Communicating The SHIP Grant and Expenses With Your Small Rural Hospitals

May 4, 2023

2:00 pm CST

National Rural Health Resource Center

This SHIP technical assistance webinar shared experiences and details on communicating with small rural hospitals about the SHIP grant.

By participating in this webinar, attendees were able to:

Define the communication relationship between hospital staff and SHIP coordinators
Assess current and future communication techniques for effectiveness
Execute communication techniques that inform SHIP grant purpose and processes

Speakers: Dawn Waldrip, Flex/SHIP Coordinator, Georgia SHIP; Emma Distel, Flex/SHIP Coordinator, Minnesota SHIP

Audience: SHIP Coordinators and other SHIP staff

For more information, please contact Caroline Bell at cbell@ruralcenter.org

This event is supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and coordinated by SHIP TA, a program of the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center).

Upcoming Events

Join us for this year's 2024 Flex Reverse Site Visit: Moving Flex Forward: Empowering Rural Health Through Evaluation and Storytelling in Washington, DC.

FORHP Flex Reverse Site Visit Teaser Graphic

In part two of this webinar series, speakers will provide feedback on
participants’ content niche ideas and audience personas.

Using the 5Ws (who, what, when, where and why) framework, this two-part webinar
series will help communications professionals in rural hospitals or health systems who
would like to maximize the limited time and resources they have for social media.

This webinar will explore the distinctions of Medicare Advantage and its impact on rural health care organizations. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of this health plan, as well as the unique challenges Medicare Advantage can pose to patients and providers.