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Board accepts Community Health Needs Assessment; trustees discuss strategy and next steps
Summary
David Zimbo presented the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Trustees voted to accept the CHNA and discussed using it to guide strategic planning, outreach and partnerships for specialty care, senior services and mental‑health resources.
Trustees accepted the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) after a presentation from consultant David Zimbo, who summarized the process and recommended areas for action including specialty care recruitment, care coordination, senior services, mental‑health resources and marketing/outreach.
Zimbo told the board the CHNA identified seven priority areas: specialty services, care coordination, senior services, mental health, marketing and outreach, extended clinical hours and veteran services. He urged the board to translate the CHNA findings into a strategy and operational plans, saying the report contains community survey responses and recommended actions that clinical leadership could convert into programs.
David said physician recruitment for specialty clinics and improved community perception and marketing were among the report’s priorities. “We want them thinking of us as their home,” he said of the patient journey recommendations.
Legal counsel Allison reminded trustees that the CHNA must be posted and documented by the end of the fiscal year for IRS and Medicare reporting requirements, including filing on the hospital’s IRS Form 990. She advised trustees that approving the CHNA does not by itself obligate the board to a detailed strategy; staff may return with an action plan linking the CHNA to the hospital’s strategic plan.
The board voted to accept the CHNA. Trustees said they would bring the CHNA into strategy discussions and align hospital initiatives and community partnerships with the report’s recommendations.
Why it matters
The CHNA sets the community‑identified priorities that hospitals must document and consider when planning community benefit programs and strategic investments. Acceptance of the CHNA moves the hospital toward posting the report for compliance and into the next step — converting findings into measurable strategic objectives.
Ending
Staff will continue work to integrate CHNA findings into strategy work and will report back with proposed initiatives and metrics.
