Guides & Toolkits
Critical Access Hospital Designation Manual
November 2016 - Authors: Joyce A. Hospodar, MBA, MPA
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A manual covering the requirements for becoming a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). |
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2015 Arizona Rural Health Clinic Designation Manual
February 2015 - Authors: Joyce A. Hospodar, MBA, MPA
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The Rural Health Clinic Designation Instruction Manual is intended to help rural clinics in Arizona determine whether or not this designation is right for them. It describes the fiscal benefits of rural health clinic (RHC) designation, and provides a step-by-step guide that leads you through the application process in Arizona. (Updated 2015) |
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A Quick-Start Guide to the Health Insurance Marketplace Application
October 2013 - Authors: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
| A quick start guide to learning about the Health Insurance Marketplace. Download: http://marketplace.cms.gov/getofficialresources/training-materials/quick-start-guide-to-the-marketplace-application.pdf |
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Seeking Rural Health Data: A toolkit
July 2013 - Authors: Rural Health Office
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State Offices of Rural Health are increasingly challenged to deliver ever larger amounts of data and better data to substantiate the needs for resources to address rural health issues. This Toolkit is designed is to provide State Offices of Rural Health with a tool for accessing and utilizing national, databases that are readily available, free, and have useful rural information for State Offices of Rural Health. |
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Rural Assistance Center Health Information Technology Toolkit
July 2013 - Authors: Rural Assistance Center
| Health information technology (HIT) systems can be difficult to implement. With support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Rural HIT Taskforce, this toolkit provides federal resources to help guide rural health facilities and providers through the phases of choosing, implementing and operating HIT systems. Using the toolkit, rural communities can: Address challenges of finding capital funding Help community colleges enhance training programs |
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The Role of Small and Rural Hospitals and Care Systems in Effective Population Health Partnerships
June 2013 - Authors: Health Research & Educational Trust
| To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships. This guide describes how small and rural hospitals and care systems can develop effective population health partnerships that balance the challenges and opportunities encountered in providing health management. |
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12 Things You Should Know About Healthcare Rights
December 2012 - Authors: Southwest Rural Policy Network
| The Southwest Rural Policy Network has put together a simple and easy to follow guide to ease the confusion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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Creating a Coordinated Community Response for Battered Immigrant Women
January 2008 - Authors: Battered Immigrant Women Program
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This toolkit provides the important steps and guidelines for developing a coordinated community response to immigrant victims of domestic or sexual violence, and particularly those eligibile for immigration relief and associated health and human services under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Southern Arizona Battered Immigrant Women Project designed this toolkit within the context of rural communities in Southern Arizona, for adaptation in rural communities, border communities, and other communities serving immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence.s page. |
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Inter Facility Tool Kit for the Pediatric Patient
March 2007 - Authors: Various
| The EMS for Children National Resource Center, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society of Trauma Nurses released the Inter Facility Tool Kit for the Pediatric Patient. |
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Arizona Rural Health Resource Manual
June 2006 - Authors: Leila Barraza, MPH, Alison Hughes, MPA
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Information is a powerful tool for promoting change and strengthening health care. How information is used can be a potent change agent. It has been said that influencing policy is about providing the right information at the right time to the right person. How to access the right information at the right time is a challenge we all face as we make decisions about the future. |
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