The Technical Assistance and Services Center TASC

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The Technical Assistance and Services Center
(TASC) Rural Health Resource CenterDuluth,
Minnesota
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Rural Health Resource Center

• Located in Duluth, Minnesota
• Private, Non-profit
• National scope
• Seven federal contracts
• Funding from federal ORHP

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The Rural Health Resource Centers Mission
To provide technical assistance, information,
tools and resources for the improvement of rural
health care. To serve as a national rural health
knowledge center and strive to build state and
local capacity.
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Current Federal Projects and Contracts

• Technical Assistance Services Center (TASC)
• Flex Monitoring Program
• Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)
• Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement
  (RHPI)
• Rural Emergency Medical Services Trauma
  Technical Assistance Center (REMSTTAC)
• Rural Health Networking Technical Assistance
  Program
• Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC)

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State Contracts

• Arkansas Rural Hospital Networks
• Hawaii Workforce/Community Development
• Minnesota Workforce/Community Assessment
• Missouri Performance Improvement
• Tennessee Workforce

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The Technical Assistance and Services Center
(TASC)

• Created in 1999
• Provides technical assistance resources to Flex
  Program grantees
• Offers a resource network for answers
  information regarding the program

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TASC

• Federally designated resource center
• Funded by HRSAs ORHP
• Supports Flex program implementation in 45 states
• Located in Duluth, Minnesota

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TASC

• Help build capacity of state Flex programs
• Education Training
• Technical assistance and information regarding
• Critical Access Hospital designation
• EMS
• Network Development
• Program Evaluation
• Quality Performance Improvement
• Health Information Technology (HIT)
• Tools, Models Resources

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TASC Team
Terry Hill Executive Director
Tami Lichtenberg Program Manager
Emily Hultman Program Coordinator
Jere-lyn Fern Administrative Assistant
thill_at_ruralcenter.org 218.727.9390 ext. 232
tlichten_at_ruralcenter.org 218.727.9390 ext. 230
ehultman_at_ruralcenter.org 218.727.9390 ext. 227
jlfern_at_ruralcenter.org 218.727.9390 ext. 229
Betsy Johnson Associate Staff
Gary Wingrove Associate Staff
Rochelle Spinarski Associate Staff
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Technical Assistance (TA)

• How does TASC provide technical assistance?
• - Questions answers
• - E-mail
• - Telephone
• - Presentations
• - Site visits
• - Web site
• - Consultant speaker referrals
• - Announcements updates
• - Collecting aggregating data

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Communication Tools

• TASC 90 educational calls
• - Conference calls held on a quarterly
  basis
• - One line per state
• - Topics based on need of the grantees
• The TASC ListServ
• Rural Route E-newsletter
• Web site

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TASC Web Site (Home Page)
http//tasc.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov
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TASC Web Site (CAH Designation/Program
Development)
Click on the topic
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TASC Web Site (CAH Designation/Program
Development)
Description of the component
Tools and resources regarding this component for
you to use
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TASC Web Site (State Contacts Page)
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TASC Web Site (Links Page)
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Flex Monitoring Team Web site (CAH Information
Page) http//www.flexmonitoring.org/cahlist
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