A practical technology guide for state government leaders and rural health transformation teams designing, reviewing, and operationalizing Rural Health Transformation Program investments.
The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) provides states with a significant opportunity to improve access, quality, sustainability, and health outcomes in rural communities. Technology is a critical enabler of these goals, but technology alone does not create transformation. Successful programs combine policy, governance, operating models, workforce capabilities, data, and technology into a coordinated strategy.
How States Can Use This Rural Health Transformation Planning Guide
States can use this guide during planning workshops, portfolio reviews, vendor evaluations, implementation planning, and executive briefings. It’s intentionally practical. The questions and examples are meant to help teams identify whether an initiative is ready to move forward, what dependencies must be addressed, and how to avoid building a technology portfolio that becomes too fragmented to operate or measure.
The guide isn’t a substitute for legal, regulatory, policy, or grant-management advice. It’s a planning framework for organizing the work: what problem the state is trying to solve, which partners need to participate, what data and governance are required, how workflows will change, how burden will be reduced, how results will be measured, and what operating capability will remain after RHT.
Download the guide to learn more about:
- Understanding the Rural Health Transformation Program
- From Funding to Operating Capacity
- Operationalizing Rural Health Transformation Initiatives
- Portfolio Design and Considerations
- Assessing Rural Health Transformation Readiness Before Deploying Technology
- InterSystems Perspective: Supporting Rural Health Transformation Planning and Execution
- Ready to Move from Rural Health Transformation Planning to Execution?