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Rural Health Information Hub

Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Planning and strategy methods and resources

Rural Aging in Place Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities support aging in place. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Transportation Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help communities develop transportation programs for rural residents to access healthcare and meet other health-related needs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Sample Network Balanced Scorecard Materials
Health information technology (HIT) network balanced scorecard improvement plan and strategy map samples for networks interested in incorporating the balanced scorecard methodology into their strategic plans.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Quality Payment Program (QPP) Small Practices
Section of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website offering free resources and updates for practices with 15 or fewer clinicians participating in QPP. Includes resources on Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligibility, how to choose and report on quality measures, and flexibilities and reporting options to help clinicians in small practices meaningfully participate and succeed in MIPS.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Rural Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities develop substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Organized, Evidence-Based Care: Oral Health Integration
Provides tools to support the integration of oral healthcare into primary care practice. Includes a guide with topics focusing on screening for oral health risk factors and disease, the development of preventive interventions, the role of health information technology, staffing options, collecting data for quality improvement, and case examples of oral healthcare integration in rural primary care settings.
Sponsoring organization: Safety Net Medical Home Initiative
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Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural areas develop health promotion and disease prevention programs in community, clinic, and workplace settings. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Tools and Strategies for Managing Health Networks
Provides templates, guides, and other resources to help health network leaders manage and develop their networks. Includes resources focused on rural health networks.
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative of Health Networks Association
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Rural Oral Health Toolkit
Designed to help identify an appropriate model and implement an oral health program in your rural community. Contains seven modules: an overview of oral health in rural communities, models and ways to adapt them, resources for implementing programs, sustainability strategies, an evaluation framework, dissemination methods, and examples of programs that have been implemented in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Sustainability Planning Tools
Collection of resources to help consider long-term program sustainability plans that address community needs and engage partners and stakeholders in the process.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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