Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare quality
Medicare Reform: A Rural Perspective
Examines the status of the Medicare program as it relates to rural beneficiaries. Focuses on key policy issues to ensure that rural beneficiaries are treated fairly under a newly designed Medicare program. Discusses rural healthcare finance, access, quality, and workforce. Discusses Medicare reform and makes recommendations.
Date: 05/2001
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Examines the status of the Medicare program as it relates to rural beneficiaries. Focuses on key policy issues to ensure that rural beneficiaries are treated fairly under a newly designed Medicare program. Discusses rural healthcare finance, access, quality, and workforce. Discusses Medicare reform and makes recommendations.
Date: 05/2001
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
Examines the healthcare delivery system in rural America and recommends a fundamental redesign to ensure high quality, safe, and effective healthcare provision for all Americans.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America
Date: 03/2001
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Examines the healthcare delivery system in rural America and recommends a fundamental redesign to ensure high quality, safe, and effective healthcare provision for all Americans.
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Author(s): Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America
Date: 03/2001
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Hospitals in Rural America
Reviews number, types, and structure of rural hospitals and their overall quality of care produced in comparison with urban institutions. Based on data from the mid- to late-1990s.
Author(s): Thomas C. Ricketts III, Paige E. Heaphy
Citation: The Western Journal of Medicine, 173(6), 418-422
Date: 12/2000
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Reviews number, types, and structure of rural hospitals and their overall quality of care produced in comparison with urban institutions. Based on data from the mid- to late-1990s.
Author(s): Thomas C. Ricketts III, Paige E. Heaphy
Citation: The Western Journal of Medicine, 173(6), 418-422
Date: 12/2000
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The Oklahoma Rural Health Care Plan 2000
Provides a framework for the improvement of health for rural populations in Oklahoma with a focus on the development and implementation of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 2000
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
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Provides a framework for the improvement of health for rural populations in Oklahoma with a focus on the development and implementation of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 2000
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
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National Pediatric Readiness Quality Initiative
Offers resources to measure and improve pediatric emergency care delivery, focusing on community, rural, and Critical Access Hospitals and free-standing emergency departments. Allows participating organizations to compare their performance to similar facilities. Free registration is required to participate.
Sponsoring organization: National Pediatric Readiness Project
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Offers resources to measure and improve pediatric emergency care delivery, focusing on community, rural, and Critical Access Hospitals and free-standing emergency departments. Allows participating organizations to compare their performance to similar facilities. Free registration is required to participate.
Sponsoring organization: National Pediatric Readiness Project
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HHS OIG All Reports and Publications, Top Unimplemented Recommendations
Archive of the annual reports on top unimplemented recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) through December 2022. Each report identifies the unimplemented recommendations from the OIG that, in OIG's view, would have the most substantial positive impact on HHS programs.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Archive of the annual reports on top unimplemented recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) through December 2022. Each report identifies the unimplemented recommendations from the OIG that, in OIG's view, would have the most substantial positive impact on HHS programs.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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HHS OIG Recommendations Tracker
Lists recommendations identified by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to improve U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. Recommendations can be filtered by agency, issue area, target group, financial group, and more. Updated monthly.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Lists recommendations identified by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to improve U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. Recommendations can be filtered by agency, issue area, target group, financial group, and more. Updated monthly.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Jaynes Family Practice: An Appalachian Medical Clinic Providing Exceptional Patient Care
Provides information on an Appalachian Rural Health Clinic located in Corbin, Kentucky. Discusses the clinic's experiences with the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP) and providing quality care to their patients.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Provides information on an Appalachian Rural Health Clinic located in Corbin, Kentucky. Discusses the clinic's experiences with the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP) and providing quality care to their patients.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), an episode-based alternative payment method in which selected acute care hospitals will coordinate care for patients who undergo certain surgeries. Aims to improve the coordination and transition of care between providers for patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), an episode-based alternative payment method in which selected acute care hospitals will coordinate care for patients who undergo certain surgeries. Aims to improve the coordination and transition of care between providers for patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Antibiotic Use in Rural Hospitals as a Public Health Issue
Provides a brief overview of antibiotic use and stewardship in rural areas, along with relevant CDC resources and reports.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Provides a brief overview of antibiotic use and stewardship in rural areas, along with relevant CDC resources and reports.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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