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Every monthly issue of RQITA Monthly includes questions from the field, resources and tools, upcoming MBQIP deadlines and reporting reminders, and upcoming events.
The purpose of this analysis is to examine how patient-physician communication impacts readmission rates, mortality rates, and payment in various types of hospitals.
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Transportation and Health Status
This analysis looks at how transportation options, being active, and staying healthy are related.
The objective of this analysis is to establish how poverty rates in a region relate to the frequency of preventable hospitalizations and readmissions.
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Emergency Department Access
The goal of this analysis is to figure out how long people have to wait to be seen and how many decide to leave before being seen at different hospitals.
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Diabetes Risk Factors and Rurality
The purpose of this analysis is to compare diabetes rates and population age for each county and state.
In this assessment, we will examine how these factors influence the comprehension of discharge instructions among hospital patients.
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Cancer Risk Factors and Rurality
This analysis aims to identify the factors that influence the risk and survival of cancer and how where you live affects your access to and quality of cancer care.
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Uninsured Rates, Behavior, and Mental Health
In this analysis, we will explore how different variables at the county level, such as drug overdoses, excessive drinking, employment status, and health insurance coverage, are related to the rates of poor mental health days among the population.
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Stroke Risk Factors and Rurality
This analysis shows that strokes are a major public health problem that affects regions and populations differently.
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COPD Risk Factors and Rurality
This analysis shows that COPD is a major public health problem that affects different regions and populations differently.
The goal of this analysis is to delve into how socioeconomic status ties into health-related outcomes, encompassing factors like diabetes prevalence, preventable hospital stays, household income, and access to healthy food, all in relation to premature mortality.
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Injury Death Risk Factors and Rurality
The aim of this analysis is to explore if relationships between homicides, motor vehicle accidents, and injuries, based on poverty rates in different counties and states.
CAHs Can! QI Mentor Stories – Improving Swing Bed Quality
CAHs Measure Up: Collaborative Impact
Tips: Robyn Quips – Antibiotic Use and Resistance Module Submissions
Tools and Resources – MBQIP and Rural Health Improvement Resources
CAHs Measure Up: Collaborative Impact
Tips: Robyn Quips – Antibiotic Use and Resistance Module Submissions
Tools and Resources – MBQIP and Rural Health Improvement Resources
The National Rural Health Resource Center, in partnership with the Flex Monitoring Team and Stratis Health, today released Building Sustainable Capacity for Quality and Organizational Excellence, which outlines practical, rural-relevant strategies that critical access hospital (CAH) leaders and staff can adopt to more fully incorporate quality improvement efforts into their organization’s culture and develop a shared sense of responsibility for quality patient care.
DRCHSD Program Monthly Newsletter - August 2023
CAHs Can! QI Mentor Stories – Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions
CAHs Measure Up: Influenza Vaccination Coverage
Tips: Robyn Quips – CMS Reporting Structures
Tools and Resources – MBQIP and Rural Health Improvement Resources
CAHs Measure Up: Influenza Vaccination Coverage
Tips: Robyn Quips – CMS Reporting Structures
Tools and Resources – MBQIP and Rural Health Improvement Resources
This report serves as a framework to inform quality in critical access hospitals, assist them in creating sustainable quality infrastructure, moving beyond mere measures, and toward organizational excellence.
Scott Daniels, the longtime Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program coordinator at the Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, was awarded the 2023 Calico Quality Leadership Award at the annual Flex Program Reverse Site Visit held in Washington, DC on July 19-20.