Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals
Guadalupe County Hospital Surpassing Six Month SRHT Goals
Features a Sole Community Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico that participated in the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) project. Focuses on their use of LEAN to reduce days net accounts receivable, as well as their increase in services provided, non-measurable impacts, and more.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Features a Sole Community Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico that participated in the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) project. Focuses on their use of LEAN to reduce days net accounts receivable, as well as their increase in services provided, non-measurable impacts, and more.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Patients' Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2017
Shares results from the calendar year 2017 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, summarizing reporting rates and performance among all U.S. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes detailed tables that allow state-by-state comparison of response rates and overall CAH performance.
Author(s): Mariah Quick, Tongtan Chantarat, Ashleigh Norris, Ira Moscovice
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Shares results from the calendar year 2017 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, summarizing reporting rates and performance among all U.S. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes detailed tables that allow state-by-state comparison of response rates and overall CAH performance.
Author(s): Mariah Quick, Tongtan Chantarat, Ashleigh Norris, Ira Moscovice
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Quality Improvement Implementation Guide and Toolkit for Critical Access Hospitals
A guide for Critical Access Hospitals to help them navigate the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) and find ways to support quality improvement in their facilities. Includes ways to organize quality improvement programs, what to focus on, federal program examples, and info-graphics.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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A guide for Critical Access Hospitals to help them navigate the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) and find ways to support quality improvement in their facilities. Includes ways to organize quality improvement programs, what to focus on, federal program examples, and info-graphics.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Missouri Hospitals
Provides an overview on the economic impact of Missouri hospitals, with a focus on input/output economic modeling, Medicaid spending, and economic impacts from operations, capital spending, and medical tourism. Includes a section on economic impacts in rural versus urban hospitals.
Author(s): David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Provides an overview on the economic impact of Missouri hospitals, with a focus on input/output economic modeling, Medicaid spending, and economic impacts from operations, capital spending, and medical tourism. Includes a section on economic impacts in rural versus urban hospitals.
Author(s): David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director's Office, Grants Management Unit: 2019 Annual Report
Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada including several programs, partnerships, and coalitions within rural communities and counties. Grantees are identified, award amount is disclosed, activities are described, and statistical data demonstrates the achievements of each program.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada including several programs, partnerships, and coalitions within rural communities and counties. Grantees are identified, award amount is disclosed, activities are described, and statistical data demonstrates the achievements of each program.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Rural Hospital Closures and the Fifth District
Discusses reasons for rural hospital closures as well as the resulting consequences on communities, including decreased healthcare access, loss of jobs, and more. Emphasizes hospital closures in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and provides recommendations to policymakers and government leaders.
Author(s): Emily Wavering Corcoran, Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Discusses reasons for rural hospital closures as well as the resulting consequences on communities, including decreased healthcare access, loss of jobs, and more. Emphasizes hospital closures in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and provides recommendations to policymakers and government leaders.
Author(s): Emily Wavering Corcoran, Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Observational Study of the Distribution and Diversity of Interventional Pain Procedures Among Hospitals in the State of Iowa
Examines the diversity of interventional pain procedures offered by small and large hospitals using 2012-2017 data from hospital-owned facilities in the state of Iowa. Discusses the role of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in pain management, their diversity of pain procedures, and if these procedures are performed by a few clinicians, or by the cumulative activity of many clinicians.
Author(s): Amy C. S. Pearson, Franklin Dexter
Citation: Pain Physician, 22, E157-E170
Date: 2019
Type: Document
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Examines the diversity of interventional pain procedures offered by small and large hospitals using 2012-2017 data from hospital-owned facilities in the state of Iowa. Discusses the role of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in pain management, their diversity of pain procedures, and if these procedures are performed by a few clinicians, or by the cumulative activity of many clinicians.
Author(s): Amy C. S. Pearson, Franklin Dexter
Citation: Pain Physician, 22, E157-E170
Date: 2019
Type: Document
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NHA Human Trafficking Toolkit
Resources and information to help hospitals and hospital staff address human trafficking. Includes information on screening and assessment, patient care tips, examples of posters and other awareness materials, and examples of policies and procedures. Lists Nebraska programs that can help adults and minors impacted by trafficking.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Hospital Association
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Resources and information to help hospitals and hospital staff address human trafficking. Includes information on screening and assessment, patient care tips, examples of posters and other awareness materials, and examples of policies and procedures. Lists Nebraska programs that can help adults and minors impacted by trafficking.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Hospital Association
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Florida Rural Health Clinics, Rural Hospitals, and Rural Hospitals that are Critical Access Hospitals 2019
Map of Florida with counties delineated, showing locations of Rural Health Clinics and rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 2019
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Florida Rural Health Association
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Map of Florida with counties delineated, showing locations of Rural Health Clinics and rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 2019
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Florida Rural Health Association
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Technical Assistance for Hospitals Applying to the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model — A CMMI-Sponsored Rural Hospital Global Budget Model
Describes the experiences of the Rural Health Value program in coaching hospitals in Pennsylvania that were interested in participating in a global budget model. Explains a process to quickly develop a plan focused on community health rather than exclusively on clinical services, to facilitate the transition from volume to value.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Describes the experiences of the Rural Health Value program in coaching hospitals in Pennsylvania that were interested in participating in a global budget model. Explains a process to quickly develop a plan focused on community health rather than exclusively on clinical services, to facilitate the transition from volume to value.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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