Background: US nonprofit hospital community benefit recently underwent significant
regulatory revisions. Starting in 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) required hospitals …

The US healthcare system continues to experience high costs and suboptimal health
outcomes that are largely influenced by social determinants of health. National policies such …

Objectives. We identified the levels of joint action that led to collaboration between hospitals
and local health departments (LHDs) using the hospital's community health needs …

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed consequences of past defunding of the US public
health system, but the extent to which public health infrastructure is associated with COVID …

Objectives. To examine the association between hospital–local health department (LHD)
collaboration around community health needs assessments (CHNAs) and hospital …

Objective: In this article, we explore the importance of nonprofit hospitals' community benefit
dollars as a funding source for population health. Design: Hospitals' community benefit …

Objective: To examine whether applying for PHAB accreditation affects perceptions and
activities regarding quality improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) within …

Recent policy developments are forcing many hospitals to supplement their traditional focus
on the provision of direct patient care by using mechanisms to address the social …

Objective: We sought to describe the regional health needs identified across community
health needs assessments and the portfolio of implementation strategies reported to …

Objective: To better understand community participation in nonprofit hospital–directed
community health assessment and health improvement planning activities. Design: Using a …