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“We can’t always fix a rural problem with a big city solution."
In this month's employee spotlight, The Center's Lead Program Specialist, Mike Rowland, shares his thoughts on growing up in a rural community, how his background influenced his perspective, and his role in leading technology conversations with rural hospitals and clinics.
In this month's employee spotlight, The Center's Lead Program Specialist, Mike Rowland, shares his thoughts on growing up in a rural community, how his background influenced his perspective, and his role in leading technology conversations with rural hospitals and clinics.
Center Staff
Tabitha Stone
Program Specialist I
Hosted by The National Rural Health Resource Center, this 5-part webinar series will focus on discovering and addressing quality improvement issues within health care organizations.
Center Staff
Caleb Lozinski
Program Specialist I
Center Board
Alana Knudson, PhD, EdM
Vice President | Program Area Director and Co-Director, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Revenue Cycle and Physician Practice Management services evaluate the business and clinical operations of selected healthcare organizations participating in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program. Services assess areas that directly affect the operational and financial management of an organization, and impact clinic operations, provider productivity, and profitability.
Center Staff
Kristina Winings
Human Resources Coordinator II
Health care is consumer-driven, and prospective patients make decisions based on many factors including cost, access, quality, experience, and their connection to us. These patients, or consumers, identify with the messages and overall image you create for your organization; it’s so much more than a logo or your colors, although those are important too.
Rural health care organizations rely on innovation and collaboration in their communities to recruit and retain health professionals and staff. The resourcesin this toolkit cover recruitment and retention, health care workforce solution models, and employee engagement.
This collection of resources, developed for rural hospital and clinic staff involved in quality and performance improvement, offers tools and strategies to strengthen organizational performance, enhance patient outcomes and support continuous improvement efforts.
Center Board, RHI Board
Ray G. Christensen, MD
Past President (Center) | Chief Manager (RHI) | Associate Dean for Rural Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus
This collection of resources, developed for rural health care organizations, their community partners and others launching or managing coalitions or other partnerships, offers tools and strategies to encourage teamwork, enhance coordination among local organizations and support and strengthen community-based approaches to improving rural health.
Great relationships mean impactful technical assistance.
Center Staff
Rod Kirby
Multimedia Specialist
"I use my experience on the farm to help drive creativity."
The Center is proud to shine a spotlight on Deb Laine, one of our program specialists who lives with her husband on a 40-acre farm, along with a flock of sheep, lots of chicken and rabbit, and a guard dog. Her life experience helps guide the high-quality technical assistance the Center provides nationwide.
Read this month's Employee Spotlight for more about Deb, life on the farm, and the 11 years she's spent at The Center.
The Center is proud to shine a spotlight on Deb Laine, one of our program specialists who lives with her husband on a 40-acre farm, along with a flock of sheep, lots of chicken and rabbit, and a guard dog. Her life experience helps guide the high-quality technical assistance the Center provides nationwide.
Read this month's Employee Spotlight for more about Deb, life on the farm, and the 11 years she's spent at The Center.
Through our work with rural hospitals, a need has emerged for education directed towards critical access hospital ( CAH) staff and mid-level leaders (MLLs) on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of
“Access to opportunity can change the course of a family’s future.”
As a lead program specialist, Alexis is no stranger to workforce and leadership development and understanding the ways in which its broader impact has on rural communities. In this month’s employee spotlight, Alexis shares her thoughts on what it means to be a representative of the workforce, how to maintain sustainability in an organization, and the importance of listening to what matters.
As a lead program specialist, Alexis is no stranger to workforce and leadership development and understanding the ways in which its broader impact has on rural communities. In this month’s employee spotlight, Alexis shares her thoughts on what it means to be a representative of the workforce, how to maintain sustainability in an organization, and the importance of listening to what matters.
Join us for this informational webinar where we will take a deeper dive into the purpose and goal of the Rural Healthcare Provider and Transition Project (RHPTP).
Learn about key aspects of managing denied insurance claims and offer practical solutions to address this ongoing issue.
This collection of resources is intended to help rural EMS adapt and become a more integrated part of the evolving health care system.