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

Minnesota Path to Value and Population Health Resources

This page is dedicated to resources for the Minnesota Path to Value (MNPTV) Project and Minnesota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

MNPTV Project Resources

Webinars

Project Overview (15 minutes)
Care Coordination Canvas Tool (25 minutes)
Beyond Education: Engaging Staff to Impact Population Health (53 minutes)
Community Health Workers: What Health Care Organizations Need to Know and Do (67 minutes)
Improve Health Where Health Happens (60 minutes)
Collaboration Building: Establishing the firm foundation for a relationship (55 minutes)

Minnesota CAH Population Health Resources

Webinars

Achieving Health Equity (56 minutes)
Community Paramedicine: Reaching into the community (60 minutes)

Podcasts

To be used during departmental/staff meetings or to share with staff as applicable.

10-minute podcasts for hospital staff

The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital.

30-minute podcasts for mid-level leaders

Learn key strategies for how to address barriers Minnesota critical access hospitals (CAHs) are facing as they shift towards population health.

Additional Resources

Guides and Toolkits

Webinars

Video Series for Mid-Level Leaders

Mid-Level Leaders and the Transition to Value Video Series

Podcasts

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $911,531 with 0 percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.