Models that Work
The NRHA has collected a variety of Models that Work as part of this program that highlights examples of collaboration in communities with the goal of improving the quality of care provided in a community and addressing the needs of population health. Click here for a list of the models collected to date. [Link to Excel Spreadsheet]
See below for the criteria for submitting your project for consideration as a "Model that Works."
We are seeking programs or projects characterized by the following elements:
- Collaboration among two or more rural providers (this would include all classes of providers such as public health, long-term care, etc.) in a rural community or region AND one or more rural organization not in direct healthcare delivery (for example, schools, local government, faith organizations, business, social services). Note that there can also be other non-rural partners.
- Project activities and goals based on locally identified needs, interests and priorities through discussion with members of the community.
- Projects with the purpose of improvement of the health of the service area, by moving the healthcare system toward care that is safe, effective, efficient, patient/community- centered, timely and equitable for the entire service area as well as individual patients.
Please send an e-mail to Eli Briggs at briggs@nrharural.org if you have a project you think would be a good candidate.We will continue to collect examples of projects that address other aspects of quality improvement to be placed on the weblinks section of the NRHA's Quality website. These may also be sent to Eli Briggs at briggs@nrharural.org.
Quality Library - Models That Work
Promoting Rural Health Care Quality
Through Health Disparities Collaboratives
By Thomas D. Rowley
Serving rural Alaskan Natives through an integrated system of community practitioners and telemedicine.
By building a network, providers in Arizona are improving the continuity and quality of care for members of the Hopi and Navajo nations.
Mt. Desert Island Community Care Initiative
By taking a holistic, community-wide approach to health care, a Maine Critical Access Hospital and it partners are helping people help themselves and improving life in this unique rural region.
Michigan Critical Access Hospital Quality Network (MICAH)
By creating and working together Critical Access
Hospitals in Michigan
challenges of performance improving quality of care.
Susquehanna Valley Rural Health Partnership
Through partnership, Critical Access Hospitals are gaining access to critical health information technology and improving quality of care as a result.
East Tennessee State University
Using an interdisciplinary, community-based approach, ETSU is teaching the next generation of rural health care providers how to improve quality.
Community Health Development, Inc.
Expanding access and improving underserved in South Texas.
Eastern Shore Rural Health System
Getting past differences and working together for the good of the region.
Columbia Valley Community Health
Working together, an FQHC and CAH bridge a 40-mile gap in care.
