Publications
The Flex Monitoring Team completes projects each year in a variety of topic areas such as CAH financial and operational improvement, patient safety, quality of care, Emergency Medical Services, and social determinants of health. These publications aim to evaluate the Flex Program and disseminate information to State Flex Programs, CAHs, and the general public. Our publications offer a wide range of information about Flex Program activities, best practices in CAHs, financial, quality, and community measures, and hospital services. Below is a list of publications from the Flex Monitoring Team. Publications are listed chronologically, in descending order. You can search by title and filter by topics and state. For data reports and publications relevant to specific states, please visit our State Profiles.
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Evidence-Based Heart Failure Quality Improvement Programs and Strategies for CAHs (Policy Brief #26)
This policy brief focuses on evidence-based heart failure QI programs and strategies that are applicable to CAHs, particularly with respect to…
The increased use of quality data for reporting and payment purposes has made it imperative to examine the rural-relevance of hospital…
Inpatient falls are a serious patient safety problem in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Injuries from falls are also costly -- it is…
This policy brief summarizes the evidence for regional systems of care for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI…
This briefing paper discusses the evidence base for the development of regional systems of care for patients presenting with ST-segment…
All hospitals, regardless of size and organizational structure, benefit from comparative data on financial condition and performance. The unique…
This report focuses on evidence-based pneumonia Quality Improvement (QI) programs and strategies that are applicable to Critical Access Hospitals (…
Improving Hospital Patient Safety Through Teamwork: The Use of TeamSTEPPS in CAHs (Policy Brief #21)
This brief, one in a series identifying and assessing evidence-based patient safety and quality improvement interventions appropriate for use by…
This brief presents a model to predict the financial distress of CAHs, which will be further refined based on input from researchers,…
This report examines 2009 participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…