Northwest Hospital Alliance

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM - ORGANIZATION NAME: NORTHWEST HOSPITAL ALLIANCE, INC (NWHA) ADDRESS: 520 N THIRD AVE, SANDPOINT, ID 83864 FACILITY/ENTITY TYPE: 501C(3) RURAL HOSPITAL ALLIANCE WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.NWHOSPITALALLIANCE.ORG/ PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME & TITLE: CARYL JOHNSTON, M.H.A., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PHONE: 208-625-4138 EMAIL: CJOHNSTON@KH.ORG PROJECT TRACK: REGULAR NETWORK PLANNING GRANT TRACK NETWORK PLANNING GRANT PROJECT NETWORK NAME: NORTHWEST HOSPITAL ALLIANCE NORTH IDAHO CONNECTIONS NETWORK (NWHA-NIC NETWORK) LEGISLATIVE AIM THE NWHA-NIC NETWORK ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) LEGISLATIVE AIMS THROUGH ITS PROPOSED NORTH IDAHO CONNECTIONS (NIC) EXPANSION PROGRAM: - AIM #1: ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES - AIM #2: EXPAND ACCESS TO, COORDINATE, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH OUTCOMES - AIM: #3 STRENGTHEN THE RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE FOCUS AREA THE NWHA-NIC NETWORK’S FOCUS AREA IS CARE ACCESS AND CARE COORDINATION. PROPOSED SERVICE REGION STATES: IDAHO CITIES: PLUMMER; ST. MARIES; TENSED; DE SMET; FERNWOOD; PARKLINE; CLARK FORK; DOVER; EAST HOPE; HOPE; KOOTENAI; OLDTOWN; PONDERAY; PRIEST RIVER; SANDPOINT; BLANCHARD; COOLIN; LACLEDE; BONNERS FERRY; MOYIE SPRINGS; ELK RIVER; OROFINO; PIERCE; WEIPPE; COTTONWOOD; FERDINAND; GRANGEVILLE; KOOSKIA; RIGGINS; STITES; WHITE BIRD; ELK CITY; HARRISON; WORLEY; CONKLING PARK; ROCKFORD BAY; BOVILL; DEARY; GENESEE; JULIAETTA; KENDRICK; MOSCOW; ONAWAY; POTLATCH; TROY; PRINCETON; VIOLA; CRAIGMONT; KAMIAH; REUBENS; WINCHESTER; CULDESAC; LAPWAI; PECK; SWEETWATER; KELLOGG; MULLAN; OSBURN; PINEHURST; SMELTERVILLE; WALLACE; WARDNER; SILVERTON COUNTIES (FULLY RURAL): BENEWAH; BONNER; BOUNDARY; BENEWAH; IDAHO COUNTY; LATAH; LEWIS; SHOSHONE COUNTIES (PARTIALLY RURAL): KOOTENAI POPULATION TO BE SERVED THE NWHA-NIC NETWORK’S TARGET POPULATION WILL BE RURAL, UNDERSERVED PERSONS AGED 0 TO 65+ LIVING IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. AS MANY SUFFER LOWER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) DUE TO POVERTY, GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION, AND LACK OF ACCESS, MANY ALSO EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER HEALTH DISPARITIES AND POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES. NETWORK MEMBERS: BOUNDARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; BONNER GENERAL HEALTH; SHOSHONE MEDICAL CENTER; KOOTENAI HEALTH; BENEWAH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CLEARWATER VALLEY HEALTH; ST. MARY’S HEALTH; SYRINGA HOSPITAL AND CLINICS; PANHANDLE HEALTH DISTRICT; HERITAGE HEALTH - 90.0% OF ALL NWHA-NIC NETWORK MEMBERS ARE LOCATED IN HRSA-DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS, AS DEFINED BY THE RURAL HEALTH GRANTS ELIGIBILITY ANALYZER. ADDITIONALLY, 100.0% ARE LOCATED IN HPSAS WHILE 71.4% ARE LOCATED IN MUC/MUPS. - ALL MEMBERS ARE FULLY READY AND COMMITTED TO INTEGRATE THEIR FUNCTIONS AND SHARE CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES AS NEEDED FOR THE PROPOSED NIC EXPANSION PROGRAM EXPERIENCE IN SERVING RURAL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS NWHA-NIC NETWORK MEMBERS SERVE RURAL, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IDAHO THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES. MEMBERS HAVE COLLABORATED PREVIOUSLY TO DEVELOP REGIONAL PROGRAMS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT PATIENT CARE QUALITY AND REDUCE PER CAPITA COSTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES, SUCH AS HOLDING PEER NETWORKING GROUPS AND VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL FORUMS. FOR THE NIC EXPANSION PROGRAM, RURAL POPULATIONS WILL BE INVOLVED IN ONGOING NETWORK OPERATIONS BY PARTICIPATING IN PLANNING AND EVALUATION. THEY WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO LOCAL NEEDS THROUGH TOWNHALL MEETINGS, IN ADDITION TO REPRESENTATION THROUGH A STEERING COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY “CHAMPIONS.” ULTIMATELY, RURAL POPULATIONS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROPOSED PROGRAM BY GAINING ACCESS TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE NIC DATABASE, WHICH WILL IN TURN: - IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES - EXPAND HEALTH CAPACITY AND SERVICES - HELP MAINTAIN HEALTH POST-DISCHARGE - ENHANCE LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES FUNDING PREFERENCE THE NWHA-NIC NETWORK QUALIFIES FOR QUALIFICATION 1; QUALIFICATION 2; AND QUALIFICATION 3. FOR ALL FUNDING PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION, PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT 8.