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Community Benefits & Health Needs
Dedicated to addressing the health needs and priorities of our communities
Our Commitment to a Healthier Community
At Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham, we’re committed to improving the health and well-being of residents within our Community Benefits Service Area (CBSA). Through our Community Benefits Department, we work in collaboration with the area's residents and key community health stakeholders to address the health needs and priorities identified by this assessment.
BID Needham's Community Benefits Service Area includes: Dedham, Needham, Norwood and Westwood.
Led by the Community Benefits Advisory Committee (CBAC), we aim to address the most pressing health needs in each community by conducting the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Learn more about the CHNA process and how you can help guide our community health strategy for the next three years.
Community members can support BID Needham by donating giving or volunteering.
Community Health Needs Assessment Guiding Principles
- Equity: Work toward the systemic, fair and just treatment of all people.
- Collaboration: Leverage resources to achieve greater impact by working with community residents and organizations.
- Engagement: Intentionally reach out to and interact with often overlooked populations, including, but not limited to, people impacted by trauma, people with disabilities, communities most impacted by inequities, and others.
- Capacity Building: Build community cohesion and capacity by co-leading Community Listening sessions and training residents on facilitation.
- Intentionality: Be deliberate in our engagement and our use of data; be purposeful and work collaboratively to identify and leverage resources for maximum benefit.
Priority Areas
Our healthy equity priority areas include: equitable access to care, social detriments of health, mental health and substance abuse, and complex and chronic conditions.
Priority Cohorts
- Youth
- Individuals with disabilities
- Older adults
- Racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse populations
- Low resource populations
Community Health Grants
To address these priority needs, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham awards grants to community organizations that work to address unmet health needs for their priority cohorts.
For questions, please email our Community Benefits team.
Resource Guide
The Community Resource Guide was developed to highlight health and social service resources available to the community. As a disclaimer, the listings within this guide are designed as informational and are not to be interpreted as recommendations or endorsements.
Financial Resources
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Community Health Needs Assessment Reports & Implementation Strategies
- 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
- 2023-2025 Implementation Strategy
- 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
- 2020-2022 Implementation Strategy
- 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
- 2017–2019 Implementation Strategy
To learn more about the CHNA findings, visit the BILH Community Commitment page.
To learn more about how Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham is working with our communities to address the leading health issues, visit our Community Benefits Reports:
- 2023 Attorney General Community Benefits Report
- 2022 Attorney General Community Benefits Report
- 2021 Attorney General Community Benefits Report
- 2020 Attorney General Community Benefits Report
- 2019 Attorney General Community Benefits Report
Contact Us
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham welcomes any comments you may have on our most recently conducted CHNA and implementation strategy. Please submit your comments by email or mail them to:
Jill Carter
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham
148 Chestnut Street
Needham, MA 02492
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham is an active neighbor in the communities we serve. For questions on our community benefits programs or community relations activities please email our Community Benefits team.
Visit Beth Israel Lahey Health's website to learn more about how we are improving health equity across the communities we serve.
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About BID Needham
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham (BID Needham) serves residents in Needham, Newton, Dedham, Dover, Medfield, Sherborn, Wellesley, Westwood.
