives.

Use this series of leadership tools to enable rural health care leadership teams to examine and clarify roles for achieving performance excellence during the transition to value-based health care. They are geared specifically toward administrative teams, board members and physician leaders.

An Excel-based data collection tool designed to collect participation and improvement data over one grant year to enable accurate reporting of PIMS measures at the end of the grant budget year.

Listen to episode four of a six-part podcast from the National Rural Health Resource Center about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its prevalence in rural America. This episode features Michelle Collins, a registered respiratory therapist at Lincoln Health, Franklin Memorial Hospital, and Central Maine Medical Center in Maine.

Listen to episode five of a six-part podcast from the National Rural Health Resource Center about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its prevalence in rural America. This episode features Lindsay Corcoran and Laurie Daigle of Stroudwater Associates .

This Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Performance Management and Evaluation Guide aims to support Flex Program Coordinators towards incorporating performance management into program operations, leading towards program improvement and evaluation.

This white paper provides a menu of suggested measures for the three dimensions of the Triple Aim.

This resource includes a list of some of the MBQIP and CAH quality reporting and improvement topics on which RQITA is available to present to various audiences upon the request of a state Flex Program.

The guide for state Flex Programs contains relevant and practical recommendations and tools to strengthen staff engagement and retention through the Staff Sustainability Cycle described within, which consists of recruiting, onboarding, learning and development, engagement and retention, and succession planning.

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Campaign — with messages tied to the themes of “From Winded to Wonderful,” “Breathing is Easy. Until it’s Not.” and “Breathe Relief Into Your Life” — is designed to educate health care consumers and providers about services that can be easily accessed locally.

This guide provides information about the current status and history of the MBQIP. It is intended to help state Flex Program personnel, and relevant subcontractors understand the basics of MBQIP, including key resources available to support them in their work.