A Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a comprehensive analysis of the health status, needs, and resources within a specific population. Required every three years under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s guidelines, the CHNA helps healthcare institutions and community partners identify the most pressing social, economic, and health issues in the community and develop targeted strategies to address the community's health needs.
For the first time in 2025, Mass General Brigham created a single unified CHNA report to reflect the collective work of two CHNA collaboratives, bringing together the voices of Boston neighborhoods and the North Suffolk communities of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Under Mass General Brigham's leadership, three Boston hospitals—Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital—collaborated to produce one comprehensive report for the region.
