Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator
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Closing the Gap in Rural Outcomes
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is committed to bringing equitable care to all. For that reason, we are focused on closing the gap between rural and urban hospital care as a top priority.
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Get With The Guidelines®&²Ô²ú²õ±è;at No Cost For Rural Hospitals
These programs allow hospitals to measure compliance of evidence-based guidelines, benchmark with peers, and improve on quality of patient care, while simultaneously bringing up-to-date information to inform healthcare guidelines.
To maximize impact, rural eligible hospitals will be prioritized based upon their potential to impact the largest number of patients in geographic areas with the highest CVD mortality.
Program Benefits
Rural Community Network
Each hospital will be invited to participate in rural learning collaboratives and receive access to professional education through The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s. Hospitals will also have access to clinical experts and thought leaders at conferences and seminars.
The Rural Community Network will be available to all rural hospitals, regardless of status or enrollment with the accelerator.
Eligible Hospitals
To be eligible for no-cost Get With The Guidelines, hospitals must be new enrollers in one or more of the offered programs. The Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator does not apply to program renewals for hospitals already participating in the offered Get With The Guidelines programs. If your hospital already participates in one or more Get With The Guidelines programs, you may be eligible to add additional new programs through the accelerator, provided they are listed within the offerings above.
Additionally, hospitals must fit at least one of the below criteria. Contact us directly for specific eligibility inquiries.
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Did you know? Several Programs Have Awards Specifically for Rural Hospitals
Independent of the Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recognizes that rural hospitals work with varied patient care dynamics. For that reason, all rural hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines Stroke, Heart Failure or Coronary Artery Disease, whether involved in the accelerator or not, are eligible to receive award recognition focused on a unique set of performance metrics:
Recognizing Rural Hospital Awardees
View 2024 Award Winners (PDF)
Interested? Reach Out.
If your hospital fits the eligibility criteria above, contact our teams for more information on the application and implementation process.![](/-/media/Images/Professional/Quality-Improvement/Rural-Health-Initiative/iStock1292399669.jpg?h=406&iar=0&mw=800&w=621&sc_lang=en)