Over the next three months, Clara Barton Hospital will be updating the 2012 Barton County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). (Note: This assessment update is a follow-up to meet final IRS regulations released on 01/02/2015, requiring all 501(c)(3) hospitals to conduct a community health needs assessment and adopt an implementation strategy at least once every three years).

The goal of this assessment update is to understand progress in addressing community needs cited in the 2012 report and to collect up-to-date community health care perceptions. To accomplish this work, a short online survey has been developed: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Barton2015

“We hope that the community and health professionals will take advantage of this opportunity to provide input into the future of healthcare delivery,” comments James Blackwell, CFO.

All community residents and business leaders are encouraged to complete the online 2015 CHNA survey and to attend the upcoming Town Hall dinner on March 19th from 5:30-7pm at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, Clafin, KS. VVV Research & Development LLC, an independent research firm from Olathe, Kansas has been retained to conduct this countywide research.

If you have any questions about CHNA activities, please call 620-653-2114.