Critical Access Hospital Quality Workshop
The Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) offers an annual quality improvement workshop, bringing together quality professionals and hospital leaders from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) across Oregon.
This workshop brings together subject matter experts to deliver practical education, share proven best practices and foster meaningful discussion to support CAH quality professionals as they navigate an evolving rural quality landscape.
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Policy & Practice | A CMS Update - Presenter: Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Midwest QIN-QIO Readmissions Presentation – Presenter: Lisa Barton and Annie Miller, Telligen
QAPI in Action – Presenter: Susan Runyan, Runyan Health Care Quality Consulting
Turning Data into Improvement – Presenter: Susan Runyan, Runyan Health Care Quality Consulting
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The Highs and The Lows | 2024 CAH Quality Infrastructure Measure Results - Presenter: Susan Runyan
Aligning Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Initiatives in Oregon - Presenters: Clair Londagin, Mari Tashche
Tools for Building a Foundation for Excellence: Quality Improvement Strategies - Presenter: Dave Ross
Providence Seaside Hospital - Presenter: Rebecca Coplin
ANCC Pathway to Excellence: Driving ROI Through Staff Engagement and Quality - Presenter: Analeigh Greene
Using Data to Improve Quality: Integrating Lean Techniques into QI - Presenter: Susan Runyan
Panal Presentations:
PSH SDoH Experiences - Presenter: Tracy Villarreal
Walking in Their Shoes: How My Story Shapes My Care - Presenter: Tamara Noble
Swing Bed Presentation - Presenter: Tiffany Palamaris
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Measures Under Consideration (MUC) and Trends for the Future - Presenter: Susan Runyan
Leverage Your Data: A Closer Look into the Community Health Needs Assessment and MBQIP Through the Lens of Health Equity and Social Drivers of Health - Presenter: Courtnay Ryan
Rural Maternal Health Update - Presenter: Kristen Dillon
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center - Journey to Enhance Patient Experience through Improved Staff Engagement & Culture - Presenters: Raymond T. Hino, Carmen Rodriguez, Amanda Bemetz
National CAH Quality Inventory & Assessment - Oregon - Presenter: Maddy Pick
Good Shepherd Health Care System’s Connexions Program - Presenters: Jessica Reker, Brittany Dunham
Accelerating Quality Improvement Across the Spectrum of Stakeholders - Presenters: Colleen Klamm, Svetlana Melnik, Cheryl Pell, Natalia Martinez-Paz, Zahra Kassamali Escobar
Wallowa Memorial Hospital and Clinics Community Balance and Fall Prevention Program - Presenters: Stacey Karvoski, Brooke Pace
Holler, "All Aboard!" Get the Front-Line Staff and your Board of Directors to Jump on the Quality Train - Presenter: Susan Runyan
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Getting to Know the New Basics in Health Care Quality (by Susan Runyan)
Strengthening Relationships Between Hospital and Community to Reduce Hospitalization Utilization (by Seema Rathor)
Integrating Patient and Worker Safety in Critical Access Hospitals: A Need in the Pandemic Aftermath (by David Hurtado)
Overview of CMS Quality Programs and Initiatives (by Cecile Greenway)
Infection Prevention Staff at Your CAH (by Roza Tammer)
Heartbeats Behind the Headlines: Data Storytelling 101 (by Susan Runyan and Doug Morse)
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Leveraging Partnerships for Quality Improvement (by Natalia Martinex-Paz and Zahara Escobar)
Building a Quality Program and Patient Care and Safety Structure (by Terri Brandt-Correia, Becky Sanders and Debbie Gorst)
Improving the Timeliness of Stroke Care through Lean Process Improvement (by Theresa Via)
You Got This! How to Make Big Decisions at Small Hospitals (by Doug Morse)
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CAH Quality Program Review (by Susan Runyan)
Changing Landscape of Quality Measurement (by Karla Weng)
Emergency Department Efficiencies (by Susan Runyan)
Introduction to Project Firstline (by Dr. Judy Guzman-Cotrell)
Leveraging TeleMentoring & TeleEducation During COVID 19 (by Zahra Kassamalli-Excobar & Natalie Martinez-Paz)
OHA Lessons Learned During COVID-19 (by Roza Tammer)
Reducing Readmission by Optimizing Transition of Care in Rural Settings (by Seema Rathor & Alena Acklin)