Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Anticipating the Rural Impact of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Promoting a Culture of Safety: Use of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Critical Access Hospitals
Discusses the use of patient safety culture surveys as a way to promote organizational learning and build a culture of safety.
Author(s): Zachariah T. Croll, Andrew F. Coburn, Karen B. Pearson
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Discusses the use of patient safety culture surveys as a way to promote organizational learning and build a culture of safety.
Author(s): Zachariah T. Croll, Andrew F. Coburn, Karen B. Pearson
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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The Use of Hospitalists in Small Rural Hospitals
Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Why Use Swing Beds? Conversations with Hospital Administrators and Staff
Includes interviews of hospital administrators and staff about the use of swing beds, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Addresses the role of swing beds in patient care, swing bed volume and financial considerations, swing beds in the context of all community post-acute skilled care, and swing beds as a benefit for community residents.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Andrea Radford
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Includes interviews of hospital administrators and staff about the use of swing beds, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Addresses the role of swing beds in patient care, swing bed volume and financial considerations, swing beds in the context of all community post-acute skilled care, and swing beds as a benefit for community residents.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Andrea Radford
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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A Pilot Study of Training Family Medicine Residents in Procedural Skills at a Community Health Center
Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
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Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
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Evidence-Based Heart Failure Quality Improvement Programs & Strategies for Critical Access Hospitals
Describes evidence-based heart failure Quality Improvement (QI) programs and strategies that can be used in Critical Access Hospitals. Includes a list of tools and resources, as well as details on strategies and measures used.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Jill Klingner, Michelle Casey, Shailendra Prasad, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes evidence-based heart failure Quality Improvement (QI) programs and strategies that can be used in Critical Access Hospitals. Includes a list of tools and resources, as well as details on strategies and measures used.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Jill Klingner, Michelle Casey, Shailendra Prasad, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2012
Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Effect of Outpatient Visits and Discharge Destination on Potentially Preventable Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure and Bacterial Pneumonia
Explores the relationship between potentially preventable hospital readmissions, discharge destination, time to follow-up care, use of outpatient follow-up care and rural versus urban residence of the patient.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Marilyn G. Klug, Kyle Muus
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Explores the relationship between potentially preventable hospital readmissions, discharge destination, time to follow-up care, use of outpatient follow-up care and rural versus urban residence of the patient.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Marilyn G. Klug, Kyle Muus
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Best Practices for Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy Development: A Review of Scientific Methods, Current Practices, and Future Potential
Discusses how public health and non-profit hospitals can work together to assess community health and plan for improvement. Addresses reasons rural hospitals and public health can benefit from working together. Based on a July 2011 public forum convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Author(s): Kevin Barnett
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Public Health Institute
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Discusses how public health and non-profit hospitals can work together to assess community health and plan for improvement. Addresses reasons rural hospitals and public health can benefit from working together. Based on a July 2011 public forum convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Author(s): Kevin Barnett
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Public Health Institute
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Providing On-the-Job Training for New Rural Nurses
Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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