2027 Community Health Needs Assessment to be Hosted by Stewart Memorial Community Hospital

Over the next few months, Stewart Memorial Community Hospital will be working together with other area community leaders to update the Calhoun County, IA 2024 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Today we are requesting Calhoun County community members’ input regarding current healthcare delivery and unmet resident needs.

The goal of this assessment update is to understand progress from past community health needs assessments conducted in 2021 and 2024, while collecting up-to-date community health perceptions and ideas. VVV Consultants LLC, an independent research firm from Olathe, KS has been retained to conduct this countywide research.

A brief community survey has been developed to accomplish this work.  <Note: The CHNA survey link can be accessed by visiting the Stewart Memorial Hospital website and/or Facebook page.  You may also utilize this link for quick access.

All community residents and business leaders are encouraged to complete this online survey by August 28th, 2026.  In addition, a CHNA Town Hall meeting to discuss the survey findings and identify unmet needs will be held on September 22nd, 2026, for lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. More info to come soon! Thank you in advance for your time and support!