Rural Health: Education & Resources
Critical Access Hospital Quality Infrastructure Session
Small patient volumes in rural hospitals often distort quality data. By employing innovative methods to communicate low-frequency patient safety events that reflect these small volumes, we can more accurately share our safety story and highlight the outstanding work done in rural hospitals. The Convergence Health Infrequent Events Calculator can transform your data, offering insights that go beyond a run chart to convey your quality and patient safety effectively narrative.
This worksheet is designed to support hospitals as they begin reporting CMS health equity measures. Each tab of this worksheet includes the measure specifications, reporting dates, and a simple template to help you understand the inputs you'll need to gather to report these metrics. The Convergence Health CMS Health Equity Data Collection Tool will help you visualize information to successfully meet requirements and identify how to use this data for improvement activities within your facility.
Funded by the CDC, NORC’s Rural Health Mapping Tool offers a comprehensive view of rural community well-being by integrating various health and prosperity measures. It includes a publicly available county-level map of the NORC-developed prosperity index, allowing users to see associations between prosperity and various health factors.