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51. Dissemination Toolkit - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Offers health services researchers a variety of approaches and products to help communicate research findings to their target audience. Provides general guidelines, as well as advice related to specific product types, such as fact sheets and policy briefs, and to particular methods of communication, including social media.

...guidelines, as well as advice related to specific product types, such as fact sheets and policy...

52. Quality Improvement Activities in Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey - Resources
Date: Sep 2004

Describes quality improvement efforts in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) based on a 2004 survey of 474 CAH administrators. Includes data on the use of clinical guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs).

...guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs...

53. Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations - Resources
Date: Dec 2012

Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.

...guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals...

54. Advancing Transcultural Care through Cultural Competency - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Profiles St. Charles Madras Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Jefferson County, Oregon. Discusses the hospital's efforts to establish cultural competence through the implementation of components of evidence-based guidelines to improve the American Indian and Hispanic or Latino patient experiences.

...guidelines to improve the American Indian and Hispanic or Latino patient experiences. --- Advancing Transcultural Care...

55. Evolving Trends in Maternal Fetal Medicine Referrals in a Rural State Using Telemedicine - Resources
Date: Dec 2012

Presents the results of a study using Arkansas Medicaid claims and birth certificate data from 2001-2006 to make an assessment of maternal fetal medicine (MFM) referrals and consultations from face-to-face interaction to telemedicine over time in a rural population. Discusses the formation of ANGELS (Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning Systems) to improve obstetrical care in rural Arkansas and to improve appropriate referrals to MFM specialists.

...Guidelines, Education and Learning Systems) to improve obstetrical care in rural Arkansas and to improve...

56. Sobering Statistics: Acceleration of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Across the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2024

Provides information on alcohol use and drinking guidelines. Includes data on alcohol-attributable deaths in the U.S. per 100,00 people from 2006-2022, with breakdowns by state, race/ethnicity, sex, age, and large metro, small/medium metro, or nonmetro location.

...guidelines. Includes data on alcohol-attributable deaths in the U.S. per 100,00 people from...

57. Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Offers cybersecurity guidelines for healthcare organizations to help reduce cybersecurity risks. Outlines the top five cybersecurity threats, and discusses best practices to combat these threats. Technical Volume 1 discusses cybersecurity practices for small healthcare organizations.

...guidelines for healthcare organizations to help reduce cybersecurity risks. Outlines the top five cybersecurity threats...

58. Hill-Burton Free and Reduced Cost Health Care - Resources
Reviewed: May 2025

Provides information on free or below cost healthcare available to people who meet poverty guidelines from certain healthcare facilities that received federal funds for construction or renovation under the Hill-Burton program.

...guidelines from certain healthcare facilities that received federal funds for construction or renovation under the Hill...

59. Crisis Services: Meeting Needs, Saving Lives - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Presents the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers on crisis care. Toolkit highlights best practices for crisis care and the papers discuss a number of related topics, including homelessness, substance use, opioid-related deaths, and rural and frontier areas, among other issues.

...Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers...

60. The Role of Health Literacy and Communication Habits on Previous Colorectal Cancer Screening among Low-Income and Uninsured Patients - Resources
Date: Feb 2015

Presents an analysis of a survey of low-income uninsured patients in rural and urban areas who received financial help for a colonoscopy in a primary care clinic to identify any significant relationships between limited health literacy, communication skills, and adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines.

...guidelines. --- The Role of Health Literacy and Communication Habits on Previous Colorectal Cancer Screening among...