Areas of Expertise

SORH Areas of Expertise document SORH members with expertise in a wide variety of areas. This index can be used when trying to identify SORH resources for these areas.

• Grants Management
• • Budgeting
  • Workplan Development
  • Evaluation/reporting
  • Contracting/RFPs
• Information Dissemination
  • Stakeholder Database
  • Communication modalities
  • Leveraging state partners
  • Collaborating with FORHP partners
• Organizational Structure, Expertise, and Partnerships
  • Linking rural to existing state programs
  • Environmental scanning
  • Community-programs sustainability
• Funding
  • SORH Match
  • Partner investments
  • Revenue diversification
  • Grant Seeking
• Workforce
  • Partners
    • Primary Care Office (PCO)
    • Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
    • Primary Care Association (PCA)
    • Department of Labor (DOL)
  • Programs
    • Loan repayment programs (NHSC,SLRP,etc.)
    • Health professions training programs
    • 3RNet/Retention strategies
    • International medical graduate (j-1, etc.)
    • State workforce incentive programs
    • Graduate Medical Education
    • Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)
  • Support
    • Workforce environmental scan
    • Emerging health professions
    • Workforce advisory committees and other groups
  • Communicating SORH Impact Planning
    • Planning
      • Data Analysis
      • Data Visualizations
      • Data Collection
      • Rural Definitions
    • Analysis
      • Financial and in-kind investments
    • Communication and dissemination
      • SORH Impact communications tool
    • Primary Care
      • Community Health Centers
      • Free and Charitable Clinics
      • Health systems integration
      • Integrated services (behavioral health, oral health, etc.)
      • Quality payment programs (MACRA, value-based, etc.)
        • Rural Health Clinics
          • Cost Reports
          • New Clinic Designations
          • Patient-Centered Medical Home
          • Billing and Coding
          • Survey and Certification
      • Improving healthcare services
        • Accountable Care Organizations
        • QA/performance improvement initiatives
        • Strategic planning: Hospitals and clinics
        • Strategic planning: staff leadership and development
        • Telehealth
        • Emergency Management Services/Emergency Preparedness
        • Health information technology
        • Health insurance coverage
      • Population Health and Health Equity
        • Behavioral health (including SUD)
        • Oral health
        • Health insurance coverage
        • Frontier Health
        • Veterans’ health
        • Native American/Alaskan Native/Pacific Islander health
        • Border health
        • Community Health Improvement Plan
        • Community Health Needs Assessment
        • Social determinants of health
      • Policy and Advocacy
        • Policy and regulatory review
        • Policy and regulatory response
        • Policy writing
        • Advocacy