Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare quality
Improving the Care of Dual Eligible Patients in Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers: The Impact of Care Coordinators and Clinical Pharmacists
Discusses a care coordination project that included 3 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and 502 patients in rural West Virginia and a tertiary care referral hospital in southern West Virginia to determine if expanded use of care coordinators and clinical pharmacists could improve the care experience and healthcare outcome of dual eligible patients.
Author(s): Daniel Doyle, Mary Emmett, Amber Crist, Craig Robinson, Michael Grome
Citation: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 7(2) 118-121
Date: 04/2016
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Discusses a care coordination project that included 3 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and 502 patients in rural West Virginia and a tertiary care referral hospital in southern West Virginia to determine if expanded use of care coordinators and clinical pharmacists could improve the care experience and healthcare outcome of dual eligible patients.
Author(s): Daniel Doyle, Mary Emmett, Amber Crist, Craig Robinson, Michael Grome
Citation: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 7(2) 118-121
Date: 04/2016
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Indian Health Service: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Patient Wait Times
Reviews Indian Health Services (IHS) oversight policies and finds healthcare access measurement issues within IHS due to poor performance tracking in place. Highlights inadequate services at some facilities that have resulted in long wait times and lower quality of care provided.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Reviews Indian Health Services (IHS) oversight policies and finds healthcare access measurement issues within IHS due to poor performance tracking in place. Highlights inadequate services at some facilities that have resulted in long wait times and lower quality of care provided.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Emergency Department Visits for Children and Young Adults With Diabetes, 2012
Reports on diabetes-related emergency department visits, which may be related to undetected or poorly controlled diabetes, among children and young adults aged 0-29 years. Includes data by location of patient residence, for urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Aitalohi Amaize, Kamila B. Mistry
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Reports on diabetes-related emergency department visits, which may be related to undetected or poorly controlled diabetes, among children and young adults aged 0-29 years. Includes data by location of patient residence, for urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Aitalohi Amaize, Kamila B. Mistry
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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10 Strategies for Rural North Carolina's Future
Includes strategies for stabilizing and transforming healthcare in rural North Carolina, by facilitating transition to accountable care communities, strengthening efforts to reduce drug addiction, stabilizing health system revenue, and supporting establishment of a state chapter of the National Rural Health Association.
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Center
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Includes strategies for stabilizing and transforming healthcare in rural North Carolina, by facilitating transition to accountable care communities, strengthening efforts to reduce drug addiction, stabilizing health system revenue, and supporting establishment of a state chapter of the National Rural Health Association.
Date: 04/2016
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Center
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Jump Start Stewardship: Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Small, Rural Hospital
Presented in workbook format, provides small hospitals with guidance, tools, and resources for creating a successful antimicrobial stewardship program.
Author(s): Jamie Moran, Marisa D'Angeli, Kelly Kauber
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Comagine Health
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Presented in workbook format, provides small hospitals with guidance, tools, and resources for creating a successful antimicrobial stewardship program.
Author(s): Jamie Moran, Marisa D'Angeli, Kelly Kauber
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Comagine Health
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Guadalupe County Hospital Improves Patient Discharge Experience
Discusses how Guadalupe County Hospital, a 10 bed medical and surgical hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, improved its patient discharge experience and patient satisfaction scores through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Discusses how Guadalupe County Hospital, a 10 bed medical and surgical hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, improved its patient discharge experience and patient satisfaction scores through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Reducing Potentially-Preventable Readmissions in Critical Access Hospitals
Policy brief describing evidence-based readmission prevention programs and strategies shown to be effective at reducing readmission rates for small rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Author(s): Emma Distel, Michelle Casey, Shailendra Prasad
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Policy brief describing evidence-based readmission prevention programs and strategies shown to be effective at reducing readmission rates for small rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Author(s): Emma Distel, Michelle Casey, Shailendra Prasad
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Spotlight on Cibola General Hospital
Highlights Cibola General Hospital (CGH), a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital located in Grants, New Mexico. Examines the progress CGH has made working to improve quality of care and transitions of care as part of the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Highlights Cibola General Hospital (CGH), a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital located in Grants, New Mexico. Examines the progress CGH has made working to improve quality of care and transitions of care as part of the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Responsive Rural Health Delivery Systems
Policy brief discussing how rural healthcare delivery systems can address current challenges while transitioning to value-based care. Offers recommendations for creating a high-performance rural healthcare system based on five critical factors as defined by the Rural Policy Research Institute's Rural Health Panel: affordability, accessibility, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered.
Author(s): Brandon Baumbach, Sue Deitz, Maria Poepsel
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief discussing how rural healthcare delivery systems can address current challenges while transitioning to value-based care. Offers recommendations for creating a high-performance rural healthcare system based on five critical factors as defined by the Rural Policy Research Institute's Rural Health Panel: affordability, accessibility, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered.
Author(s): Brandon Baumbach, Sue Deitz, Maria Poepsel
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Physician Engagement - A Primer for Healthcare Leaders
Highlights the importance of engaging physicians for successful rural hospital value transformation. Offers strategies and tools to build physician relationships and trust.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Highlights the importance of engaging physicians for successful rural hospital value transformation. Offers strategies and tools to build physician relationships and trust.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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