Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals
Pneumonia Quality Improvement Programs and Strategies in Critical Access Hospitals
Discusses several quality improvement (QI) strategies that have been shown to improve pneumonia care and may be replicable in Critical Access Hospital (CAHs). Includes a reference table to help in determining which strategies may be useful for implementation in hospitals.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Jill Klingner, Shailendra Prasad, Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Discusses several quality improvement (QI) strategies that have been shown to improve pneumonia care and may be replicable in Critical Access Hospital (CAHs). Includes a reference table to help in determining which strategies may be useful for implementation in hospitals.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Jill Klingner, Shailendra Prasad, Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Improving Hospital Patient Safety Through Teamwork: The Use of TeamSTEPPS in Critical Access Hospitals
Provides information on how state Flex programs and Critical Access Hospital (CAHs) have successfully adapted and used TeamSTEPPS to improve patient safety through team training.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Zach Gage-Croll
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Provides information on how state Flex programs and Critical Access Hospital (CAHs) have successfully adapted and used TeamSTEPPS to improve patient safety through team training.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Zach Gage-Croll
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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The Rockcastle Project: A Case Study of Interprofessional Clinical Education and Practice in a Rural Medical Center
Describes a pilot project regarding an interprofessional, evidence-based learning experience for students in three disciplines during a four-week period in a rural hospital in Kentucky.
Author(s): Dana Howell, Lynn English, Judith Page
Citation: Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 9(2)
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
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Describes a pilot project regarding an interprofessional, evidence-based learning experience for students in three disciplines during a four-week period in a rural hospital in Kentucky.
Author(s): Dana Howell, Lynn English, Judith Page
Citation: Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 9(2)
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
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Trends in Skilled Nursing Facility and Swing Bed Use in Rural Areas Following the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
Provides descriptive evidence on current trends in the availability and use of swing beds and skilled nursing facility services in rural areas.
Additional links: Findings Brief
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, Victoria A. Freeman
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Provides descriptive evidence on current trends in the availability and use of swing beds and skilled nursing facility services in rural areas.
Additional links: Findings Brief
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, Victoria A. Freeman
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Critical Access Hospital Year 6 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results
Examines 2009 participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare public reporting database for hospital quality measures.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Michele Burlew, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines 2009 participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare public reporting database for hospital quality measures.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Michele Burlew, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Collaboration and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Provides non-FQHC health care providers, including Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), with an understanding of motivating factors for FQHCs to expand the number of service sites and provide non-FQHC reimbursed services, such as laboratory and other diagnostic services.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Associates
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Provides non-FQHC health care providers, including Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), with an understanding of motivating factors for FQHCs to expand the number of service sites and provide non-FQHC reimbursed services, such as laboratory and other diagnostic services.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Associates
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Provision of Long Term Care Services by Critical Access Hospitals: Are Things Changing?
Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Changes in Obstetrical Services Among Critical Access Hospitals
Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2011
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Impact of Tele-ICU Coverage on Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A literature review and meta-analysis on the impact of tele-ICU care. Discusses the potential of tele-ICU coverage to extend resources to rural hospitals with limited access to critical care specialists.
Author(s): Lance Brendan Young, Paul S. Chan, Xin Lu, et al.
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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A literature review and meta-analysis on the impact of tele-ICU care. Discusses the potential of tele-ICU coverage to extend resources to rural hospitals with limited access to critical care specialists.
Author(s): Lance Brendan Young, Paul S. Chan, Xin Lu, et al.
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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