A Community Health Needs Assessment is a systematic approach to the collection and analysis of health data used to identify and describe outstanding community health needs, inequities in health and access to services, and to determine priorities for the most effective use of resources to address identified needs.
The Health Care Reform Legislation (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) requires nonprofit hospitals to perform a community health needs assessment every three years and adopt an implementation strategy to meet the outstanding community health needs identified in the assessment as a condition of maintaining the institution’s federal tax exemption.
Flathead County
In Flathead County, Logan Health Medical Center (formerly Kalispell Regional Medical Center) and Logan Health - Whitefish (formerly North Valley Hospital) work with the Flathead County-City Health Department and several other community organizations to complete the health assessment. The assessment report includes an evaluation of the previous health needs assessment.
In Glacier County, Logan Health-Cut Bank (formerly Northern Rockies Medical Center) works with the Montana Office of Rural Health and several other community organizations to complete the health assessment. The assessment report includes an evaluation of the previous health needs assessment.
In Liberty County, Logan Health - Chester (formerly Liberty Medical Center) works with the Montana Office of Rural Health and several other community organizations to complete the health assessment. The assessment report includes an evaluation of the previous health needs assessment.
In Pondera County, Logan Health - Conrad (formerly Pondera Medical Center) works with the Montana Office of Rural Health and several other community organizations to complete the health assessment. The assessment report includes an evaluation of the previous health needs assessment.
In Toole County, Logan Health - Shelby (formerly Marias Medical Center) works with the Montana Office of Rural Health and several other community organizations to complete the health assessment. The assessment report includes an evaluation of the previous health needs assessment.
