Mission Statement

The Board of Directors, Oversight Committee for Community Health and Benefits, hospital administration, and larger hospital community, are all committed to Faulkner's community benefit mission, which is:

• To evaluate the health status of service area neighborhoods of West Roxbury, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, and Dedham, and respond to identified needs.
  
  
• To pay particular attention to health and wellness concerns affecting children in local schools, the elderly, women, and needy minorities, among others.
  
  
• To provide a wide variety of free health screenings and immunizations, health education programs, and other services relating to important health issues affecting communities served.
  
  
• To seek community participation in and feedback about our community benefits efforts, by involving community members in the hospital’s planning and evaluation processes and by keeping the lines of communication open.
  
  
• To engage in meaningful, active collaboration with a broad range of community residents, schools, service organizations, businesses, government agencies and others, to stay abreast of community. needs, and to pool knowledge and resources in addressing those needs.
  
  
• To periodically review and assess community benefits goals, services, and outcomes to insure that they remain relevant to issues affecting our communities, and to allocate or reallocate community benefits resources, as needed.

Outline of Our Plan

Faulkner Hospital has long recognized its responsibility to not only treat illness, but to help prevent disease and the factors that precipitate disease. Through the numerous health partnerships and initiatives that have developed over the years, the hospital works with neighbors to identify and address important community needs and concerns.

Based on the Massachusetts Attorney General's guidelines, the goals in the Community Health and Benefits plan are based on an analysis of public health data and needs, community input and collaborative partnerships. Below is a working draft outline of the plan:

1.) Address health and safety needs of the elderly.

2.) Provide cardiovascular disease (stroke & heart disease) screening and education.

3.) Offer free breast & colorectal cancer screening and education for un- and under-insured patients.

4.) Work to address domestic violence through the BWF Passageways Program.

5.) Educate youth on nutrition and fitness.

6.) Grant workforce development opportunities for youth.

7.) Reduce barriers to healthcare access for underserved and vulnerable populations

For additional information on our robust community benefits initiatives or if you have questions, please contact:

Tracy Mangini Sylven, CHES
Director, Community Health and Benefits
617-983-7451
tsylven@partners.org

Address

Faulkner Hospital
Community Health and Benefits
Department
1153 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02130

Links

Community Health and Benefits
Community Health Offerings
Stroke Service at Faulkner Hospital