Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI) Project
Partnership Committee (2008-2009)
The purpose of the project partnership committee is to offer direction on the hospital performance project, assist marketing to hospitals that may be reluctant to participate, coordinate project efforts with other rural resources, and help the project examine its impact with rural hospitals. The partnership committee meets quarterly, by conference call, and includes representatives from each of the eight Delta states, the Delta Regional Authority, Appalachian Regional Commission, and the American Hospital Association.
| State Offices of Rural Health | State Hospital Associations | Quality Improvement Organizations | |
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| Alabama |
Chuck Lail Director Office of Rural Health RSA Tower, Suite 710 201 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Phone: 334-206-5396 Fax: 334-206-5434 clail@adph.state.al.us |
Jane Knight Alabama Hospital Association 500 North East Blvd. Montgomery, AL 36117 Phone: 334-272-8781 Fax: 334-270-9527 jknight@alaha.org |
Fred Ferree AQAF 2 Perimeter Park South, Ste. 200 West Birmingham, AL 35243-2329 Phone: 205-970-1600 Ext. 3101 Fax: 205-970-1616 fferree@aqaf.com |
| Arkansas |
Bill Rodgers Director Office of Rural Health and Primary Care Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health / Office of Rural Health and Primary Care PO Box 1437, Slot H-22 Little Rock, AR 72203-1437 Phone: 501-280-4563 Fax: 501-280-4706 william.rodgers@arkansas.gov |
Don Adams Vice President Arkansas Hospital Association 419 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-224-7878 Fax: 501-224-0519 donadams@arkhospitals.org |
Nancy Archer Assistant Vice President, HCQIP Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care 401 West Capitol, Suite 508 Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: (501) 375-5700 Toll Free: 1-877-375-5700 Fax: (501) 375-5705 hcqipdirector@afmc.org |
| Illinois |
Pat Schou Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) Illinois Dept. of Public Health 10 Park Ave West Princeton, IL 61356 Phone: 815-875-2999 Fax 815-875-2990 pschou@icahn.org |
Lori Williams Illinois Hospital Association 1151 East Warrenville Road P.O. Box 3015 Naperville, Illinois 60566 Phone: 630-276-5400 LWilliams@ihastaff.org |
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| Kentucky |
Larry Allen Director Kentucky Office of Rural Health University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health 750 Morton Boulevard Hazard, KY 41701-9529 Phone: 606-439-3557 Fax: 606-436-8833 lalle2@pop.uky.edu |
Elizabeth Cobb VP Membership Services Kentucky Hospital Association P.O. Box 436629 Louisville, Kentucky 40253 Phone: 502-426-6220 or Toll-Free: 800-945-4542 (only in Kentucky) Fax: 502-426-6226 Ecobb@kyha.com |
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| Louisiana |
Margaret Shipman Rural Health Officer DHH Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health 628 North 4th Street, Bienville Building P.O. Box 3118, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Phone: (225) 342-1889 Baton Rouge Phone; (337) 262-5574 Lafayette Fax: (225) 342-5839 mshipman@dhh.la.gov |
Rebecca D. Bradley Project Manager, LRHITP LHA Research & Education Foundation 9521 Brookline Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Office: 225-928-0026 Mobile: 225-223-9224 Fax: 225-923-1004 rbradley@lhaonline.org |
Gary Curtis Chief Executive Officer Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. 8591 United Plaza Boulevard Suite 270 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 Phone: (225) 926-6353 Fax: (225) 923-0957 gcurtis@lhcr.org |
| Mississippi |
Rozelia W. Harris Director State Office of Rural Health Mississippi Dept. of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 Phone: 601-576-7216 Fax: 601-576-7530 Rozelia.Harris@msdh.state.ms.us |
Mendel Kemp Mississippi Hospital Association 116 Woodgreen Crossing Madison, MS 39110 Phone: 601-368-3384 mkemp@mhanet.org |
James S. McIlwain, Jr. President Information and Quality Healthcare Phone: (601) 957-1575, ext. 247 jmcilwain@msqio.sdps.org |
| Missouri |
Barbara Brendel Rural Health Coordinator Office of Primary Care and Rural Health MO Department of Health and Senior Services 920 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570 Phone: (573) 526-9687 barbara.brendel@dhss.mo.gov |
Nick Nichols Missouri Hospital Association 4712 Country Club Dr. P.O. Box 60 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0060 Phone: 573-893-3700 Fax: 573-893-2809 nnichols@mail.mhanet.com |
Richard A. Royer Chief Executive Officer Primaris Toll-Free: 800.735.6776, Ext. 110 rroyer@primaris.org |
| Tennessee |
Patrick Lipford Tennessee Office of Rural Health Tennessee Dept. of Health 425 Fifth Avenue, North Cordell Hull-5th Floor Nashville, TN 37247-5245 Phone: 615-741-0418 Fax: 615-741-1063 Patrick.lipford@state.tn.us |
Bill Jolley Tennessee Hospital Association 500 Interstate Blvd. South Nashville, TN 37210 Phone: 615-256-8240 Fax: 615-242-4803 bjolley@tha.com |
Jennifer McAnally QSource HIT Program Manager 3175 Lenox Park Blvd Suite 309 Memphis, TN 38115-4291 jmcanally@qsource.org |
| Additional Partners | |||
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Delta Regional Authority Bill Triplett Delta Regional Authority 236 Sharkey Avenue, Suite 400 Clarksdale, MS 38614 Telephone: 662-624-8600 Fax: 662-624-8537 btriplett@dra.gov |
Appalachian Regional Commission Chris Brazell Program Manager Appalachian Regional Commission 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington DC 20009 Telephone: 202-884-7779 Fax: 202-884-7682 cbrazell@arc.org |
American Hospital Association John Supplitt Small Rural Hospitals Section American Hospital Association 1 N Franklin Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: 312-422-3306 jsupplitt@aha.org |
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