Community Health Needs Assessment

Collaborating to Create Healthier Communities

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) and Implementation Plans

The mission of CHI Health calls us to collaborate with others to improve the health of the communities we serve. Now, we have the ability to collaborate regionally on the health issues that impact us most. Creating healthy communities is central to our mission, vision and tradition. The Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act adds new requirements upon not-for-profit hospitals to collaborate with the community to identify health needs and develop strategies to address the needs identified. One of those commitments is to ensure that CHI Health communicates the needs of our communities through CHNAs and implementation plans with consumers.

CHI Health partners with local health departments, community representatives and other health systems in our marketplace to conduct a “Community Health Needs CHNA” (CHNA) every 3 years. A CHNA is a process whereby the community gathers and evaluates health related data and seeks community input to identify and prioritize the health needs of the particular community. A community action plan is then developed to leverage community assets and act upon the unmet community needs. Leadership from CHI Health hospitals led or participated in these local processes. We use the CHNA process to identify participation in community coalitions and to guide our Community Benefit investments. Each hospital's most recent two CHNAs and implementation plans are listed below. 

Omaha/Council Bluffs Metro Area
(Douglas, Sarpy, & Cass Counties - NE and Pottawattamie and Mills Counties - IA) 

The full CHNA can be found at DouglasCountyHealth.com.

CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

CHI Health Immanuel

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

CHI Health Lakeside

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

CHI Health Lasting Hope Recovery Center

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

CHI Health Midlands

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

Corning, Iowa (Adams & Taylor Counties)

CHI Health Mercy Corning

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

Missouri Valley, Iowa (Harrison County)

CHI Health Missouri Valley

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

Grand Island, NE (Hall County)

CHI Health St. Francis and Skilled Nursing Facility - Long Term Care

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan (St. Francis): current | previous
Implementation Plan (Skilled Care): current | previous

Plainview, NE (Pierce County)

CHI Health Plainview

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

Schuyler, NE (Colfax County)

CHI Health Schuyler

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous

Kearney, NE (Buffalo County)

CHI Health Good Samaritan & Richard Young Behavioral Health Center

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan (Good Samaritan): current | previous
Implementation Plan (Richard Young): current | previous

Lincoln, NE (Lancaster County)

CHI Health Nebraska Heart and CHI Health St. Elizabeth

CHI Health St. Elizabeth

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan (St. Elizabeth): current | previous

CHI Health Nebraska Heart

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan (Nebraska Heart): current | previous

Nebraska City, NE (Otoe County)

CHI Health St. Mary's

CHNA: current | previous
Implementation Plan: current | previous