Allegan General Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment

[Pages:103]Allegan General Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment

July 15, 2013

Prepared with consulting assistance from:

July 15, 2013

Dear Residents of the greater Allegan area,

I am pleased to share with you the results from Allegan General Hospital's first Community Health Needs Assessment, which was completed in April of this year. Undertaken in part to make sure we meet new IRS requirements for maintaining our tax exempt status, this project has also helped us to better understand the people that we serve ? how healthy is our population, and how well are your health needs being met?

Based on our data findings, plus results from a community survey and input from community leaders, the hospital has identified Accessibility & affordability for low income residents; Primary care; and Women's health services as significant areas of unmet health needs in our region.

AGH leaders are committed to helping to address the issues that have been identified. During this process we learned that other groups and organizations in our area are also concerned about these issues and want to work with us to find effective and sustainable solutions. By pooling our ideas and resources, we believe that we can make real progress that has a positive impact on the people who live in our region.

We are in the early stages of working with our community partners to develop action plans going forward. If you would like more information about the status of these projects or would like to be involved as a community partner, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

Gerald J. Barbini Chief Executive Officer

Table of Contents

Introduction & Project Overview

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Needs Assessment Methodology

10

Needs Assessment Key Findings

15

Process to Establish Health Improvement Priorities

35

Appendices

40

Appendix A: Community Definition and Profile

41

Appendix B: County Health Rankings

45

Appendix C: Mortality and Morbidity

51

Appendix D: Personal Health Behaviors

58

Appendix E: Clinical Care

61

Appendix F: Physical Environment and Public Safety

65

Appendix G: Community Survey Results

67

Appendix H: Community Leader Meeting

77

Appendix I: Additional Information

80

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Introduction & Project Overview

Project Goals

The Community Health Needs Assessment project completed by Allegan General Hospital (AGH) in early 2013 was designed to meet five major goals:

1. Better understand the community we serve ? how healthy is the population, and how well are their health

needs being met?

2. Gain focus for the hospital's community health outreach efforts ? how can we best use our resources to

address the most pressing needs?

3. Strengthen the community health component of the hospital's strategic plan ? how can we better align our

community health activities with the overall goals and priorities of the organization?

4. Create synergies with other organizations working to address health issues ? what are the opportunities to

work with other groups in the community to achieve shared goals?

5. Comply with requirements outlined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for non-profit 501(c)(3) hospitals to

conduct a community health needs assessment and implement strategies to address identified needs. Additional information about ACA requirements can be found in Appendix I.

Consulting Assistance AGH engaged Strategy Connections, a health care consulting company based in Fort Collins, Colorado, to provide consulting assistance for completing the CHNA project. Carol Davis, Owner and Principal Consultant, served as project leader and primary consultant throughout the project. A summary of Ms. Davis' qualifications and experience is included in Appendix I.

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Introduction & Project Overview

Community Health Improvement Model

AGH's model for community health improvement as shown below considers health status data, community survey results and community leader perspectives in determining priority health needs that the hospital will help to address over the next three years. On an annual basis as part of the budget development process, AGH will identify specific initiatives to be undertaken during the year that will help to address highest priority community health needs.

Health Status Data Community Survey Leader Perspectives

Priority Needs for AGH to Address

Action Plan & Implementation

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Introduction & Project Overview

Project Timeline

The CHNA project kicked off in January 2013 and concluded in April 2013, with timing of the various components as follows:

Project Kick Off Meetings

Planning Meeting with Community Leaders; Board Approval of Community

Health Priorities

Jan 2013

Feb 2013

Mar 2013

Apr 2013

Health Status Data Collection & Analysis; Community Survey Data

Collection & Analysis

Introduction & Project Overview

Definition of Community

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Zip Code

49010 49055 49078 49026 49328 49450

Town

Allegan Gobles Otsego Bloomingdale Hopkins Pullman

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