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Community Hospital Supply Chain Best Practices

The healthcare supply chain has entered a new era of sustained uncertainty. Where cost containment was once the primary objective, supply chain leaders must now balance affordability with resilience, which means the ability to anticipate disruption, adapt quickly, and recover without compromising patient care.

The good news: with the right strategy, partnerships, and tools, community hospitals can build supply chains that are both cost-efficient and genuinely resilient. This paper draws on current best practices and the hard-won lessons of recent years.

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Mission Critical: A Practical Guide to Revenue Cycle Management for Rural and Community Hospitals

Revenue Cycle Management Plays a Pivotal Role in Hospital Resiliency

This white paper examines how efficient, cost-effective Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) processes allow hospitals to overcome payment-related challenges. It also explores how strategic relationships with third-party organizations can help providers strengthen financial performance while reducing operational strain.

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From Crisis to Comeback: A Playbook for Community Hospital Renewal

Community hospitals across the country are facing operational challenges. This white paper outlines critical steps to turn around your hospital’s performance.

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Hospital IT Transformation

Forward-thinking community hospital CEOs are giving information technology leaders a voice in strategic planning sessions. The reason? Increasingly, technology solutions are able to help advance organizational goals. Unfortunately, the converse is also true. IT solutions that are obsolete or heading in that direction – such as on-premise servers, desktop computing and legacy systems – create ‘tech debt’ and can hold a hospital back from achieving its goals.

This white paper provides a roadmap for strategy-driven IT transformation, from assessing a hospital’s needs to building a framework for IT solutions that support both clinical care and financial success.

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Rural Emergency Hospital

To help mitigate their financial and operational challenges faced by many rural and community hospitals, the federal government established the rural emergency hospital (REH) designation in January 2023. This white paper explores the role of REHs, various trends impacting this model, implications of REHs, and key considerations involved in REH conversions.

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Hospital at Home

The American Hospital Association and other advocates are lobbying to make the Hospital at Home program introduced during the pandemic permanent based on data suggesting that home-based care results in better outcomes for patients. This white paper outlines the benefits of H@H for patients, family members and hospitals. It also covers requirements and considerations for community hospital leaders interested in implementing an H@H program.

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A Paradigm Shift in Nurse Staffing

In March 2022, more than 80 percent of hospitals reported a nurse vacancy rate exceeding 10 percent. The survey also found that it takes, on average, three months to recruit an experienced nurse. Recruitment is even more challenging for hospitals in rural areas. Following pandemic surges, hospitals are depleted of staff and resources – making it urgent to address the nurse shortage.

This white paper suggests innovations acute care hospitals can put in place to address staffing issues while managing labor costs and maintaining patient care standards.

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Can Your Hospital Withstand a Cyberattack?

The healthcare industry is a top target for cyberattacks in general and ransomware in particular. As a result, cybersecurity has become an important topic for healthcare providers in urban and rural settings. This white paper discusses ways for community hospitals to improve cybersecurity.

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