Quality through collaboration
Subtitle: the future of rural health
By: Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care, Board on Health Care Services
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Rural health -- United States; Rural health services -- United States
Description: "Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health assesses the quality of health care in rural areas and provides a framework for a core set of services and an essential infrastructure to deliver high-quality health care services to rural communities. The report calls for enhancements in the rural health care workforce, improvements in the quality measurement infrastructure, pay-for-performance demonstration projects, and activities to facilitate investments in electronic health records and networks for sharing health data."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Table of contents: title: An integrated approach to improving health and health care in rural communities; title: Quality improvement activities in rural areas; title: Human resources; title: Finance; title: Rural health care in the digital age