This newsletter is brought to you by the Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center, funded through a contract with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).
Welcome to the Rural Health Link: Rural Health Services Quarterly Digest. This newsletter will share program updates, the technical assistance (TA) schedule of events, as well as a variety of resources focused on rural health services. Each issue will also feature two grantee spotlight articles. We welcome your feedback. If you have any comments or recommendations for future content, please reach out to us at chsdteam@gsu.edu.
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The Georgia Health Policy Center recently spoke to Mary McLaughlin, R.N., MBA, the director of the North Country Care Coordination Collaborative, and Melissa Joyce, the collaborative’s support coordinator, about their efforts to improve post hospital care coordination for the six counties in the north country of New York state.
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The Georgia Health Policy Center recently spoke to Patrick Cowart, MBA, director of the Adolescent Prediabetes Prevention Program at the Richland Parish Hospital, about its groundbreaking efforts to improve the health of adolescents across the Delta region.
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Rural Health Care Coordination
Program (Care Coordination)
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Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS)
Thank you for working on your PIMS. If you require any technical assistance (TA) while completing your report, please reach out to the EHB help desk at (877) 464-4772 or by visiting the EHB Helpdesk website. As a reminder, they are due Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
Sustainability Formative Assessment
The final Sustainability Formative Assessment and action plan are due on November 30, 2022. Work with your TA provider to craft a plan for partner input and joint planning. You can access the template, self-directed assessment tool, and a recording of the webinar that outlines the tool under the webinar section of the grantee portal.
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Delta States Rural Development
Network Program (Delta States)
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August 2022 Grantee Meeting Recordings and Materials
The recording, slides, and resources shared during the Delta States and Rural Health Network Development grantee meeting on August 24-25, “Leveraging Partnerships and Programs for Sustainable Impact” are here in the Grantee Meetings section. (All previously shared TA resources and events are archived on this webpage for Delta grantees.) Let your TA provider know if you are having difficulty retrieving anything from the page and it can be emailed to you.
Sustainability Planning Template
You will receive the template with instructions for your Sustainability Planning deliverable in the month of September. As a reminder, it is due on February 17, 2023.
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Small Health Care Provider Quality
Improvement Program (Rural Quality)
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Program Kickoff Webinar
On August 31, 2022, the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program officially kicked off its newest cohort of grantees with a welcome webinar that included a grant program overview from the Quality Improvement program coordinator, Mew Pongsiri from the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Grantees also learned about the technical assistance resources that will be available to them via the Georgia Health Policy Center, Stratis Health, and Rural Health Value teams. The webinar slides and recording are available here.
First Learning Opportunity Webinar – Preparing for Success with Your Quality Improvement Grant
On September 21, 2022, grantees engaged in their first learning webinar of the program. Grantees were able to hear from and engage a panel of former and current Quality Improvement grantees who shared their experiences as grantees and highlighted some program successes and lessons learned from their time as grantees. The slides and recording will be available here within a week.
Grantee Intake Calls and Technical Assistance Action Plans
Grantee intake calls are happening throughout the month of September. During this time grantees and their technical assistance providers are getting a chance to know each other better and begin development of their working relationship. Part of this development includes the creation and finalization of Technical Assistance Actions Plans (TAAP). TAAPs are living documents that the grantee, HRSA project officer, and technical assistance provider jointly approve as a beginning record of technical assistance needs and plans.
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Rural Health Care Services
Outreach Program (Outreach)
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Outreach Webinar: How to Build and Uphold Win-Win Partnerships
Tracey Knight presented How to Build and Uphold Win-Win Partnerships on September 15, 2022. The recording, slides, and materials are posted here under webinars.
HRHI Cost Savings Estimation Plan Phase 2 Deliverable is due October 15, 2022. The slides from the Cost Savings Estimation Site Visit are posted here under webinars.
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Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management
Strategies Program (RMOMS)
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RMOMS Fiscal Year 2022 Cohort
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is pleased to announce that nearly $4 million has been awarded to four recipients for the new competitive cycle of the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program. The four awardees in the fiscal year 2022 cohort are Avera McKennan (Sioux Falls, S.D.), IHC Health Services, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), MaineHealth (Portland, Maine), and St. Vincent Hospital (Hot Springs, Ark.).
Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS)
The RMOMS PIMS deliverable is due in EHB on September 30, 2022. The EHB portal will be open from September 1-30, 2022.
Storytelling as Qualitative Data for Advancing Maternal Health Equity
RACE for Equity serves on the Rural Advisory Council of the Georgia Health Policy Center and is a partner of the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. RACE for Equity facilitated a community of practice for Maternal Health Innovation, RMOMS, and other interested maternal health stakeholders on September 8 and September 20 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET. Recordings from these sessions can be found here.
Quarter 4 Learning Opportunity
Be on the lookout for the next quarterly learning opportunity from your technical assistance team at the Georgia Health Policy Center. This resource guide will serve as a practical starting point as you make plans to promote your RMOMS program to patients, providers, future funders, and other key stakeholders.
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RESOURCES, NEWS AND OTHER UPDATES |
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The Georgia Health Policy Center recently published a financial sustainability workbook. The workbook includes information on identifying the financial resources in your local system, community approaches to financing innovation, engaging and building relationships with payers to create new funding streams, and case examples. Click here to access the workbook.
The Building Healthy Places Network recently published a playbook on rural partnerships. The playbook is an action-oriented guide designed for healthcare organizations wanting to pursue partnerships with local community and economic development and other sectors in rural areas to create the community conditions that support improved community health. The playbook includes information on identifying cross-sector partners, a five-step path to multisector rural partnerships, various strategies, case studies, and more. Click here to access the playbook.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute recently published a rapid review of studies published since 2015 on the use of telehealth for maternal care. The document highlights findings related to clinical outcomes, maternal and obstetric health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and other measures. Additionally, the document discusses maternal telehealth's potential as a supplement and as a replacement for in-person care. Click here to access the document.
This brief highlights overarching strategies to enhance cultural responsiveness and promote equity in behavioral health services across the crisis continuum to engage affected communities, incorporate the voice of people with lived experience and establish processes for accountability. Click here to access the brief.
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October 2-4, 2022 | Minneapolis, Minn.
The Root Cause Coalition is hosting their annual National Summit on the Social Determinants of Health. This year theme is Achieving Health Equity: What Are You Prepared to Do? The summit will feature nationally recognized experts in health equity, plenary panels, breakout sessions, poster presentations, and more.
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