Stay ConnectedThe National Rural Health Resource Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and improving health care in rural communities.
As the nation’s leading technical assistance and knowledge center in rural health, The Center focuses on five core areas:
-Transition to Value and Population Health
-Collaboration and Partnership
-Performance Improvement
-Health Information Technology
-Workforce
How can you and your network board make effective decisions when the future of health care is so unpredictable? Scenario planning is a process of developing narratives of different and possible futures. Considering possible futures will help you craft a resilient, flexible, and innovative organizational strategy. This is an important tool that network leaders can use to better prepare their organizations to respond to uncertain times.
This webinar is part one of a two part series that aims to equip you with tools and knowledge to effectively build and use scenarios. The presentation includes the process of scenario planning, advice on when to use this method, and specific steps to carry it out with a planning group such as a board.
Learning ObjectivesThis Virtual Knowledge Group (VKG) webinar recording focuses on community health workers (CHW) and their role in the transition to value.
VKG webinars are intended to provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence, and are supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and coordinated by the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC), a program of the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center).
For a network to collaborate effectively and reap the benefits of multiple perspectives, members and partners must actively participate in the conversation. This can be a real challenge when group members have different priorities, agendas and levels of interest.
In this webinar, we'll explore the characteristics of a collaborative group and strategies for increasing stakeholder engagement. We'll look at ways to identify stakeholder priorities and consider tools and approaches for communicating and working with group members that encourage engagement from everyone involved.
Collaboration is one of the keys to sustainability in our changing health care environment. Rural health networks provide value to their members and contribute to the health and wellness of their communities with effective collaboration. This webinar and accompanying worksheet are designed for rural health network leaders to improve skills and build capacity for meaningful and impactful collaborations.
Building Trust in Collaborative Partnerships will help network directors enhance and improve trust in all relationships—at the individual, team, and network levels. When demonstrated and modeled by network directors, trustworthiness sets a behavioral precedent and helps to create a culture of collaboration.
As a network leader it is important to gain input from partners or stakeholders. Groups, rather than individuals, are often the best at solving complex problems. Engaging your stakeholders, through group decision making, will lead to a deeper commitment and follow through. Often, to get the best results, a leader must skillfully facilitate and guide the group. In this presentation, learn the three phases of group decision making and specific ideas on how to bring out the best in the stakeholders during each phase.
Many networks identify revenue generation as a key component of sustainability; this workshop will demonstrate how the 'Product of Service Designer' tool can effectively be used by network leaders to explore how the network can meet member and partners' needs, ultimately leading to sustainability.
Once the product and service ideas have been generated using the 'Product and Service Designer', the 'Business Model Canvas Generator' tool can help a network make wise decisions. By the end of the workshop, network leaders will have two new tools to use towards sustainability.
Learn how the influx of younger workers from the Millennial and Global generation impacts the workforce. This webinar will discuss what motivates these two generations and explore the similarities and differences between them. We will also explore the change these generations force on the workplace as a whole.
In September 2017, RHI held a Rural Health Network Summit that brought together rural health network leaders from across the country to consider the question, "What is the role of rural health networks in the changing health care environment?" Engaged and thoughtful network leaders came to a consensus on six key roles that support network members in their transition towards population health. These roles affirm the critical work of networks in the success of their members. Let us share the significance of the Summit findings with you while we use the findings as a catalyst to explore new services and opportunities that network leaders can embrace with confidence.
This TASC 90 webinar recording focuses on outputs and outcomes for Flex Program success. Additionally, this webinar recording includes updates from the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC), the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), to include both the Flex program and policies impacting critical access hospitals.
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This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB1RH24206, Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees, $1,100,000 (0% financed with nongovernmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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