Publications
The Flex Monitoring Team completes projects each year in a variety of topic areas such as CAH financial and operational improvement, patient safety, quality of care, Emergency Medical Services, and social determinants of health. These publications aim to evaluate the Flex Program and disseminate information to State Flex Programs, CAHs, and the general public. Our publications offer a wide range of information about Flex Program activities, best practices in CAHs, financial, quality, and community measures, and hospital services. Below is a list of publications from the Flex Monitoring Team. Publications are listed chronologically, in descending order. You can search by title and filter by topics and state. For data reports and publications relevant to specific states, please visit our State Profiles.
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Rural Hospital Emergency Department Quality Measures: Aggregate Data Report (Data Summary Report #3)
This report presented the aggregate findings from a project that tested emergency department quality measures in a voluntary sample of Critical…
This study assessed the implications of CAH inpatient hospitalizations and transfers from CAHs to other hospitals for national quality measurement…
Quality and performance improvement are fundamental components for provider participation in the Medicare program and this focus is well-represented…
This report examines the first year participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and…
The Flex Monitoring Team conducted a national telephone survey of 500 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) administrators between January and April 2004 to…
Due to limited resources, low patient volume, small staffs, and inadequate information technology, CAHs face many challenges in implementing quality…