Rural Health Topic

Quality Issues

Excellent quality in healthcare is the goal of all providers. The main objective of quality assessment/quality improvement programs is to ensure that the health care system achieves the goal of optimizing the health of the people for whom it is responsible.

As health care can vary significantly between urban and rural areas, there needs to be rural appropriate quality healthcare standards and benchmarks that factor in these differences. Rural America has unique factors that must be acknowledged and analyzed.

News

Community matters at NRHA's Annual Rural Health Conference (2/4/10)

AC10 Join your colleagues May 19-21 in Savannah, Ga., for NRHA's 33rd Annual Rural Health Conference. Featuring more than 50 educational, practical and cost-saving sessions, this event is designed to connect and inform all rural health professionals. Exclusive tracks are planned for rural health policy, HIT and hospitals, clinic management, education and research, rural community, leadership development, and state health resources. Also plan to arrive early for the Rural Medical Educators Conference May 18. Register before April 16 to save. View This Page?

Nominations open for 2010 Rural Health Awards (9/11/09)

Award Each year the National Rural Health Association honors outstanding individuals and organizations in the field of rural health at its Annual Rural Health Conference, and 2010 will be no exception. Act now to nominate your favorite rural health professional or student so they might be known and honored nationally for dedicating their time and talents to improving the health and well-being of others. Click here for more information and to submit a nomination.