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

Background Community health needs and assets assessment is a means of identifying and
describing community health needs and resources, serving as a mechanism to gain the …

Background This paper presents the findings of a rapid needs assessment conducted at the
request of the local health authority responsible for health care services, the Toronto Central …

There is a need to implement evidence-based public health practice that integrates targeted
and specific strategies and actions with community preferences to improve the health of …

Objective: To determine the impact of community participation on nonprofit hospital priorities
as outlined in a Community Health Needs Assessment. Design: Using 3 completed …

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore community engagement and
representation in CHNAs and IPs. Design: The researchers conducted a content analysis of …

We conducted a review of the peer-reviewed literature focused on conducting community
health needs assessments and highlighted the necessary steps to conduct a community …

In order to fulfill the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Community Health Needs
Assessment requirements, hospital systems sometimes vary in detail between individual …

Primary care access (PCA) for the homeless can prove challenging, especially during
periods of economic distress. In the United States, the most recent recession may have …

Objectives: During a multi-year community health needs assessment process, we sought to
prioritize the health needs of the community served by the Meadville Medical Center …