Reinvesting in improved facilities, education, outreach and more
Parkview Health’s mission centers on improving health and inspiring well-being in the communities we serve. As a not-for-profit organization, Parkview reinvests its resources into services and programs that directly impact the health and well-being of people of all ages. Parkview’s Community Health Improvement (CHI) program helps accomplish this mission. Funded by a significant percentage of Parkview’s net operating surplus, CHI initiatives extend beyond the hospital walls to support community programs throughout northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Parkview gives back to the community in the form of improved facilities, education and outreach programs, free and discounted medical care, volunteerism and more.
What is a community benefit?
Community benefit describes Parkview programs or activities that either provide treatment or promote health and healing as a response to identified community needs. It is also the term used as the basis of our tax-exempt, not-for-profit status.
A community benefit must respond to an identified community need and meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Improve access to healthcare services.
- Enhance health of the community.
- Advance medical or health knowledge.
- Relieve or reduce the burden of government or other community efforts.
Community benefit activities may include:
- Community health improvement services.
- Health professions education.
- Subsidized health services.
- Research.
- Cash and in-kind contributions.
- Community-building activities.
- Community benefit operations.