Local health departments that are accredited from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) are required to conduct a community health assessment every five years, and non-profit hospital systems must complete an assessment every three years to retain their Internal Revenue Services 501(c)(3) status.  In 2019, University Hospitals (previously Lake Health), and LCGHD completed their first joint community health need together.

Identifying various factors that influence health at a population level is a large focus for both the public health and health care systems. The community health needs assessment is a great tool to figure out how these factors impact the health-related needs of a community. Health needs are identified through a collection and study of a wide variety of information and data.

During the three-year CHNA cycle, additional data will continue to be collected and reported to provide a great understanding of current health needs.

Read more about the current CHNA:
2022 Lake County Community Health Needs Assessment

Other CHNA Reports
CHNA Deep Dive 1 – Binge Drinking
CHNA Deep Dive 2 – Stroke
CHNA Addendum – Eastlake Food Insecurity and Mental Health
CHNA Deep Dive 3 – High Blood Pressure Prevalence
CHNA Deep Dive 4 – Adult Routine Checkups

Past Reports
2019 Lake County Community Health Needs Assessment Executive Summary
2019 Technical Report
2020 COVID-19 CHNA Addendum

After a CHNA is completed, the partners review the results, prioritize health needs, and identify strategies to impact health needs in Lake County.  Partner organizations take the lead on strategies most aligned to their organization’s work and create measurable objectives and action steps to monitor progress.

Strategies may be modified in response to organizational changes, funding priorities, or emerging health needs.  A quarterly progress report is developed and published. 

Current CHIP
Amended 2023-2025 Lake County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)

2023-2025 Community Health Improvement Plan

Previous CHIP
2020-2022 Community Health Improvement Plan

2023 – 2025 CHIP Quarterly Progress Reports
CHIP Quarterly Report – Q1
CHIP Quarterly Report – Q2
CHIP Quarterly Report – Q3

2020-2022 CHIP Quarterly Progress Reports

Q2 2022
Q1 2022
Q4 2021
Q3 2021
Q2 2021
Q1 2021
Q4 2020