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The Center's searchable Resource Library features articles, reports, webinars, podcasts, toolkits, and other materials developed by trusted industry leaders to guide and support rural health stakeholders.
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Quality and Data in Population Health

Equip participants with comprehensive knowledge and insights on population health and its significance in hospital operations and community engagement, ensuring they can effectively guide and make informed decisions in rural health care.

Speaker: Stratis Health

Blue Mountain Hospital, Blanding, Utah

Blue Mountain Hospital has been recognized by the National Rural Health Resource Center for its use of innovative approaches to improve the organization’s financial stability.
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Critical Access Hospital Financial Sustainability Guide

The Critical Access Hospital Financial Sustainability Guide guide is intended for use by state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program personnel, leaders of critical access hospitals (CAHs), and other individuals and/or teams that provide guidance and assistance to these providers in managing their long-term financial stability.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Access the answers to questions frequently asked about the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP).

Center Launches Updated Population Health Toolkit to Support Improvements in Health Outcomes of Rural Communities

The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) has launched the 2025 update to its Population Health Toolkit, which is designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health, state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Programs and individual health care organizations as they seek to better understand, manage and improve population health in their communities and states.
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Texas Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model Review

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.

Providing an Excellent Patient Experience

2021 DRCHSD Patient Experience Webinar series focuses on improving and maintaining an excellent patient experience

Podcast #1: How Population Health Relates to Me

This is the first podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Mini-Podcast Series. The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetings or share as applicable.

Podcast #2: Patient Experience is More Than Meets the Eye

This is the second podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Mini-Podcast Series. The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetings or share as applicable.

Podcast #3: Using Telehealth to Positively Impact Patient Experience

This is the third podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Mini-Podcast Series. The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetings or share as applicable.

Podcast #1: Understanding Population Health and Value-Based Care for Rural Organizations

This is the first podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

Podcast #2: The Mid-level Leader’s Role in Population Health

This is the second podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

Podcast #3: Collaborating with Your Community to Address Social Determinants of Health

This is third second podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

Podcast #4: Community Care Coordination is an Essential Component of Population Health

This is fourth podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

Podcast #5: How to Communicate Population Health Throughout the Organization and Community

This is final podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

DRCHSD 2021 Recruitment For Retention Academy

This 5-part series aims to provide hospital and clinic leaders with tools and strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing employees.
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Module 1: Transforming Health Care from the Middle

Understand how mid-level leaders can help their department, organization, and themselves to transition from volume to value and population health.
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Module 2: Strategic and Systems Thinking

Explore what it means to be a strategic and systems thinker in a mid-level leadership role – and how these types of thinking can positively impact the organization’s journey to value.
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Module 3: Collaborative Leadership

Explore what collaborative leadership looks like and learn strategies for effectively leading with a collaborative approach.
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Module 4: Change Leadership

Explore the change process as well as the emotional side of change. Learn specific things you can do as a leader of change to smooth the process and help others.