Community Health Needs
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), with input from the community, completes Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) every 3 years, with the most recent completed in 2025. NGMC has conducted assessments partnering with the community since the late 90s. Beginning in 2013, federal law requires non-profit hospitals to complete assessments, make the results available to the community and develop implementations plans that the hospital will champion.
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
See below for NGMC’s latest Community Health Needs Assessment:
To review previous reports, please open the “Archived Reports” drop-down.
2022 Reports
- 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment Executive Summary
- 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment Executive Summary (Espanol)
- 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
2019 Reports
2016 Reports
2013 Report
Community Health Data
This interactive dashboard displays data evaluated via NGMC’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) by area served. The Community Health data provides a look into health and social factors affecting communities and includes zip code health indicators compared to state benchmarks when available.
2025 Data Sheets
- NGMC Barrow
- NGMC Braselton
- NGMC Gainesville
- NGMC Habersham
- NGMC Lumpkin
- Stephen County Hospital Service Area
2022 Data Sheets
Initiatives and Activities
NGMC is focusing on 3 health priorities and outcome measures as a result of the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment. Read more about the 2023 – 2025 Implementation Plan.
The 2026-2028 Implementation Plan will be available in February 2026.
Comments or suggestions regarding the hospital’s CHNA or its Implementation Plan are greatly welcomed. Please contact the Community Health Improvement department by emailing communityhealthimprovement@nghs.com or by calling 770-219-8085.
For annual updates, read the following CHNA Implementation Plan Progress Reports:
2020-2022 Progress Reports
2017-2019 Progress Reports
Partnership Highlight: Good News Clinics
NGHS partners with Good News Clinics, working together to serve our community’s most vulnerable populations.
Community Benefit Reports
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) values cooperative efforts with community organizations and other healthcare providers to improve the health status of area residents. NGMC demonstrates this through many partnerships ranging from serving as lead agency of the Safe Kids Coalition of Gainesville Hall County, to partnering with other organizations such as Good News Clinics and Public Health Departments to reach at-risk populations in need of health care.
Videos
Northeast Georgia Health System provides exceptional care within our hospital walls — but we don’t stop there. Serving the Northeast Georgia region outside of our walls is just as important.