Reliable assessment of health and social needs within a community ensures that local input drives strategic planning and programmatic decisions. Results are used to determine the priorities and focus ...

Lompoc’s first Community Needs Assessment highlights isolation and health care barriers affecting residents, including a life ...

Multisector collaboration is critical for improving population health. Improving alignment between nonprofit hospitals and local health departments is one promising approach to achieving health ...

Developing clearer guidelines for measuring a hospital's orientation toward population health would be a big step towards fundamentally improving population health and changing the relationship ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) conducted the Community Needs Assessment (CNA) in Jordan with the generous support of the Johnson & Johnson Foundation and coordination with the Jordan ...

Southeast Missouri’s largest behavioral health organization has identified youth substance use, youth suicide prevention, community education and primary care/behavioral health integration as the four ...

LISBON — The just released Community Health Needs Assessment for Columbiana County identified chronic disease, mental health, substance use and obesity as the top health issues affecting residents.

Tax-exempt hospitals that must conduct community needs assessments under the health reform law would get some leeway from penalties for minor missteps and got clarification about how to satisfy new ...

FITCHBURG — United Way of North Central Massachusetts has released findings from a community needs assessment seeking to identify critical needs for individuals and families in the region. Based on ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Behavioral health, housing and neighborhood safety were identified as some of Shawnee County’s top priorities in a recently completed community needs assessment, officials ...

Many health system leaders are developing health equity plans to participate in new value-based care payment models. The new ACO REACH payment model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid ...