Articles
Delivery System Transformation, Strategic Planning
Community health improvement: The role of trustees
Community health improvement is an ongoing process, and hospital trustees can play a crucial role. The community health assessment is a method used by hospitals, public health departments and other social services agencies to identify and prioritize community health needs and assets and then use the information to implement an improvement plan.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning
Hospital-community partnerships need a framework for success
Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships are crucial parts of transforming health care and building a "culture of health."
The power of hospital and community partnerships
Partnerships between hospitals and community stakeholders are essential to improve population health. To understand how hospitals and communities can develop and sustain partnerships, the Health Research & Educational Trust, working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, conducted 50 interviews with hospital and community leaders from 25 diverse communities across the United States. These interviews revealed best practices for identifying community health needs and potential partners, sustaining partnership structures, overcoming challenges and assessing partnerships.