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.
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.
Resource Library The Center's Resource Library features webinars, presentations, articles and toolkits developed by trusted industry leaders to guide and support rural health stakeholders.
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.
Listeners will identify signs of stigma towards behavioral health in their own organization and learn tools to use to address stigma within their organization.
Identify the stigma of mental illnesses in ourselves and as it relates to our patients, family, coworkers, and others. Learn unique and non-traditional ways communities can create educational opportunities for stigma reduction/elimination.
Behavioral Health plays a key role in bringing diverse organizations and community members together toward the common goals of meaningful and effective learning and innovative problem-solving. Build your skills and gain tools to allow engagement and innovation within your community.
Participation in the IBH program included a one-year follow-up to discuss successes and challenges. Through a series of four calls for each hospital over the year, practices were identified that were most often associated with success in the program. These promising practices are listed below.
Use this section of the Population Health Portal to learn how to effectively conduct population health analytics with access to a web-based database for acquiring health data specific to your location. This tool also consists of educational modules offering step-by-step instructions of common population health analytical procedures.
This set of toolkits aims to assist organizations and providers with the integration of behavioral health care into their settings. The toolkits include interactive resources, guides and assessments.
The Center for Integrated Health Solutions provides examples, models business case information, resources, webinars and videos to support the integration of behavioral health into the primary care setting.
Learn about integrating behavioral health with primary care services, the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) and how to bill for behavioral health integration services.
Participate in a discussion that explores workforce and workflow challenges related to integrating behavioral health. Carrie Cadwell, PsyD, HSPP and CEO of Four County Counseling Center in Indiana, will facilitate the call. This is a follow-up to small group discussions during the All Program Meeting Cohort launch.
The Academy web portal offers resources to advance the integration of behavioral health and primary care. It offers an environment for dialogue, discussion and sharing of experience from those working in the field.
Learn about the major components needed to develop an “oxy-free ED” and implement a plan for managing patients seeking narcotic prescription medications in the emergency department.
This interactive flow chart with helpful resources will help to walk through questions to consider when integrating behavioral health into a primary care system.
Focuses on mental health in rural areas and helps health and human services providers develop, maintain and expand in rural communities. Also highlights challenges and issues in mental health care delivery, including workforce shortages, access, anonymity, stigma, integration of mental health services into primary care and suicide prevention.
This project is supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number H54RH00023. The information, conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and no endorsement by FORHP, HRSA or HHS is intended or should be inferred.
The road to population health depends heavily on our ability to overcome the most vexing barriers to access. This summit will provide a space to connect with other network leaders from across the country to brainstorm and share best practices for addressing barriers to access.
Understand the current state and expectations for CAH implementation of antibiotic stewardship. Learn about an opportunity for high performing CAHs to share their implementation successes. Explore opportunities to align Flex and SHIP activities to support antibiotic stewardship. Engage in peer-sharing regarding quality in the 2019 Flex Program funding proposal.
The tentative topic for the March Flex VKG is CAHMPAS. Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.