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The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) has named Thomas Schumacher, a health care executive with extensive experience building sustainable hospital programs that prioritize patient outcomes, community well-being and workforce engagement, as the director of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, a new federal initiative designed to help rural hospitals improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services.
Eight hospitals have been selected to participate in the first cohort of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, a new federal initiative designed to provide in-depth technical assistance to rural hospitals, helping them develop or enhance health care services that meet community needs and keep care close to home.
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center shares mid-year accomplishments of their SRHT QI Project, including reduced ED time, focus on preventing readmissions and improving education for providers and staff on QI data.
Read about Marcus & Wallace Hospital's successes in growing their swing bed program to impact their readmission rates.
Read about how CDP has improved quality infrastructure, patient satisfaction, internal communication, and physician documentation a year after their SRHT quality improvement project.
UGH identified teen pregnancy and STDs as being a primary concern and created a program to address it. They are now seeing outstanding health outcomes and expanding the program.
PCH shares their experience with their RHPI Leadership and Balanced Scorecard Development project, which focused on strategies to improve quality and customer service, staff and physician satisfaction, hospital growth and hospital financial health.
CGH completed a QI and TOC Project in 2015. Bob Phillips, CEO and co-CNOs share how they used the recommendations to prepare to be a part of an ACO and creating processes to support population health.
Washington County Memorial Hospital in Missouri discusses ways they engaged their community to impact patient experience.
After only six months of their SRHT QI Project implementation, DMH is reporting successes including the start of a chronic care management program, creation of a patient satisfaction committee and an innovative approach to leadership rounds.
MDMC shares successes and lessons learned from an RHPI FOA in preparing for a new payment and care delivery model and discusses next steps for participation in a shared savings plan and/or ACO.
MWMH share ways they utilized recommendations from their SRHT FOA to impact outcomes including swing bed, 340B, emergency department operations and primary care in a very big way.
CMMC’s CEO discusses ways they used the SRHT FOA to create a sense of urgency with their board and staff to make necessary changes.
Russell County Hospital reports positive outcomes from their SRHT Quality Improvement and Transitions of Care project.
Atmore Community Hospital participated in a QI Project in 2017. Consistent attention to the implementation of their action plan is leading to quick results in only six months.
Tallahatchie participated in a SRHT Quality Improvement and Transition of Care Project in 2017. They are proud of their recent designation 5-star HCAHPS facility!
RGH reported progress on all ten of their consultant recommended priorities, including a chargemaster review that resulted in a $1.4 million in collections in the first four months after updating chargemaster!