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A Review of Tools to Assist Hospitals in Meeting Community Health Assessment and Implementation Strategy Requirements Karen E. Schifferdecker, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, and codirector, Center for Program Design and Evaluation, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire; Dorothy A. Bazos, PhD, RN, adjunct assistant professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover; Kaleb A. Sutherland, research assistant, Center for Program Design and Evaluation at Dartmouth, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover; Lea R. Ayers LaFave, PhD, RN, senior project director, The Community Health Institute, Bow, New Hampshire; Laural Ruggles, vice president, Marketing and Community Health Improvement, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, St. Johnsbury; Rudolph Fedrizzi, MD, director, Community Health Clinical Integration, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, Keene, New Hampshire; and Jaime Hoebeke, division head, Chronic Disease Prevention and Neighborhood Health, City of Manchester Health Department, Manchester, New Hampshire E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y Recent changes in U.S. national policies and regulations have created an opportunity for meaningful collaborations to take place between health systems, public health departments, and social service organizations. For medical systems, and particularly tax-exempt hospitals, new requirements include community health assessments (CHAs) and implementation strategies to address identified health needs. Individuals and groups responsible for meeting the new CHA and implementation strategy requirements may be unsure about the best ways to achieve specific aspects of the CHA process. In this report, we provide an in-depth review and rating of tools developed by public health and community experts that cover the steps necessary to meet the new requirements. A team of three community and public health experts and the authors developed a rating sheet based on a well-known community health improvement process model and on the steps in the new requirements to identify and systematically rate nine comprehensive tools. The ratings and recommendations provide a guide for hospitals in choosing tools that will best assist them in meeting the new requirements. For more information about the concepts in this article, contact Dr. Schifferdecker at Karen.E.Schifferdecker@dartmouth.edu. 44

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Journal of Healthcare Management - January/February 2016

Journal of Healthcare Management - January/February 2016
Contents
Interview With Nancy Borkowski, DBA, FACHE, CPA, Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Developing Physician Leaders Through Professional Associations
Understanding Value-Based Incentive Models and Using Performance as a Strategic Advantage
Exploring Business Strategy in Health Information Exchange Organizations
The Effects of Hospital-Level Factors on Patients’ Ratings of Physician Communication
A Review of Tools to Assist Hospitals in Meeting Community Health Assessment and Implementation Strategy Requirements
The Capital Budgeting Process of Healthcare Organizations: A Review of Surveys

Journal of Healthcare Management - January/February 2016