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Rural Health IT Services

Healthcare-only IT expertise that keeps rural and community-based care delivery strong, connected, and sustainable

Rural health organizations operate in resource-constrained environments where access, staffing, connectivity, and financial stability directly impact care delivery. MTS helps rural providers reduce IT burden, modernize infrastructure, and improve access to high-quality care across dispersed communities.

Backed by 20+ years of healthcare-only experience, MTS delivers HITRUST-certified infrastructure, community-focused EHR expertise, strategic advisory services, and scalable managed services that help you stabilize operations, support care teams, and improve outcomes across the populations you serve.

STRENGTHEN ACCESS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CARE COORDINATION WITH MTS.

200+
Health IT Applications Supported
20
Years Serving Rural Health Organizations 
15+
Years of average consultant experience

MTS partners with rural health organizations to overcome critical care delivery challenges

From workforce shortages and funding pressures to interoperability gaps and aging infrastructure

Rural providers face persistent barriers, including limited budgets, staffing shortages, and outdated IT environments, that make digital health modernization difficult.

Whether supporting a single rural health center or a network of rural health clinics, MTS helps you improve system performance, expand access, and align IT with long-term sustainability goals.

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Customized EHR and IT Services for Rural Health Organizations

With a community-focused approach, flexible staffing models, and scalable infrastructure, MTS helps your rural health organization optimize systems, reduce operational strain, and improve provider and patient experiences.

MTS offers a comprehensive range of healthcare IT consulting services that span the full EHR lifecycle—covering advisory, service desk, managed services, legacy system support, and clinical systems optimization. Powered by the combined expertise of Stoltenberg Consulting and Avarion, MTS delivers proven support and strategic HIT advisory services tailored to rural healthcare environments.

Rural Health EHR Managed Services

IT Managed Services

Strategic Advisory for Rural Health Optimization

EHR Implementation & Modernization Support 

Cybersecurity & Compliance for Rural Providers

Interoperability & Care Coordination (CareBridge)

Rural Health Cloud Hosting 

Clinical Workflow Transformation (ProviderCare)

EHR Data Archiving (CareFinity)

Rural Health EHR Managed Services

Optimize EHR performance while reducing resource strain

  • Reduce internal IT burden with flexible, right-sized EHR support
  • Improve system performance across multi-site and mobile care environments
  • Enable faster issue resolution with certified EHR experts
  • Strengthen reporting for UDS, value-based care, and grant requirements
  • Enhance provider efficiency with streamlined workflows

EHR Managed Services span:

  • 3x Best in KLAS EHR Service Desk
  • Tier 1+ EHR Service Desk (eCW, NextGen, athenahealth, and more)
  • Patient Portal & Patient Engagement Support
  • Legacy EHR System Management
  • FlexSourcing Staffing Program

Improve adoption, reduce friction, and support care delivery across your communities.

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IT Managed Services

Strengthen infrastructure reliability and reduce IT burden across distributed care settings.

  • Improve system uptime with proactive monitoring and 24/7 support across rural and remote locations
  • Reduce strain on limited internal IT resources with healthcare-specialized managed services
  • Maintain performance across clinical, administrative, and outreach care environments
  • Scale infrastructure and support across clinics, service lines, and community-based sites
  • Improve cost predictability with flexible, right-sized IT planning aligned to funding realities

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Strategic Advisory Services

Align rural health technology investments with sustainable care delivery.

  • Navigate rural-specific challenges, including funding constraints, regulatory requirements, workforce shortages, and evolving reimbursement models
  • Make smarter, faster decisions with expert guidance that connects clinical operations, community needs, and technology strategy
  • Gain a practical roadmap that translates long-term vision into measurable, achievable outcomes

Strategic Advisory offerings include:

  • Interim Leadership & Rural Health Consulting (CIO, IT, and operational roles)
  • EHR & Technology Selection Aligned to Grant and Funding Requirements
  • Pre-Implementation Assessment & Readiness Planning
  • Rural Health Strategic & Sustainability Planning
  • Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Funding Technical Services
  • Transitional Outsourcing & IT Stabilization
  • Workflow & Process Improvement Across Care Sites
  • Project Governance & Program Oversight

Move forward with confidence, executing a strategy that strengthens access, supports providers, and improves long-term financial and operational sustainability across your communities.

EHR Implementation & Modernization Support

Successfully deploy and optimize EHR systems across resource-constrained, distributed care environments.

Whether you’re replacing a legacy system, expanding services, joining a hosted EHR model, or implementing new technology to support growth, MTS understands the unique challenges rural organizations face—from limited internal resources to multi-site coordination and funding constraints. Turn to MTS for:

  • EHR Staff Augmentation
  • Go-Live ATE Support
  • Go-Live Command Center
  • Pre-Implementation Planning & Readiness
  • End-to-End Implementation Support
  • Project Management & Coordination
  • EHR System Design, Build, and Testing
  • EHR Training Program Development
  • Role-Based EHR & Application Training
  • Data Abstraction & Conversion Support
  • Post-Implementation Stabilization & Support
  • Reporting & UDS / Quality Measure Development

With a dedicated focus on provider adoption, clinician satisfaction, care quality, and workflow efficiency, MTS helps rural health organizations maximize the value of every IT investment, driving long-term usability, sustainability, and patient access across the communities you serve.

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Rural Health Cybersecurity & Compliance

Protect patient data and reduce risk across rural, resource-constrained care environments.

  • Secure systems with HITRUST r2-certified cloud hosting designed for rural and community-based providers
  • Maintain HIPAA compliance and meet audit and grant-related requirements
  • Detect and respond to threats in real time with MDR and SIEM, without adding internal burden
  • Reduce human risk with staff training and phishing simulation across dispersed teams
  • Simplify security management with a fully managed, scalable MSSP approach

Security Services include:

  • Managed Security Services (MSSP)
  • Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
  • HIPAA Security Risk Assessments
  • SIEM, Phishing Simulation, and Security Training

Strengthen your security posture while easing the operational strain on limited internal resources, so your team can focus on delivering care.

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Interoperability & Data Integration for Rural Health

Connect systems across clinics and rural settings to improve access and care coordination.

  • Enable real-time data exchange across EHRs, labs, imaging, and community partners
  • Eliminate data silos and reduce manual workflows across dispersed locations
  • Support expansion, new service lines, and onboarding of rural clinics and care sites
  • Improve care coordination with consistent, accessible patient data across the continuum
  • Accelerate interface development from days to minutes with CareBridge’s AI-driven capabilities

Create a connected rural healthcare ecosystem with CareBridge.

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Rural Health Cloud Hosting

Deliver secure, scalable infrastructure that supports care across distributed and resource-limited environments.

  • Support EHR and business system hosting across rural clinics and community-based sites
  • Ensure high availability for clinical and operational systems, regardless of location or connectivity challenges
  • Scale infrastructure to support growth, new service lines, and expanding access points
  • Reduce internal infrastructure burden with fully managed, healthcare-focused environments
  • Maintain compliance with HIPAA and HITRUST-certified hosting standards
  • Choose from private, public, and hybrid cloud options based on your operational and funding needs

Power secure, reliable hosting without the need for internal infrastructure investment or staffing. Achieve performance, flexibility, and resilience, without adding strain to your organization.

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Clinical Workflow Transformation (ProviderCare)

Improve provider efficiency, reduce burnout, and support high-quality care across distributed and resource-limited settings.

  • Streamline workflows to reduce administrative burden across clinics and outreach sites
  • Improve EHR adoption with personalized, role-based clinician coaching
  • Increase documentation efficiency and accuracy for compliance and reporting needs
  • Enhance provider satisfaction and retention in hard-to-staff rural environments
  • Support continuous performance improvement across care teams and locations

Reduce after-hours “pajama time” and enable providers to focus on meaningful patient interactions in the communities they serve.

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EHR Data Archiving (CareFinity)

Ensure reliable access to patient history, without the cost and complexity of maintaining legacy systems.

  • Maintain access to historical patient data without supporting outdated EHR systems
  • Support compliance, audits, grant reporting, and records retrieval requirements
  • Access archived clinical and billing data across multiple care sites
  • Enable secure access from desktops, laptops, and mobile devices for distributed teams
  • Consolidate and archive data from multiple EHR systems into a single, searchable source
  • Simplify release of information (ROI) with print and export capabilities
  • Provide consistent data access across clinics, locations, and outreach settings

Preserve critical patient information while reducing operational strain and infrastructure costs.

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"Now we’ve got this kind of breath of fresh air with a lot of our services and such running in the cloud. We no longer have to worry about hardware failure on premise or needing an IT person to drive out to one of our locations, replace a hard drive, and troubleshoot more hardware issues. MTS and the cloud providers take on some of that weight. Year over year, with MTS’ partnership, we’ve moved further and further along with our progress of having always-available care."

Devon Mcmillin, Director Of Information Technology 

Dayspring Health, Inc.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Helping Rural Health Organizations Improve Access, Stability, and Performance

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How does MTS support rural health providers?

MTS delivers tailored managed services and health IT support for rural health organizations, including EHR support, help desk, cybersecurity, archiving, patient engagement tools, legacy system support, and interoperability solutions. Reduce IT complexity, improve system reliability, and expand access to care across your rural health communities.


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Can MTS help improve care coordination across rural locations?

Yes, CareBridge by MTS addresses the unique challenges of rural healthcare delivery, enabling secure, real-time integration across clinics, community partners, and geographically dispersed care settings.

  • Connect care across rural networks by integrating EHRs, labs, imaging, behavioral health, and community-based systems to ensure providers have access to complete patient records
  • Bridge gaps among care sites, including FQHCs, RHCs, outreach clinics, and partner organizations to support continuity across limited local resources
  • Enable coordination across care teams, including primary care, behavioral health, specialty providers, and community services (e.g., social services, transportation, outreach programs)
  • Reduce manual work and fragmentation by eliminating disconnected systems and paper-based or duplicative workflows common in rural environments
  • Support population health and reporting with consistent, accessible data for UDS, value-based care, and grant program requirements
  • Expand access to care by integrating telehealth platforms, remote patient monitoring, and mobile care solutions
  • Improve referral management by streamlining data exchange between rural providers and regional health systems or specialists

With CareBridge, enable care coordination across remote locations, better clinical decision-making, and improved access to connected, high-quality care for rural populations.


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How does MTS support financial and operational sustainability?

Rural health organizations often operate under tight financial constraints, with heavy reliance on government reimbursement programs and grant funding. MTS helps maximize the value of those investments by aligning technology strategy with funding priorities and long-term sustainability goals.

MTS supports Rural Health Transformation (RHT) initiatives by enabling technology modernization, strengthening data infrastructure, and helping organizations effectively deploy and sustain funded programs.

  • Optimize workflows and technology performance to maximize reimbursement and funding impact
  • Strengthen revenue cycle performance and financial visibility across care sites
  • Reduce administrative burden to free up limited staff resources
  • Enable RHT program success through infrastructure modernization, interoperability, and scalable IT support
  • Align technology investments with grant requirements, reporting, and long-term sustainability strategies

With MTS as your technology enablement partner, drive stronger financial stability, improved operational efficiency, and the ability to expand access to care across your communities.


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How does MTS support security and compliance?
  • HITRUST r2 certified infrastructure ensures secure handling of PHI
  • HIPAA-compliant cloud environments with managed backups and patching
  • 24/7 monitoring through dedicated NOC and SOC teams
  • Proactive threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and MDR

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Why do rural health organizations choose MTS?

Rural providers choose MTS for flexible, healthcare-only support that aligns with their unique operational realities. With consultants averaging 15+ years of experience, scalable staffing models, and deep understanding of community-based care delivery, MTS helps you stabilize systems, reduce internal strain, and improve outcomes, without adding overhead. With MTS:

  • Translate RHT funding into actionable roadmaps
    MTS will help providers evaluate current-state systems and define clear, prioritized roadmaps across telehealth, remote patient monitoring, interoperability, population health, and revenue cycle transformation, ensuring funding is directed toward the highest-impact initiatives.
  • Accelerate adoption across diverse EHR and HIT environments
    With extensive experience across leading platforms, including Epic, Oracle Health, MEDITECH, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, and athenahealth, MTS enables rural providers to optimize existing investments while integrating new capabilities such as mobile care delivery, patient access tools, and care coordination platforms.
  • Expand access to care through digital health solutions
    MTS will support the implementation and optimization of telehealth, mobile care delivery, and patient engagement technologies, helping rural providers extend services beyond traditional care settings and better serve geographically dispersed populations.
  • Improve financial and operational sustainability
    Through expertise in revenue cycle management, analytics, and workflow optimization, MTS helps providers identify efficiencies, reduce administrative burden, and improve financial performance—critical to sustaining rural health organizations long-term.
  • Gain scalable, ongoing technical support
    As an award-winning managed service provider, MTS offers flexible support models that allow rural providers to augment internal IT capabilities, strengthen cybersecurity, and maintain reliable, high-performing environments without the need for large internal teams.

For more than two decades, MTS has supported rural hospitals, community health centers, and ambulatory providers, building a practical understanding of resource constraints, workforce challenges, and access gaps that define rural healthcare, along with how to address them through targeted, realistic technology strategies.