Did you know that hospitals are required to provide strategic plan to address community needs? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added to the plan for
hospitals to provide additional resources to their communities based on their community assessment. This partnership between hospital and community is
essential in addressing healthcare issues.
Article: https://www-healthaffairs-org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0033Links to an external site.
“The Role of Nonprofit Hospitals In Identifying and Addressing Health and Addressing Health Inequities in Cities”
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) encourages hospitals to go beyond traditional community benefit activities (such as providing charity care) and address
underlying causes of health inequities. Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code requires tax-exempt hospitals, beginning in 2012, to conduct and make
public a community health needs assessment at least every three years, in which each hospital evaluates the health needs of the community it serves.
Additional information/Resources:
NJHA (NJ Hospital Association) Community Health Needs Assessment http://www.njha.com/healthy-communities/health-in-your-community/Links to an
external site.
Healthy People 2030 https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data Links to an external site.
- Read article and additional resource websites NJHA and Healthy People 2030
- Look for Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for your community hospital and/or place of employment. ***Mount Sinai West located in NYC
- Summarize findings in article. What did you learn from the article? How is this relevant to community nursing? What role can nursing play in addressing
these community health needs assessment? - Introduce hospital (Mount Sinai West) that you found with CHNA report. These reports can be very comprehensive so pick (2-3) areas that were identified
in the report. Are the CHNA identified address Health People 2030 goals? What stakeholders are included/partnerships mentioned to help the hospital reach
their goal? Highlight any new initiatives and/or existing initiatives to address identified area. Describe any preventative measures/screening programs to
address identified areas. You can include any statistics/graphs/pictures that you may find
