Quality Improvement

• Critical Access Hospital Year 4 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief No. 10, September 2009)
• Health Care Reform, Quality, and Critical Access Hospitals. Presented at the NRHA Critical Access Hospital Conference, Portland, OR.(October 2009)
• Critical Access Hospital Year 4 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper No. 22, September 2009)
• State reports on quality using Hospital Compare data are available on the State Level Data page
• Critical Access Hospital Year 3 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief No. 8, September 2008)
• Critical Access Hospital Year 3 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper No. 20, August 2008)
• The Flex Program at 10 Years: Quality Improvement and Measurement Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Presented at the National Rural Health Association Meeting.(May 2008)
• Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Activities and Reporting on Quality Measures: Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey (Policy Brief No. 5, March 2008)
• Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Activities and Reporting on Quality Measures: Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey (Briefing Paper No. 18, March 2008)
• Critical Access Hospital Year 2 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief No. 4, May 2007)
• Critical Access Hospital Year 2 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper No. 16, April 2007)
• Rural Hospital Emergency Department Quality Measures: Aggregate Data Report (Data Summary Report No. 3, March 2007)
• Analysis of CAH Inpatient Hospitalizations and Transfers: Implications for National Quality Measurement and Reporting (Briefing Paper No. 13, October 2006)
• Quality and Performance Improvement Grant Activities Under the Flex Program (Executive Summary No. 12, August 2006)
• Quality and Performance Grant Activities Under the Flex Program (Briefing Paper No. 12, August 2006)
• Quality Performance Measurement and Use of Health Information Technology in Critical Access Hospitals. Presented at the National Conference of State Flex Programs, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 16, 2006 by Michelle Casey (University of Minnesota).
• Current Status of HIT Use in CAHs (Executive Summary No. 11, May 2006)
• The Current Status of Health Informaton Technology Use in CAHs (Briefing Paper No. 11, May 2006)
• CAH Participation in Hospital Compare and Initial Results (Briefing Paper No. 9, Feb. 2006)
• A Tool for Measuring Quality in Small Rural Hospitals. Presented at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 2005 by Ira Moscovice (University of Minnesota).
• CAH Conversion, Network Linkages and the Implementation of Quality Improvement Initiatives., May 23, 2001
  Presented at NRHA by Walter Gregg (University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center).
• Critical Access Hospital Patient Safety Priorities and Initiatives (Briefing Paper No. 3, Sept. 2004)
• From Kansas and Idaho: Supporting Quality Assurance / Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals - A Role for Networks and State Agencies, Findings From the Field, Volume 1, Number 9, Dec. 11, 2000
• Quality Improvement Activities in Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey (Briefing Paper No. 2, Sept. 2004)
• Quality Improvement Strategies and Best Practices in Critical Access Hospitals, Jan. 2004.
  University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center Working Paper #51
• State Flex Programs - Perspectives of the Flex Coordinators, Findings From the Field, Volume 2, Number 7, Sept. 30, 2002
• The Rural Hospital Flexibility Program -- Strengthening Rural Health Care Infrastructure.
  The Maturation of CAH Quality Improvement Strategies. May 14, 2003. Presented at NRHA by Ira Moscovice, Michelle Casey, and Walter Gregg (University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center)