Toward a high performing rural health care system: key issues and recommendations from rural health care system innovators

Toward a high performing rural health care system: key issues and recommendations from rural health care system innovators

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Mueller, Keith J., author
Alfero, Charlie, author
Coburn, Andrew F., author
Lundblad, Jennifer P., author
MacKinney, A. Clinton, author
McBride, Timothy D., author
Weigel, Paula, author
Contributor(s):
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, issuing body.
Rural Health Research & Policy Centers, issuing body.
Rural Policy Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
Publication:
[Iowa City, Iowa] : Rural Policy Research Institute, April 2019
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Rural Health Services -- organization & administration
Rural Population
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
On December 6-7, 2018, the Rural Health Policy Research Institute’s (RUPRI) Health Panel convened a meeting in Washington, DC, of rural health leaders from around the country to discuss strategies and models for rural health care system innovation. In addition to the Health Panel, meeting participants included state and community leaders with firsthand knowledge of diverse, innovative health financing and service delivery initiatives as well as national rural health experts and stakeholders. The Health Panel identified the participating rural health care system innovators based on their groundbreaking approaches to health care financing and service delivery. The meeting objectives were as follows: (1) To understand the policy and practice levers at a local, state, and national level that support or hinder local innovation as implemented in the models represented in this discussion; (2) To recognize the uniqueness of each model while understanding the components that make it applicable and scalable to other rural communities; (3) To specify attributes, design considerations, and program and community characteristics that are relevant across the models. This paper summarizes the key themes and recommendations that emerged directly from the structured conversations during this two-day meeting. The Health Panel hopes this summary can inform ongoing national and state policy discussions of strategies for strengthening and sustaining rural health care systems.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
NLM Unique ID:
9918383859306676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383859306676