In September 2023, Rural Health Innovations, the for-profit consulting arm of the National Rural Health Resource Center, was contracted by the Episcopal Health Foundation to conduct a review and assessment of the Texas Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model design and rollout. The assessment included an examination of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation initiatives, an analysis of the Texas CHART Model design and related communications with hospitals and partners, an analysis of state hospital finances, and interviews with more than a dozen key informants.
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This webinar focused on quality improvement from the ambulance service perspective.
This webinar playback focuses on the Sustainable Rural EMS: Navigating Change guide. This guide can assist rural communities in navigating a change from unsustainable volunteer EMS and ambulance service models to those that are sustainable.
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.
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.
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EMS Leadership
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Leadership.
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EMS Strategic Planning
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Strategic Planning.
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Patients, Partners, and the Community.
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Data, Collection, Management, and Analysis.
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EMS Operations and Processes
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency EMS Operations and Processes.
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EMS Workforce
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Workforce.
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EMS Outcomes and Impact
View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency EMS Outcomes and Impact.
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Leadership Resources
Leaders play a central role in setting values and directions. Use these resources to help develop leadership and planning for your organization.
In this module, we’re going to take a broad look at your health care organization and help you think about how you and your team contribute to its long-term success. We’ll also explore the ways you impact culture and relationships through your daily interactions with others.
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Managing Performance
In this module, we’re going to explore ways that you can work to influence the behavior of those on your team. We’ll share best practices for communicating expectations, giving and receiving feedback, and recognizing others.
In this module, we’re going to dig into some things that are hard for many of us: Communication, conflict, and difficult conversations. We’ll look at what it means to be a collaborative communicator and share tips for becoming a better listener, keeping conflict constructive, and having difficult conversations.
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Leading Change
In this module, we’re going to dive into the topic of change. We’ll talk about common experiences that people have through the course of change. We’ll talk about specific things you can do as a leader of change to smooth the process and help others through the transition – and help yourself as well.
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Engaging Your Team
In this module, we’ll explore what it means to engage your team and share some strategies for strengthening engagement by developing your team’s knowledge and skills, making collaborative decisions, and building a strong team identity.
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.
This is the first podcast in our six-part podcast leadership series, Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change, designed for mid-level management (MLM). Learn best practices for leading through the transition to value and population health!