Year 2 of the Sentinel Cohort of Rural Health Clinics: Testing, Evaluating and Refining a Set of Rural Health Clinic Quality Measures
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September 2013
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December 2015
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This project implements the set of core consensus quality measures identified during Year One of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Sentinel Cohort project among a group of approximately 130 RHCs in 13 states. The clinics will collect and report data for the measures for two to three quarters and report on issues related to reporting burden and challenges and on the use of the measures to improve RHC quality.
Publications
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Pilot Testing a Rural Health Clinic Quality Measurement Reporting System
Policy Brief
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02/2016
More than 4,000 Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) serve the primary care needs of rural communities. Unfortunately, the Rural Health Clinic Program is plagued by a lack of data participating clinics. This reports on the results with a focus on assessing the feasibility and utility of the reporting system and quality measures for the participating RHCs.