As an example, the Partnership recently
helped the Rush County Health Department
complete a detailed community health needs
assessment. The information developed for
this assessment is now available to hospitals
and others interested in health improvement
planning in Rush County.
The four major hospitals systems in
Indiana recently joined forces and invited the
Indiana Partnership for Healthy Communities
to the table to discuss the learnings from the
Partnership’s examination of the 2012-2013
assessment reports produced by hospitals
across the state. The consortium is now
leading the way to advance collaborative
assessment work in Indiana.
“We are actively collaborating on primary
data collection, including an online community
survey and focus groups, and inviting local
health departments to the table,” says Kate
Hill-Johnson, Community Benefits and
Engagement, Franciscan St. Francis Health.
Such data sharing promises to reduce
duplication of effort and cost for each
hospital system.
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“Measuring the impact of the community
benefits programs that result from their
assessment work will be key to informing
hospitals’ future inv