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CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Jenifer Monzo
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Antibiotic Stewardship Program Core Elements Met by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
Tips: Robyn Quips – Outpatient Measure Abstraction Quiz Answers
Tools and Resources – Helping CAHs Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Stacey Karvoski
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Top 10 States with Outstanding Quality Performance
Tips: Robyn Quips – Outpatient Measure Abstraction Quiz
Tools and Resources – Helping CAHs Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Marilyn Denno
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Response Rates
Tips: Robyn Quips – Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC) Abstraction Quiz Answers
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

Teryl Eisinger, Advisor, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) was awarded the Calico Quality Leadership Award at the 2022 Flex Program Reverse Site Visit held virtually July 19-22, 2022.

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Cara Cruz
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Prioritize Your Quality Improvement Projects
Tips: Robyn Quips – Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC) Abstraction Quiz
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Katherine Bryant
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Ensuring Data Accuracy
Tips: Robyn Quips – Abstraction Tidbits
Tools and Resources – Helping  Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

Sudan Medical Clinic, located in Sudan, Texas is a family-owned clinic that opened in 2006 and expanded in 2016 serving the community in Muleshoe, Texas. SMC is a certified rural health clinic that participated in the first year of the RHPT Project with the goal to guide small rural hospitals and certified rural health clinics not currently participating in VBC to prepare for and position their organization to be effective participants in a health system focused on value. Read their progress here.

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Caryn Bommersbach
Data: CAHs Measure Up – OP-18 Performance Snapshot
Tips: Robyn Quips – Annual Measures OP-22 and HCP
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

CAHs Can! National Rural Virtual Quality Improvement Mentor Profile Series: Gloria Barth
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Missing Data on Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) Reports
Tips: Robyn Quips – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Measure Resources
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

CAHs Can! Antibiotic Stewardship Profile Series: Astria Sunnyside Hospital
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Random Sampling
Tips: Robyn Quips – Reporting Tidbits
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

Meet our two new board members, Qiana Thomason and Shao-Chee Sim!

Meet our two new board members, Qiana Thomason and Shao-Chee Sim!

The Delta Regional Authority announced 11 additional facilities chosen to participate in the Delta Region Community Health System Development (DRCHSD) Program.

CAHs Can! New Cohort of National Virtual Quality Improvement Mentors Ready to Help with QI Challenges
Data: CAHs Measure Up – Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC) Performance
Tips: Robyn Quips – National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Facility Survey
Tools and Resources – Helping Critical Access Hospitals Succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement

Grant Memorial Hospital is recognized for demonstrating an innovative approach to collaboration through telehealth. They have successfully minimized barriers by connecting rural populations to needed health care to address clinical issues and patient needs, as well as provide support, resources, and education in behavioral health and cardiology.

Understand the importance of care coordination and the foundational elements of an effective program as your hospital or clinic moves forward into Value-Based Payments.