Community Health Needs Assessment

Meritus Health, in collaboration with community partners, regularly conducts a Community Health Needs Assessment to identify primary health issues, status and needs and to provide critical information to those in a position to make a positive impact on the health of our region's residents.

Objectives

• Identify the current health status of community residents to include baseline data for benchmarking and assessment purposes.
• Identify the availability of treatment services, strengths, service gaps and opportunities.
• Determine unmet community health needs and target priorities.
• Develop a plan to direct community benefit and allocation of resources to meet targeted needs.
• Enhance strategic planning for future services.

Partners

Healthy Washington County Partners: Brook Lane Health Services, Community Free Clinic, Community Foundation of Washington County, Comstock Center/Johns Hopkins University, HEAL of Washington County, Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Meritus Medical Center, Tri-State Community Health Center, Tri-State Health Partners, United Way, Walnut Street Community Health Center/Family Healthcare of Hagerstown, Washington County Health Department, Washington County Mental Health Authority, and Washington County Public Schools.

CHNA DOCUMENTS FY2022

• Click here to view the FY2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
• Haga clic aquí para ver la evaluación de necesidades de salud comunitaria para el año fiscal 2022
• Click here to view the Appendices for the FY2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
• Click here to view the FY2022 Summary document
• Click here to view the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for FY 2023
• Haga clic aquí para ver el Plan de mejora de la salud comunitaria (CHIP) para el año fiscal 2023

CHNA DOCUMENTS FY2019

• Click here to view the FY2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
• Haga clic aquí para ver la evaluación de necesidades de salud comunitaria para el año fiscal 2019
• Click here to view the Appendices for the FY2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
• Click here to view the FY2019 Summary Sheet

CHNA DOCUMENTS FY2016

• Click here to view the FY2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
• Click here to view the Appendices for the FY2016 Community Health Needs Assessment