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This is fourth podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

This is final podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Podcast Series. Learn best practices from experts and critical access hospital (CAH) mid-level leaders (MLLs) as they address social determinants of health and shift towards population health.

This 5-part series aims to provide hospital and clinic leaders with tools and strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing employees.

Understand how mid-level leaders can help their department, organization, and themselves to transition from volume to value and population health.

Explore what it means to be a strategic and systems thinker in a mid-level leadership role – and how these types of thinking can positively impact the organization’s journey to value.

Explore what collaborative leadership looks like and learn strategies for effectively leading with a collaborative approach.

Explore the change process as well as the emotional side of change. Learn specific things you can do as a leader of change to smooth the process and help others.

Understand the basics of healthcare finance for mid-level leaders and how it connects to your work.

Learn ways to hire and promote employees and develop your team’s skills and knowledge in meaningful ways.

The National Rural Health Resource Center's Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Technical Assistance Team partnered with evaluation subject matter expert Dr. Angie Charlet, Vice President of Training and Development at Canopy Associates to facilitatee discussions and education through a three part, web-based learning collaborative for State SHIP personnel.

The COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Campaign, updated in March 2022, supports rural community-based groups, faith-based organizations, businesses, public health agencies, schools, and health care organizations in their efforts to develop internal and external communication materials promoting COVID-19 vaccination.

This report incorporates the proceedings of the 2021 Rural Community Paramedicine Summit, as well as a list of key strategies for implementing and sustaining CP in rural communities. It also contains resources, established CP programs, and information about how state Flex Programs can support rural CP efforts.

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework can be used as a systems-based framework for rural hospitals to develop and support critical success factors in key areas leading to performance excellence across the organization.

Identify what telemedicine services consist of in a rural hospital ED. Recall evaluation results related to the effectiveness of tele-ED for rural hospitals. Relate the value of adoption and efficient use of tele-ED from a critical access hospital perspective. Identify resources available to hospitals related to tele-ED.

Define artificial intelligence and its relevance to health care. Discuss the application of it and machine learning to rural health care. Explain how to support Flex Programs in creating an awareness of artificial intelligence for their CAHs and RHCs.

Identify how hospitals can use information technology tools to manage population health. Understand the important steps to implementing population health tools. Communicate the importance of population health and the importance of population health management tools as a SHIP allowable investment.

Identify current issues facing RHCs. Identify opportunities for Flex Programs to help support efforts related to provider-based RHCs. Pinpoint where to find resources to support state Flex Program activities with provider-based RHCs.

Receive guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022 Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) Progress Report. Understand the requirements, templates, and relevant resources for the FY2022 NCC Progress Report.

Receive guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022 Flex Program EMS Competitive Supplemental Funding Guidance. Understand the requirements, templates, and relevant resources.

This telehealth webinar is the second of a six-part series for Flex Fiscal Year 2021 focused on rural telehealth topics to build state Flex Program knowledge and understanding of the use of telehealth and the response to the pandemic in rural hospitals and clinics.