Rural Hospital Performance Improvement RHPI Project

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Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI)
Project

• Mississippi Delta Region
• Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
• Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri Tennessee

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RHPI Project Support, Management Partners

• Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA
• Mountain States Group, Inc.
• Rural Health Resource Center
• Stroudwater Associates

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RHPI Project Goals

• Target rural hospitals in the Delta Region
• Eligible hospitals
• Provide consultation
• Develop link to resources tools
• Help build capacity through partnerships
• State Offices of Rural Health, Hospital
  Associations, Delta States Rural Development
  Network Grantees, hospitals, communities, others

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RHPI Project Progress

• Funded September 2001, state kick-off meetings
• 60 applications (121 eligible hospitals)
• 19 comprehensive PI consultations conducted
• Implementation strategy developed
• 19 targeted consultations completed
• Evaluation program
• Client satisfaction, outcomes, employee
  satisfaction, process
• Web site www.rhpi.org soon changing to
  www.deltarhpi.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov
• Regional conference
• Balanced Scorecard pilot project

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RHPI Project the future

• Last year of a 3-year contract
• Enhance comprehensive PI consultations
• Continue Balanced Scorecard pilot project
• Balanced Scorecard training
• Develop performance aids