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Community Health Assessment and Planning

2022 Community Health Needs Assessment button with Olmsted Medical Center, Olmsted County and Mayo Clinic logos
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Select the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment graphic to access the 2022 report.

Community Health Assessment and Planning (CHAP)

Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)

Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)

The Community Health Assessment and Planning process is about improving the health and well-being of residents in Olmsted County. Every three years, the community conducts a health needs assessment to determine Olmsted County’s leading health priorities; formulate a plan to address the needs; and publish an annual progress report. Olmsted County Public Health Services, Mayo Clinic, and Olmsted Medical Center engage with diverse partners across our community to lead this process.

Since 2012, CHAP has been working with partners from across the community to find solutions to challenging health issues. Olmsted County Public Health Services, Olmsted Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, and many community groups lead the collective community efforts. Our membership comes from the public, private and nonprofit sectors and includes health care, housing, and education.

CHAP Core Group advisory team and key funding agencies:

  • Olmsted County Public Health Services
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Olmsted Medical Center

Additional partners that help fund the CHAP process:

  • Rochester Area Foundation
  • United Way of Olmsted County
  • Zumbro Valley Health Center

Contact:
If you have questions or are interested in learning more about getting involved in the CHAP process, please contact: 

Olmsted County Public Health Services

Performance Management, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation Team

Derrick Fritz(link sends email), Community Health Assessment and Planning (CHAP) Coordinator

The purpose of the CHIP is to guide the community on improving the highest need community health priorities. The 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) results developed the 2024-2026 CHIP. Community partners and residents played a vital role in evolving the CHIP.

Specifically, the 2024 – 2026 CHIP:

  • Describes the CHAP process and a multi-year timeline.
  • Outlines the three health priorities identified by community members.
  • Identifies population data indicators, along with strategies, that organizations throughout Olmsted County will collectively work on to improve the priorities.
  • Describes the process for sharing implementation and evaluation results moving forward.
Top 3 community health priorities. Mental Health, Drug use, Access to Care

The following documents contain information about CHIP, its Supplemental Document, how it will be implemented, and the most recent Annual Report.

2024 – 2026 Olmsted County Community Health Improvement Plan(link is external)
2024 CHIP Annual Report.pdf(link is external)


In the summer of 2021, community members and CHAP partners planned and set up Community Dialogues. The discussions were with residents with at least one of the three community health priorities. The below report highlights the Community Dialogue process and themes.

Community Dialogues Report 2021(link is external)


Data Profiles related to each of the three community health priorities are below. They provide additional information on each CHIP priority. The profiles explore options for improvement and other local factors that affect our highest health needs in the community.

Access to care data profile(link is external)
Drug use data profile(link is external)
Mental health data profile(link is external)
Non-heterosexual residents' health disparities data profile(link is external)
Non-heterosexual student health disparities data profile(link is external)

Every three years, CHAP partners conduct a CHNA. This assessment aims to learn about the health status of Olmsted County residents and identify areas for improvement. Olmsted County works with citizens, community groups, healthcare providers, and legislators. Partners help prioritize health issues in our county, then develop action plans to improve health across priority health issues.

Below you will find the full CHNA and the CHNA Supplemental Document.

2019 Community Health Needs Assessment(link is external)

2019 Community Health Needs Assessment Supplemental Document(link is external) 

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