Rural Health Path to Value Rural Health Innovations offers services to help you climb toward population health and improve the health status of your community.
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) Work with us to set a course toward value-based payment and population health. A thorough assessment of your community's needs is the crucial first step.
Community Health Implementation Planning We can help you to strategically build and carry out a community health implementation plan that addresses the needs identified in your CHNA.
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Network and Partnership Development More is possible when working together. Let us help you build bridges that lead to healthier communities.
Technical Assistance & Services Center (TASC) TASC provides performance improvement resources to CAHs and state Flex Programs on quality, finance, operations, systems of care and population health.
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) SHIP provides funding to approximately 1,600 participating hospitals in 46 participating SORHs to help small rural hospitals participate in value-based payment and care delivery models.
Network Technical Assistance (TA) RHI provides technical assistance (TA) to over 60 networks in the Development and Allied Health rural health network grant programs.
Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project The Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project supports small rural hospitals nationally by providing on-site technical assistance to assist bridging the gaps between the current health care system and the newly emerging health care delivery and payment system.
Resource Library The Center's Resource Library features webinars, presentations, articles and toolkits developed by trusted industry leaders to guide and support rural health stakeholders.
Partnerships lead to more informed and involved stakeholders and ultimately increase program impact, outcomes, and support. The national Flex Program has been able to evolve because of the web of partnerships established and maintained within communities, networks, states, regions, and nationally. As the health care system changes it is imperative that state Flex Programs have the skills, capacity, and commitment to build and sustain partnerships, new and old, in order to support critical access hospitals (CAH) and the national Flex Program. State Flex Program proficiency in the following contribute to excellence in building and sustaining partnerships:
This collection of resources provides guidance for rural health organizations in developing key relationships to achieve improved outcomes in rural health. The tools and presentations can also help organizational and community leaders build the skills needed to initiate, foster and strengthen collaboratives or partnerships.
Enhance your skills in reaching out to community partners to increase their awareness of the special needs of Veterans requiring end of life care in rural communities.
Recognize individual differences in reactions to change. Use strategies for leading groups and individuals through change. Manage your own emotions during the change process.
Engaging stakeholders through group decision making leads to a deeper commitment, but sometimes people withhold ideas or aren’t heard due to personal style or politics. This recorded presentation discusses how leaders can be aware of three phases of decision making and support a group in coming to a decision.
With the changes and transitions in today’s health care environment, it's an important time for rural health care leaders to engage stakeholders in collaborative efforts. This presentation suggests two key ways to enable people to take on new behaviors and offers specific ways to help leaders succeed in truly engaging stakeholders.
This presentation describes rural health networks, including why networks form, the role of networks in the transition to value, and the value of networks to Flex Programs.
Learn how the best leaders build trust. Discover 13 behaviors of high-trust leaders world wide from the perspective of Stephen M. R. Covey, a thought leader on the topic of leadership.
Learn what it means to be a facilitator, tips to plan and design an effective agenda and process and how to control the event and more. View a toolbox of resources for facilitators.
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. Their mission is to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources.
This toolkit aims to help individuals, communities and organizations from the public and private sectors work together to implement programs and policies to end health disparities.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB1RH24206, Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees, $1,560,000 (0% financed with nongovernmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
The goal of the Flex Program Workshop is to provide new or existing Flex Program staff and state office of rural health directors an orientation to the Flex Program. This workshop will cover multiple topics relevant to the Flex Program.
