Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
CHOP is pleased to present its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) report. An implementation plan is coming soon which will lay out the hospital's strategy to address the unmet health needs. CHOP participated in a Regional Community Health Needs Assessment that identified health needs throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. Identifying and addressing the unmet health needs of local communities is a core aspect of the care provided by hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and a goal that CHOP strongly supports.
Recognizing that hospitals and health systems often mutually serve the same communities, a group of local hospitals and health systems have again collaborated on a Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA) Regional CHNA (rCHNA), an effort spearheaded by the Health Care Improvement Foundation and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. More details of specific partners can be found in the report.
Hospitals/health systems and supporting partners collaboratively developed the community health needs assessment process and report to identify regional health priorities and issues specific to each participating institution's service area. In terms of data collection, Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) led the collection and analysis of quantitative indicators for the region. Health systems provided information about their services, recognitions, and impact of prior implementation plans. Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF), Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), community partners in the region, and qualitative leads collaborated on qualitative data collection for geographic communities and key topics and populations.