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Lets Take the Time to Celebrate the Flex Program and You! July 2011 Marlene Miller, MSW, LCSW Associate Director Center for Rural Health Established in 1980, at The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health

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Let’s Take the Time to Celebrate the Flex Program and You!

July 2011

Marlene Miller, MSW, LCSW Associate Director

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Center for Rural Health

  • Established in 1980, at The University of North Dakota (UND)

School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks, ND

  • One of the country’s most experienced state rural health offices
  • UND Center of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and

Creative Activity

  • Focus on:

– Education, Training, an Resource Awareness – Community Development and Technical Assistance – Native American Health – Rural Health Workforce – Rural Health Research – Rural Health Policy – Program Evaluation

  • Web site: ruralhealth.und.edu
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Let’s Take the Time to…

  • highlight the great work of Flex

Coordinators across the country

  • celebrate the impact of the Flex program

and its reach

  • acknowledge this fantastically flexible and

meaningful program … it is a service to the nation

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Why Take Time?

FOCUS PRIORITIZE PLAN STRATEGIZE IMPLEMENT EVALUATE

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What is the Flex Coordinator’s Role?

Build networks, foster relationships, champion rural health Identify strengths and challenges faced by your state’s rural health care providers Set goals to build state and local capacity

Convener/liaison between local, state & national groups --- neutral position

Change Agent

 Good with people  Grants managers  Flexible  Life-long learners  Passionate  Proactive  On top of change  Know our states  Partner  Communicators

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Who does the Flex Program Touch?

National State Local

  • Flex Monitoring

Team

  • ORHP
  • TASC
  • NOSORH
  • NRHA
  • AHA
  • Federal

Legislators

  • ONC
  • EMS
  • Hospital Assoc
  • Other

Associations (EMS, Nursing, Medical, Health Finance, Public Health)

  • QIO
  • Networks
  • Surveyors
  • Academic fac.
  • State legislators
  • CAHs
  • Communities
  • Clinic
  • Long term care
  • EMS
  • Economic dev.
  • Schools
  • Our nation’s

seniors

  • Every day

people!

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Flex is Where and When?

 Flex created in 1997  CAH designation  Support/sustain CAHs  Rural Health Plans  Financial Improvement  EMS  Quality improvement  HIT  Network development  Health system development  Evaluation  New Models (FESC - Alaska, FCHIP- Montana)  2011 and beyond – Flex stands ready!

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Who, What, Where, When, Why SO WHAT?

  • 1. Network development galore!

– Increased efficiencies – Shared knowledge – Retention – Improved systems of care – Quality of care improved – Patient safety – Saved time – Saved dollars

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Flex Network Successes

  • Florida Flex Program partnered with EMS to

establish statewide network of rural EMS provider organizations

  • Hawaii established Health Performance

Improvement Network

  • Illinois’ ICAHN – central resource for all CAHs

(shared policies, procedures, best practices); user groups and education

  • Michigan’s MICAH – growing rural health quality

leaders!

  • Montana’s PIN – Medicare compliance, shared

resources, clinical projects

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Flex …SO WHAT?

  • 2. Leadership Development Galore!
  • Shared knowledge
  • Shared tools and resources
  • Empowered leaders in rural health
  • Strategic approaches
  • Community-driven solutions
  • Improved performance
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Flex Leadership Development

  • Alaska’s hospital to hospital mentoring

program for CAH hospital staff and management

  • Idaho’s Community APGAR

Questionnaire

  • Montana’s Flex Leadership Institute
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Flex …SO WHAT?

  • 3. Financial Improvement Galore!
  • Leveraged funding from other sources
  • Improved cost reporting
  • Improved reimbursement
  • Increased knowledge
  • Resource sharing
  • Policy changes
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Flex Financial Impact

  • West Virginia’s on-site cost reporting

review project

  • South Dakota’s work with the Helmsley

Foundation (mobile simulator project)

  • Pennsylvania’s Lean project; partnership

with Penn State College of Engineering (supply chain management, central scheduling, EHR implementation)

  • Arizona’s establishment of a state-funded

CAH funding pool ($1.7M/year for CAHs)

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Flex – That’s What! We take the time to Make a Difference every day! Thumbs up High Five Hats Off to you THANK YOU!

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Mike Vance Stephanie Martin Corinne Shellye Judy Mary Sharla Jennifer Rod Joel Scott George/ Mark Shawn Lucrecia Cindy Pat Angie Helen Melinda Patricia Mendal Debra/ Jane Beth/ Kandi Angie Woody Matt Edwina Ronnie Donna John Melissa

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For more information contact: Marlene Miller, MSW, LCSW Associate Director Program Director: Flex, SHIP, CATS/TruServe Center for Rural Health 501 North Columbia Road, Stop 9037 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037 Phone: 701.777.3848 ruralhealth.und.edu