The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program

About SHIP

This program assists small rural hospitals with fewer than 50 beds in meeting the new requirements stipulated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

SHIP funds supports Arizona’s eligible hospitals to:

Update computer billing software and hardware
Educate and train hospital staff on computer information systems, and
Improve any activity that supports quality improvement.

FY2011: Summary of Proposed Projects by Arizona SHIP Hospitals

SHIP Hospital/Community	Project(s) Scope
Benson Hospital, Benson	Purchase solution software that provides access to radiology results in real time.
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital, Nogales	Secure consultant to assess current hospital practices. In addition, provide hospital staff education and training on how best to conduct and assess patient satisfaction.
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Globe	Purchase a subscription to the Health Advisory Group. The HAG provides extensive resources and cutting edge research on ACOs and medical homes. The information will be used to develop strategic and operational plans necessary for the industry’s transition to ACOs.
Copper Queen Community Hospital, Bisbee	Purchase annual license for McKesson InterQual to help optimize care management.
Florence Community Healthcare, Florence	Train staff in billing and coding; purchase software to support Radiology dictation that can be placed in the patient’s EMR for physician review.
Gilbert Hospital, Gilbert	Supplement the purchase of an Electronic Medical Record system for the hospital.
Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital, Gila River Health Care, Sacaton	Purchase additional tools to support the retrieval of quality improvement information from the electronic medical record system installed at Gila River Health Care/Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital.
La Paz Regional Hospital, Parker	Provide management training and staff education on Value Based Purchasing.
Little Colorado Medical Center, Winslow	Purchase McKesson InterQual products to improve quality assurance and support benchmarking.
Northern Cochise Community Hospital, Willcox	Purchase hardware/software to connect EKG results directly to patient’s EMR for physician review; purchase services to survey patient satisfaction; purchase infection control training manual to assist with benchmarking and outcome measurements.
Page Hospital, Page	Purchase Quantros software that feeds into the Hospital Compare benchmarking system.
Payson Regional Medical Center, Payson	Defray a portion of the costs necessary to implement Electronic Medical Records in the offices of the hospital’s employed physicians.
Sage Memorial Hospital, Ganado	Retain consultants to assist hospital personnel in maintaining and implementing data collection activities necessary to support the Quality Assurance Program to report to Hospital Compare.
Southeast Arizona Medical Center, Douglas	Update revenue cycle management procedures.
White Mountain Regional Medical Center, Springerville	Purchase 2-3 Wireless Access Points to complete wireless coverage throughout the hospital for provider and clinical use; with remaining funds, purchase computers for clinical use with Electronic Health Information System.
Wickenburg Community Hospital, Wickenburg	Purchase new biphasic defibrillator, the latest in technology to treat cardiac patients who have need of this treatment.