Rural Health
Resources by Type: Tool
Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Toolkit
Provides a self-assessment and resources to help rural ambulance agencies move from volume to value and meet the core competencies outlined in the Baldridge Excellence Framework for Health Care. Offers resources related to EMS leadership, strategic planning, the workforce, operations and processes, community involvement, data collection and analysis, and quality outcomes.
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Provides a self-assessment and resources to help rural ambulance agencies move from volume to value and meet the core competencies outlined in the Baldridge Excellence Framework for Health Care. Offers resources related to EMS leadership, strategic planning, the workforce, operations and processes, community involvement, data collection and analysis, and quality outcomes.
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Rural Communities in Crisis: A Critical Count to Save Lives During the Opioid Epidemic
A method rural communities can use to estimate the size and characteristics of the population who inject drugs. Includes a toolkit describing the approach and an online calculation tool that can be used to estimate service needs in a community related to the opioid crisis.
Additional links: Calculation Tool, Toolkit: Applying Population Estimation Methods in Rural America
Sponsoring organization: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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A method rural communities can use to estimate the size and characteristics of the population who inject drugs. Includes a toolkit describing the approach and an online calculation tool that can be used to estimate service needs in a community related to the opioid crisis.
Additional links: Calculation Tool, Toolkit: Applying Population Estimation Methods in Rural America
Sponsoring organization: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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CAHMPAS Data Query Tool
Tool allows Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to compare their performance with other hospitals by location, quality measures, community data, and financials. The financial portion requires a login.
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Tool allows Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to compare their performance with other hospitals by location, quality measures, community data, and financials. The financial portion requires a login.
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rural Data Explorer
Interactive map for exploring county-level data on issues that impact rural health, including rural demographics, health disparities, the health workforce, and other topics.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Interactive map for exploring county-level data on issues that impact rural health, including rural demographics, health disparities, the health workforce, and other topics.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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RHIhub Daily and Weekly Custom Alerts
Email updates listing additions to the RHIhub website. Users can indicate the issues and types of information they want to receive and choose to receive updates daily or weekly.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Email updates listing additions to the RHIhub website. Users can indicate the issues and types of information they want to receive and choose to receive updates daily or weekly.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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ValView 2022 MIPS Estimator
Web-based tool allows providers to calculate a composite Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score. Presents data submission methods to produce the highest base-line score and enables workflow adjustments to improve patient outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Valview by Marsden Advisors
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Web-based tool allows providers to calculate a composite Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score. Presents data submission methods to produce the highest base-line score and enables workflow adjustments to improve patient outcomes.
Sponsoring organization: Valview by Marsden Advisors
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MCN Health Network
Service for clinics who serve mobile patients, such as migrant workers. Helps ensure continuity of care and treatment completion by providing comprehensive case management, medical records transfer, and follow up services for mobile patients.
Sponsoring organization: Migrant Clinicians Network
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Service for clinics who serve mobile patients, such as migrant workers. Helps ensure continuity of care and treatment completion by providing comprehensive case management, medical records transfer, and follow up services for mobile patients.
Sponsoring organization: Migrant Clinicians Network
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USAC Rural Health Care Eligible Rural Areas Search
Determines if an organization is located in an eligible rural area for Universal Service Administrative Company's (USACs) Rural Health Care Program. Identifies a county by urban, rural or partly rural status as defined by the program rules.
Sponsoring organization: Universal Service Administrative Company
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Determines if an organization is located in an eligible rural area for Universal Service Administrative Company's (USACs) Rural Health Care Program. Identifies a county by urban, rural or partly rural status as defined by the program rules.
Sponsoring organization: Universal Service Administrative Company
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Medicare Physician Bonus Payment Eligibility Analyzer
Tool to determine if an address is in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) eligible for a Medicare Physician Bonus.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Tool to determine if an address is in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) eligible for a Medicare Physician Bonus.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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CAH Financial Indicators Primer and Calculator Resources
Introduces the Critical Access Hospital Measurement and Performance Assessment System (CAHMPAS) financial indicators and provides editable templates and calculators CAHs can use to assess their facility's financial performance and compare it to peer facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Introduces the Critical Access Hospital Measurement and Performance Assessment System (CAHMPAS) financial indicators and provides editable templates and calculators CAHs can use to assess their facility's financial performance and compare it to peer facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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