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Resources

Mission Statement: Working as partners in fostering an integrated, dynamic, yet sustainable rural healthcare system that provides the highest quality of care

Reports

• Hospital Compare Quality Measures: 2010 National and Iowa Results for Critical Access Hospitals 
• CAH Financial Indicators Report: Summary of Indicator Medians by State 
• 5th Annual Rural Hospital Replacement Facility Study 2009 
• IA Critical Access Hospitals Community Benefit Report 
• Iowa Hospital Network Initiatives 
• State Rural Health Plan  
• Iowa FLEX Program - Best Practices Report 2005 
• Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program's Strategic Planning Report 
• Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation 
• Hospital Utilization, Changing Demographics, and Implications for Rural Health Care Services--Project A (2.5 MB in size) 
• Estimated Health Care Service Areas for Hospitals in the State of Iowa--Project B (1 MB in size) 
• Critical Access Hospital Patient Safety Priorities and Initiatives, Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey 
• Project A Map (2.3 MB in size) 
• Rural Hospital Replacement Facility Survey - 2008  

 

Technology Keeps Rural Hospitals Connected  
Feb 4, 2009 -- Iowa Farmer Today article tells how doctors at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona use the latest in telemedicine and computerized recordkeeping to help them offer high quality care in a rural setting.

 

Assessments

Critical Access Hospitals: Mental Health Services Assessment

Economic impact of the health sector (county assessments). The FLEX program has discontinued updating the economic assessments. The Iowa Hospital Association purchased the software from Rural Health Works to complete the assessments on a yearly basis. The assessments are provided to the local hospital as a membership benefit of the association.