Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
The New Blue H: A Report on the Findings of the 2014 Rural Health Workgroup, a Partner Project Between the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Hospital Association
Outlines a comprehensive proposal addressing access to healthcare for rural populations in Washington. Considers the entire continuum of care from wellness and prevention to acute and long-term care, and includes a focus on hospitals and new models of healthcare delivery.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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Outlines a comprehensive proposal addressing access to healthcare for rural populations in Washington. Considers the entire continuum of care from wellness and prevention to acute and long-term care, and includes a focus on hospitals and new models of healthcare delivery.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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Unfreezing the Flexnerian Model: Introducing Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships in Rural Communities
Investigates the perspective of physicians introduced to rural health through a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) to measure the effectiveness of the LIC model in increasing the rural health workforce.
Author(s): Robert Bing-You, Robert Trowbridge, Catherine Kruithoff, John L. Daggett Jr.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2944
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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Investigates the perspective of physicians introduced to rural health through a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) to measure the effectiveness of the LIC model in increasing the rural health workforce.
Author(s): Robert Bing-You, Robert Trowbridge, Catherine Kruithoff, John L. Daggett Jr.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2944
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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Care Coordination Comparative Matrix
Identifies rural health networks that are developing or implementing value-based models and recaps brief interviews with the network leaders that are implementing or developing care coordination initiatives. The matrix allows rural health networks to share features and lessons learned through the process of implementing the care coordination programs with one another.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Identifies rural health networks that are developing or implementing value-based models and recaps brief interviews with the network leaders that are implementing or developing care coordination initiatives. The matrix allows rural health networks to share features and lessons learned through the process of implementing the care coordination programs with one another.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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An Interview with John Halfen, MD
An interview with John Halfen, the medical director of Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minnesota, who discusses the challenges of transitioning to a patient centered medical home model.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An interview with John Halfen, the medical director of Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minnesota, who discusses the challenges of transitioning to a patient centered medical home model.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Patient Centered Medical Homes Achieve New Standards
Features Crete Area Medical Center Physicians' Clinic and Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, which are among the very few rural safety net providers that have achieved Level 3 patient centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features Crete Area Medical Center Physicians' Clinic and Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, which are among the very few rural safety net providers that have achieved Level 3 patient centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Hospital Quality: Tough Issue!
Discusses whether quality measures and patients' wishes may be at odds, and how that affects the perception of whether rural hospitals provide quality care.
Author(s): Wayne Myers
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses whether quality measures and patients' wishes may be at odds, and how that affects the perception of whether rural hospitals provide quality care.
Author(s): Wayne Myers
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Telehealth Invigorating and Innovating Diabetes Care
Describes how home monitors and other technologies are helping diabetic patients live healthier lives, cutting healthcare costs and hospital visits.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Describes how home monitors and other technologies are helping diabetic patients live healthier lives, cutting healthcare costs and hospital visits.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Health Information Technology in the United States: Progress and Challenges Ahead, 2014
Discusses the progress of hospitals and physicians on the adoption of electronic health records (EHR), improving patient education and quality, and challenges ahead. Provides data specific to Medicare Disproportionate-Share Hospitals' and Critical Access Hospitals' (CAHs) adoption rates. Exhibit 19 demonstrates stages of EHR adoption by hospital characteristics, including for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter, Ashish K. Jha
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Michigan, School of Information
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Discusses the progress of hospitals and physicians on the adoption of electronic health records (EHR), improving patient education and quality, and challenges ahead. Provides data specific to Medicare Disproportionate-Share Hospitals' and Critical Access Hospitals' (CAHs) adoption rates. Exhibit 19 demonstrates stages of EHR adoption by hospital characteristics, including for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter, Ashish K. Jha
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Michigan, School of Information
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Framing Rural Health Value Webinar Series: Summary Report
Provides a summary of the Framing Rural Health Value Webinar Series, held during May through August, 2014. Series provided aid to the state Medical Rural Hospital Flex Programs in understanding the changing landscape of rural healthcare and program design for Fiscal Year 2015. Includes case studies, recommended interventions, and outcomes.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Provides a summary of the Framing Rural Health Value Webinar Series, held during May through August, 2014. Series provided aid to the state Medical Rural Hospital Flex Programs in understanding the changing landscape of rural healthcare and program design for Fiscal Year 2015. Includes case studies, recommended interventions, and outcomes.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Rural Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: Who Is Being Acquired and What Happens Afterward?
Examines the implications of mergers and acquisitions for small rural hospitals. Addresses the characteristics of rural hospitals that merged and the changes in hospital financial performance, staffing, or services following a merger.
Author(s): Marissa Noles, Kristin L. Reiter, George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines the implications of mergers and acquisitions for small rural hospitals. Addresses the characteristics of rural hospitals that merged and the changes in hospital financial performance, staffing, or services following a merger.
Author(s): Marissa Noles, Kristin L. Reiter, George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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