Partnering to conduct the community needs assessment required by the Affordable Care Act.
2011
Hunterdon Healthcare System
Closed
Partnering to conduct the community needs assessment required by the Affordable Care Act.
Hunterdon Healthcare System
2011
Closed
Grant Award Amount
$247,350

Hunterdon Regional Community Health, a part of Hunterdon Healthcare System, leads the Partnership for Health: A New Model Linking Assessment, Collaboration and Technology.  In collaboration with Hunterdon Medical Center, the Hunterdon County Health Department and more than 30 organizational members of the Partnership for Health in Hunterdon County, they are developing a more efficient model of community assessments and implementation of the “CHIP” (community health improvement plan) by linking multiple assessments and secondary data online through a public health information exchange (PHIE or data sharing repository) and implementation software. This software allows organizations to construct ‘Strategy Maps’ and ‘Community Balanced Scorecards’ to facilitate development and execution of strategic goals, measurable objectives and deliverables.  The Partnership for Health website will house Web 2.0 applications including a community Wiki and health education blogs along with interface to Facebook and LinkedIn networks. Social marketing strategies will be used to promote professional and public use. To evaluate the effectiveness, a pre-post organizational network analysis will be done to determine whether improvements were made in increasing membership to Partnership for Health and building/strengthening organizational partnerships. The culmination of this work will be the starting point of a diffusion of innovation where traditional community assessments merge with online technologies that foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and community participation and increased recognition of the face of public health.

Project
Hunterdon Partnership for Health: A New Model Linking Assessment, Collaboration and Technology
Grant Recipient
Key Contact

Donald Pinner
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
(908) 788-6600 x6699

Topics
Counties Served
View All: NJHI 2011: Community Health Needs Assessments