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Center Staff

Kristina Winings

Human Resources Coordinator II
Center Staff

Tabitha Stone

Program Specialist I
This webinar will show healthcare leaders how to translate clinical quality metrics into actionable strategies that reduce costs, improve reimbursement, and drive improved patient outcomes.
"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.
Center Staff

Caleb Lozinski

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.
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.
Vice President | Program Area Director and Co-Director, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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.
Avera Holy Family Hospital partnered with four emergency medical service EMS programs, the police department, and public health in a three-year continuous quality improvement project. This project engaged EMS and hospital systems of care with collaborative prevention initiatives, data collection and evaluation, ongoing protocol development, and training.
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 webinar will review what clinics need to accomplish not only to remain compliant, but also to decrease their risk of significant findings during their recertification surveys.
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.
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.
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
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
Center Staff

Rod Kirby

Multimedia Specialist
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).
This series from the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) provides information about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), how rural providers are meeting the needs of their communities, and
Located in Southeastern Appalachia, the Jaynes team serves its patients in a former post office, now turned clinic, in more ways than your typical primary care visits. Read more about this inspiring site visit to Corbin, Kentucky and the many lessons learned.