Revitalizing Quality Improvement Strategies in the Rural Setting

Course overview

Rural healthcare leaders face unprecedented pressures in the delivery of high-quality care. The provision of high-quality care continues to be the focus of healthcare delivery; particularly as we navigate the recent changes and challenges facing our field. This session will explore the assessment of quality improvement, looking at strategies, planning, and other improvement activities, as well as rural healthcare best practice solutions for implementing those quality improvement initiatives for a sustainable future. Suggested Audience: All C-suite executives, particularly CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, COOs, and CNOs. All managers who oversee, participate in or negotiate: payer, employment and practitioner contracts. Leaders involved in strategic, financial, operational and quality improvement planning. Upon completion of this presentation, you should be able to: Describe strategies to assess and update quality improvement planning and activities. Identify quality improvement initiative implementation and best practice solutions for rural healthcare. Learning Outcomes Standard: Based upon industry best practice standards and regulations set forth by CMS.gov, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and the National Quality Forum (NQF). Learning Outcome Conditions: As an IACET Authorized Provider, HomeTown Health, LLC offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard. HomeTown Health, LLC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEU for this program. A full list of approved IACET organizations can be found on www.iacet.org.