Community Health Needs Assessment

Community health improvement at Salem Health

Caring for our community

Salem Hospital and West Valley Hospital have had a long-standing commitment to serve those who live, work and play in Marion and Polk counties. The commitment has grown and evolved through significant thought and care in considering our community's most pressing health needs.

The hospitals work with community partnering agencies — Marion County Health Department, Polk Cpounty Health departments, Kaiser, Legacy, Santiam Hospital, PacificSource — to complete a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment for each hospital facility. The most current CHNA was completed in 2019. The results of the assessments guide Salem Health community benefit and strategic planning.

Through our CHNAs, Salem Hospital and West Valley Hospital identify the greatest health needs among each of its hospital's communities, enabling Salem Health to allocate resources toward services, outreach, prevention, education and wellness opportunities where the greatest impact can be realized.

Click on the following links to read detailed CHNAs for Marion and Polk counties and to learn more about the Salem Hospital and West Valley Hospital community benefit implementation plans.

• 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment
• 2023 Community Health Implementation Plan
• 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
• 2021 update to 2019 Marion-Polk Community Health Assessment
• 2020 Community Health Improvement Plan
  
• 2018-2020 Salem Health and West Valley Hospital Community Benefit Implementation Plans

The needs assessment is updated from:

• 2019 Marion-Polk Community Health Assessment
• 2017 Marion County Community Health Assessment
• 2017 Polk County Community Health Assessment Update
• 2016 Marion-Polk County Health Care System Capacity and Access Assessment
• 2015 Marion County Community Health Assessment
• 2015 Polk County Community Health Assessment