by Noah Larsen | Sep 13, 2022 | CHNA
Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, acute care, community hospital in Chicago, Illinois with 151 beds and nearly 1,000 employees. Founded in 1896, the faith-based, privately-owned facility serves a diverse patient population within Chicago’s western and...
by Noah Larsen | Aug 15, 2022 | CHNA
Although cigarette smoking has declined in the past two decades, the 2020 PRC National Health Survey finds that 17.4% of adults currently smoke cigarettes, whether occasionally (6.9%) or every day (10.5%). Regionally, smoking rates remain higher in Southern and...
by Noah Larsen | May 25, 2022 | CHNA
A CHNA Panel Discussion: Building Equity Through Collaboration The University of Miami Health System (UHealth), Jackson Health System, and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital embarked on an ambitious Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), the first collaborative...
by Noah Larsen | Apr 21, 2022 | CHNA
You’ve no doubt heard the term “healthcare heroes” used to describe hospital and healthcare workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic for going above and beyond the excellent care they provided and continuing to do to this day. However, in a post-pandemic world, this...
by Noah Larsen | Apr 19, 2022 | CHNA, DEI
UnityPoint Health is a midwestern health system with over 50 regional hospitals, community network hospitals, clinics, and additional facilities serving communities in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. The organization employs over 32,000 care team and home health...
by Noah Larsen | Apr 13, 2022 | CHNA, DEI
According to Healthy People 2030, social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks...