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This toolkit includes a survey of available resources from various governmental and non-profit organizations. It includes checklists and tools that are appropriate for all audiences, hospitals or clinics, including those in a rural setting.
Apply here for the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program.
Flex Program Fundamentals: An Introduction to the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program is designed to be used by both new and current Flex Program staff: as an orientation manual and as a guide to helpful resources.
Monroe County Hospital completed a Quality of Care and Transition of Care SHRT Project in 2016. Read about their progress on this project.
2021 DRCHSD Patient Experience Webinar series focuses on improving and maintaining an excellent patient experience
State Flex Programs must understand QI principles, resources, and trends to support CAHs in advancing QI.
Read about the Center and Stratis Health's on-site visit to Meeker, Colorado to learn about the facility and provide project support.
These podcasts compliment the one-hour webinar playback and slides. Use the first two podcasts to help educate frontline staff in meetings and trainings. The third podcast is a coaching model that leadership can use to close the loop of accountability.
State Flex Profiles showcase the meaningful activities that are carried out by State Offices of Rural Health while supporting critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, rural EMS agencies, and their communities, specifically through their SHIP and Flex Programs.
These resources focus on quality improvement related to patient safety and inpatient care.
Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC) in Ruidoso, New Mexico is owned by Albuquerque-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and has served the Ruidoso and Lincoln County communities since 1950.
SHIP Allowable Investments support activities by small rural hospitals in meeting value-based care goals for their respective organizations through purchases in hardware, software, and related training.
This three-part educational series presents a variety of technical topics that tend to be challenging for both executive leaders and boards of directors (BOD).
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Onboarding

The process of bringing a new employee into the organization.
Review the process the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program uses to analyze applications and select hospitals to participate.
These resources focus on quality improvement for care transitions.
These resources provide information about how to submit Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) data and how to interpret data reports in order to inform quality improvement efforts.
This webinar will present strategies that can be implemented by rural healthcare organizations to implement new or expand existing service lines in a cost effective manner.
This list includes quality improvement resources that can be used across a variety of project topic areas.