Foster an environment for open dialogue to discuss the identified health needs thoroughly. Make sure that the data are presented in a format that is accessible for the individuals on the committee. Discuss the data – Present the qualitative and quantitative data to the prioritization committee.Select a prioritization committee – Members can be from hospitals, community stakeholder organizations and other organizations/institutions with specialized knowledge or constituents.Priorities can be selected as part of an established process informed by contributing partners, including community stakeholders, health departments, social service agencies, policy makers and hospital leadership. The opportunity to intervene at the prevention level.Potential challenges or barriers to addressing the need.Hospital’s ability to contribute finances and resources to address the health concern.Alignment with an organization’s existing priorities.Evidence that an intervention can change the problem.The importance of each problem to community members.Trending health concerns in the communityĪdditional prioritization criteria can include:.Whether the issue is a root cause of other problems.Existing interventions focused on the issue.Availability of hospital and community resources.Ability to have a measurable impact on the issue.Community’s capacity and willingness to act on the issue.Typically, three to six priorities are selected, based on: A set of criteria should be determined to guide the prioritization process. Hospitals are at their discretion to develop prioritization criteria and processes. The identified priority health needs will be addressed through the implementation strategies. Hospitals and community stakeholders go through a process to distinguish the most pressing community health needs based on the data collected. Step 5: Prioritize Community Health Issues Purpose
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