Evaluation reporting to program stakeholders should be included in Flex Program activities. Reporting supports overall program transparency and development, stakeholder buy-in, engagement, and accountability.
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The Center's searchable Resource Library features articles, reports, webinars, podcasts, toolkits, and other materials developed by trusted industry leaders to guide and support rural health stakeholders.
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Leadership Resources
Leaders play a central role in setting values and directions. Use these resources to help develop leadership and planning for your organization.
Resources related to Population Health: Quality, Operations, and Processes Resources
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Global Measures
These resources focus on quality improvement for hospital services and structural processes, including the MBQIP Measures under this domain.
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Recruiting
Identifying and soliciting individuals — either from within or outside the organization — to fill job vacancies or staff for growth.
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Onboarding
The process of bringing a new employee into the organization.
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Learning & Development
Empowering employees’ growth and developing their knowledge, skills, and capabilities to drive better business performance.
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Engagement & Retention
The extent to which employees are passionate about their work and committed to the organization (engagement) and the choice by an employee to stay with an organization instead of seeking employment elsewhere (retention).
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Succession Planning
A process for ensuring continuity in critical roles. It involves identifying future staffing needs and taking action to ensure these needs are met.
State Flex Programs remain vital because of the web of relationships developed and maintained within communities, providers, networks, states, regions, and nationally. It is imperative that state Flex Programs have the skills, capacity, and commitment to build and sustain partnerships, new and old, to support rural providers and rural stakeholders.
State Flex Programs need to have an in-depth understanding of the policies and regulations governing the Flex Program, as well as a basic understanding of the policy-making process and other policies and regulations affecting rural providers.
State Flex Programs must understand QI principles, resources, and trends to support CAHs in advancing QI.
The Flex Program and CAH designation was established and remains in place because of the financial vulnerability of small rural hospitals. CAH financial and operational improvement is one of the required program areas of the Flex Program.
State Flex Programs can help CAHs transition into value-based systems, population health models, and future opportunities through education, network support, facilitation of new partnerships, and technical assistance.
It is important for state Flex Programs to understand the community needs of CAH and RHC service areas to develop or leverage program activities in support of health system development, community engagement, and population health improvement.
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Coordinator Tools
This page comprises the best practice resources, webinars, and learning collaboratives for SHIP Coordinators.
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Step One: All Aboard
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion build a comprehensive foundation to identify and connect with diverse community partners to host a Community Connect Event.
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Step Two: Navigate the River
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion collaborate with community joint partners to identify and address community/patient health needs by maximizing capacity and available assets during their Community Priority Action Planning Workshop.
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Step Three: Stay The Course
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion monitor progress, strengthen collaboration and strategize for sustainability to ensure underserved populations benefit from coordinated care and support the facilitation of the Stay the Course Workshop.
Learn about how the DRCHSD program defines Community Care Coordination.