STRATIS HEALTH

STRATIS HEALTH IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAKING LIVES BETTER. OUR MISSION IS TO LEAD COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY AND SERVE AS A TRUSTED EXPERT IN FACILITATING IMPROVEMENT FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. AS A COLLABORATIVE FORCE, OUR VISION IS TO BE THE ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS CAPABILITY ACROSS SETTINGS AND SERVICES TO ACCELERATE IMPROVEMENT, DEMONSTRATE VALUE, AND FURTHER A HEALTH SYSTEM THAT IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE, TIMELY, PATIENT-CENTERED, EFFICIENT, AND EQUITABLE. OUR MISSION AND VISION ARE SUPPORTED BY VALUES THAT GUIDE OUR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS. IN ALL INTERACTIONS AND DECISIONS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO QUALITY, DEFINED AS EXCELLENCE IN EXECUTION; RESPECT, DEFINED AS BEING FAIR AND INCLUSIVE; AND INTEGRITY, DEFINED AS BEING HONEST AND TRANSPARENT. OUR STAFF EMPHASIZES COLLABORATION TEAMWORK AND PARTNERSHIP IN ALL RELATIONSHIPS. WE ASPIRE TO BE AN ORGANIZATION WHERE STAFF MEMBERS ARE CONTINUALLY LEARNING, OPTIMISTIC, AND HAVING FUN WHILE DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY WORK. OUR STRATEGIES ALLOW US TO MOVE FROM VISION TO ACTION. CO-DESIGN SYSTEM CHANGES THAT CONNECT HEALTH CARE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH. ADVANCE A SAFE AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE RECEIVING AND THOSE PROVIDING CARE. ACCELERATE EVIDENCE-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE AND SERVICES. WE WORK IN WAYS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, SYSTEMS ORIENTED, AND CENTERED ON EQUITY. THE WORK WE DO IS BROAD AND INCLUSIVE, YET FOCUSES ON PEOPLE: AGE 65 AND OLDER LIVING IN RURAL PLACES EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS EXPERIENCING HEALTH DISPARITIES OUR STRATEGIES AND PRIORITY POPULATIONS CROSS-OVER BETWEEN AND AMONG THEM, REFLECTING THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF OUR WORK. ANNUAL PROGRAM SUMMARY (AUGUST 2024 JULY 2025) FROM AUGUST 2024 THROUGH JULY 2025, STRATIS HEALTH ADVANCED ITS MISSION TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE BY DELIVERING A BROAD PORTFOLIO OF EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT TO HUNDREDS OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS ACROSS OUR HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATIS HEALTH PROVIDED EXTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT REACHED LARGE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES, INCLUDING CLINICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RURAL HEALTH CARE LEADERS, AND TRIBAL HEALTH PARTNERS. ACROSS THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION: HOSTED QUARTERLY COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND DELIVERED DOZENS OF CONFERENCES, WEBINARS, AND PROJECT ECHO SERIES, SUCH AS THE HEALTHY START MATERNAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISEASE WEBINARS, DRAWING AUDIENCES OF UP TO 750 PARTICIPANTS. REACHED MORE THAN 400 PARTICIPANTS IN A FOUR-PART VIRTUAL SERIES FOCUSED ON E-HEALTH -- HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL HEALTH, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CONDUCTED 21 STRATIS HEALTH OPIOID ADDICTION IN RURAL (SOAR) ECHO SESSIONS FOR PEER-TO-PEER CLINICIAN AND CARE TEAM LEARNING AND SHARING, WITH PARTICIPATION AVERAGING MORE THAN 60 ATTENDEES PER SESSION. DELIVERED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL EVENTS AND SPECIALTY CONFERENCES, INCLUDING RURAL HEALTH, HOME CARE, AGING, AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID POLICY GATHERINGS, REACHING 25150 PARTICIPANTS PER EVENT. COLLECTIVELY, THESE ACTIVITIES ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF LEARNERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED ACCESS TO UP TO DATE BEST PRACTICES IN RURAL HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EQUITY, PALLIATIVE CARE, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT. TARGETED IMPROVEMENT WORK AND DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STRATIS HEALTH PROVIDED INTENSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, QUALITY REPORTING, AND VALUE BASED CARE READINESS FOR RURAL, TRIBAL, AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OVER THE YEAR, STRATIS HEALTH: DELIVERED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HUNDREDS OF SITES, INCLUDING CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS (CAHS), RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, TRIBAL HEALTH FACILITIES, NURSING HOMES, AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. SUPPORTED LARGE NATIONAL AND MULTI STATE INITIATIVES SUCH AS RURAL HEALTH VALUE (RHV), THE RURAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TRANSITION PROJECT, AND THE DELTA REGION COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SUPPORTING COHORTS OF 2080 HOSPITAL AND CLINIC LEADERS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. CONDUCTED MORE THAN 20 CLINIC SITE VISITS IN NORTH DAKOTA AS PART OF THE PRACTICING PRIMARY CARE WISELY INITIATIVE AND LED LEARNING COLLABORATIVES INVOLVING COHORTS OF CAHS ACROSS MINNESOTA, MONTANA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, IOWA, AND NORTH CAROLINA. IMPROVED ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AND UNDERSERVED PATIENTS, PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 20 COUNTY JAIL CORRECTION HEALTH TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SIX TOWN (TACKLING OPIOIDS WITH NETWORK) SITES, AND TWO RURAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES IN OUR CIRCLE OF CARE PROJECT (COMMUNITY INTEGRATION RURAL COORDINATION LEARNING EMBRACE). FACILITATED HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVES, TEAMSTEPPS, AND JUST CULTURE TRAININGS, PALLIATIVE CARE PLANNING SESSIONS, AND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES FOR DOZENS OF HOSPITALS, TRIBAL HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS NATIONALLY. CONTINUED OUR LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH SUPPORT OF THE MINNESOTA ADVERSE HEALTH EVENTS PROGRAM, THROUGH WHICH WE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS REPORTED TO THE MINNESOTA PATIENT SAFETY REGISTRY AND PROVIDED 139 CONSULTS TO MINNESOTA HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, AND ADVISED THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON TRENDS IN REPORTED SAFETY EVENTS TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATEWIDE PREVENTION PLANS. THESE ENGAGEMENTS BUILT CAPACITY AND SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY REPORTING CAPABILITIES, CARE COORDINATION IMPROVEMENTS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FLOW REDESIGN, LEADERSHIP SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY BASED EQUITY AND POPULATION HEALTH STRATEGIES. SUPERIOR HEALTH QUALITY ALLIANCE (SHQA) MEDICARE QIN QIO PROGRAM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIVE-YEAR MEDICARE QIN QIO PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2024, STRATIS HEALTH CONTRIBUTED TO FEDERAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS AS A MEMBER OF SUPERIOR HEALTH QUALITY ALLIANCE: ACHIEVED 268,656 HARMS AVOIDED, MORE THAN $1.02 BILLION IN RETURN ON INVESTMENT, 58% RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT RATES IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT, AND 21% RELATIVE REDUCTION IN HOSPITAL READMISSIONS. SUPPORTED OVER 1,100 NURSING HOME REFERRALS FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL NEEDS IN MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, AND WISCONSIN; AND CONDUCTED OVER 640 ONSITE INFECTION PREVENTION VISITS AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE 1:1 ASSISTANCE WITH VACCINATION IMPROVEMENT, NHSN REPORTING, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND OUTBREAK RESPONSE. REGISTERED 350 NEW USERS TO VACCINATION LEARNING MODULES, RESULTING IN ADMINISTRATION OF NEARLY 3,600 COVID 19, FLU, AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATIONS TO NURSING HOME RESIDENTS AND STAFF. SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT PLAYBOOKS AND MICRO LEARNING SERIES ACCESSED AND VIEWED BY HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS. THIS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS IN INFECTION CONTROL, CHRONIC DISEASE CARE, AND CARE TRANSITIONS ACROSS A THREE-STATE REGION. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EQUITY-CENTERED IMPROVEMENT STRATIS HEALTH WORKED EXTENSIVELY TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE, AND COMMUNITY-ENGAGED IMPROVEMENT. EFFORTS INCLUDED: LAUNCHING STATEWIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES (CLAS) ASSESSMENTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND A NEWLY DEVELOPED CLAS TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH OUR LONGSTANDING CULTURE CARE CONNECTION ONLINE LEARNING AND RESOURCE CENTER. CO-LEADING THE NEW CMS AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION, A FIVE YEAR NATIONAL INITIATIVE SUPPORTING OVER 180 TRIBAL AND FEDERALLY OPERATED FACILITIES. HOSTING EQUITY LEARNING COLLABORATIVES FOR OREGON CAHS, NORTH CAROLINA FLEX PROGRAM, AND NATIONAL MATCH (DIABETES) INITIATIVES, EACH INVOLVING 1530 ORGANIZATIONS PER SERIES. PARTICIPATING AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON NATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND POLICY COMMITTEES, ADVISING CMS ON QUALITY MEASURE SELECTION, CONTINUATION, AND DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, STRATIS HEALTH STRENGTHENED EQUITY-FOCUSED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CAPACITY ACROSS RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE. MISSION ADVANCEMENT AND BROADER IMPACT BEYOND PROGRAM-SPECIFIC INITIATIVES, STRATIS HEALTH: INTERACTED WITH 1,400+ INDIVIDUALS ACROSS MORE THAN 1,000 ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE OVER ROLLING REPORTING PERIODS, REFLECTING BROAD REACH AND SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT. PUBLISHED PODCASTS, LEARNING SERIES, AND RESOURCES ON RURAL AGING, LEADERSHIP, CHRONIC DISEASE, AND HEALTH EQUITY. SERVED AS FACULTY, ADVISORS, AND THOUGHT LEADERS FOR NATIONAL NETWORKS, ADVANCING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN RURAL HEALTH, QUALITY MEASUREMENT, AND EQUITY.