Public Health Needs In North Dakota

Author : Brad Perry Gibbens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (973 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book North Dakota's Significant Health Needs as Identified by Community Health Needs Assessments written by Brad Perry Gibbens and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding what community members perceive as the primary health related needs of a community significantly influences how the local health system sets priorities, allocates resources, and builds local capacity. A focus of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is population health and the American health system has been undergoing changes to make itself responsive to this national goal. Under the ACA all non-profit hospitals are required to conduct and complete a community health needs assessment (CHNA) process and to identify an implementation plan. Additionally, throughout the country, and certainly in North Dakota a number of public health districts or units are engaged in efforts to achieve national accreditation. Public health, too, must conduct a community health assessment and develop an action plan. The ACA requirement for hospitals also states that the hospital must include public health in their process. In 2013, the Center for Rural Health issued findings from the first round of CHNAs covering the years 2011-2013 (December 2013). This fact sheet represents the second round covering 2014-2016.