Projects
Each year, the Flex Monitoring Team conducts several projects in the areas of quality performance, financial performance, and community engagement. Select a description below to find out more information about the project and any associated publications. Our current projects are listed first, followed by completed projects.
This project will compare Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) participating and not participating in Value-Based Care (VBC) initiatives in order to…
Completed Project
This project seeks to examine the involvement of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in multi-sector community health networks and to identify…
Completed Project
More than 25 million people in the U.S. have limited English proficiency (LEP), and studies have found several improved health care outcomes when a…
Completed Project
This project will gather and analyze nationally standardized information related to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement (QI). The…
Completed Project
This project seeks to understand the details and strategies underlying exemplary models for providing quality cancer care in Critical Access…
Completed Project
This project will build upon previous FMT work to collect data from State Flex Programs (SFPs) after the completion of the Flex QI Project and…
Completed Project
Program Area 3: Population Health Improvement and Program Area 4: Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Improvement are ongoing, optional areas of…
Completed Project
COVID-19 has posed unique challenges to rural communities and rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). The ability of CAHs to…
Completed Project
The COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted the operations of hospitals nationally. However, little is known about the overall impact of COVID‐19 on the…
Completed Project
As the COVID-19 pandemic has persisted, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have found innovative ways to support their workforce. In this project…
Completed Project
Though the proportion of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using at least a basic electronic health record (EHR) is comparable to non‐CAHs, CAHs are…
Completed Project
In this project the Flex Monitoring Team will work with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to evaluate quality improvement activities…
Completed Project
Given the high level of performance achieved by Critical Access Hospital (CAH) antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs), it is valuable to supplement…
Completed Project
For several years, the Flex Monitoring Team has discussed plans with the Federal Office for Rural Health Policy (FORHP) on how to move toward a more…
Completed Project
This project described the community benefit activities of CAHs and their roles as safety net providers using their IRS Form 990, Schedule H…
Completed Project
Since 2010, there have been 83 rural hospital closures in the United States. Approximately 35% of these rural hospital closures were Critical Access…
Completed Project
This project explored the data challenges and data use opportunities faced by state Flex Programs as they attempt to monitor the impact of Flex…
Completed Project
Purpose
This project had two components: the continuation of our evaluation of innovative projects by State Flex Programs, and the continuation of…
Completed Project
Purpose
The purpose of this project was to analyze the efforts of State Flex Program initiatives to support the development of time-critical…
Completed Project
Research shows that chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are more prevalent among rural residents than their urban…
Completed Project