Provide Feedback and Strengthen the Health of Our Community

Serving the community often extends beyond a single healthcare provider. That’s why Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), District 2 Public Health, Stephens County Hospital, Habersham Medical Center, and Good News Clinics are partnering together to better understand the health needs and issues that patients, families, and neighbors throughout the northeast Georgia area face when making healthy life choices.  In order to understand health needs and issues throughout our area, we must reach out to our own community members. Together, we seek your input through our latest Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) online survey. Conducted every three years, the CHNA helps provide a snapshot of the region’s latest health profile and healthcare barriers. This assessment is then used to help guide the focus and development of future community benefit programs.  The survey is simple and easy to complete online at www.nghs.com/community-survey and will be open to anyone in the community until March 22.  Information from this study will be used to formulate specific plans that improve health in the region and results will be available to anyone interested in using them for long and short-range planning.  Responses are kept anonymous with a composite report. For those who would like to be included (and are willing to provide their name and contact information), there will also be a drawing for a free one-year YMCA membership.  For more information about the CHNA and to complete the survey, visit www.nghs.com/community-survey.