title: Network gives rural facilities strength in numbers.
abstract: Sharing funds enables facilities to hire QI consultant. Pooled information improves collection of quantitative data. Collaborative leads to improved performance by member hospitals.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003253:Consultants; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009513:New Hampshire; D058996:Quality Improvement