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Rural Health Information Technology Network for Improving Rural Healthcare

The Critical Access Hospital Network's Rural Health Information Technology Project aims to improve rural healthcare by creating an infrastructure to stabilize and strengthen the local rural health system. This project focuses on addressing health disparities, implementing care coordination, telehealth services, and chronic disease management. It also includes the development of a population health tool and a central data repository for storing and analyzing health data.

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Rural Health Information Technology Network for Improving Rural Healthcare

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  1. The Critical Access Hospital Network’s Rural Health Information Technology Project Sue Deitz, MPH

  2. Rural Network in Eastern Washington

  3. Members • Established in 2002 with HRSA Network Development Grant Program • 7 Public Hospital Districts • 7 Rural Hospitals, of which 6 are Critical Access Hospitals • 12 Rural Health Clinics Mission - To improve the health of our communities by creating an infrastructure designed to stabilize and strengthen the local rural health system.

  4. Rural Health Disparities Health Disparities in Rural Network Counties compared to Urban/State (2012)

  5. Our Initiatives • Care Coordination and Care Transitions • Patient Centered Medical Home • Tele Health Services • Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration • County Coalitions and Regional Collaborations • Chronic Disease Management and Measurement Performance Reporting

  6. Disparate Health Information Systems No central data repository to aggregate data No tool to measure population base health data Write a Grant…..

  7. Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Grant Program • Awarded grant - 2011-2014 • Implement a common disease registry • Chronic disease management of the patient • Local registry for management of a population • Aggregate our data across sites • Secure health information exchange • Track outcomes over time • Supports Patient Centered Medical Home NCQA recognition

  8. Architecture – Local Central Data Repository and De-Identified Aggregated

  9. CINA

  10. Developed a Population Health Tool CINA Registry Tool

  11. It’s Alive !!! https://praedxlogin.com/Account/Login

  12. Impact / ROI Population Health Data • Population based benchmark/goals chronic disease management (e.g. LDL, BP, A1c) • Inpatient admission rates/ED visits for populations with chronic diseases • Readmission rates after 30 days discharge • Provider satisfaction towards project interventions • Per visit revenue from increase in preventive procedures, labs and screenings triggered by CINA

  13. Thank you Sue Deitz, MPH Director, Critical Access Hospital Network suefox@sandpoint.net (208)610-0937

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