Community Commitment
Doctors and caregivers at PeaceHealth live and work in the same community as you. We want to make Lane County a great place for everyone. For 90 years, we've cared for patients across Lane County — with a focus on whole-person well-being.
PeaceHealth in Lane County
Fiscal Year 2025: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
We Reinvest in Community Health
PeaceHealth Oregon is dedicated to caring for the people of Lane County. As a nonprofit, we use any extra money to improve community health and support our Mission.
We believe that good health, prevention and community well-being are essential. We work with local partners and make investments to provide our communities with hope, care, home and nourishment.
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Hope
Click on an icon above to learn more about each pillar.
Learn More About Our Four Pillars of Community Health
Our four pillars of community health help us create a healthy community beyond our hospital and clinics. These pillars remind us of our important duty to care for the most vulnerable and promote the inherent dignity of all people.
Our focus areas in Lane County
We are dedicated to improving health and well-being for all patients, including those sometimes on the margins of healthcare access:
- Elders, teens and children
- People living in rural and remote areas
- Families and people facing poverty, housing and food insecurity
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities
- People who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer plus (LGBTQ+)
- People experiencing homelessness
Community Health Needs Assessment
Every three years, tax-exempt hospitals like ours conduct community health needs assessments to identify current needs, statistics, activities and plans to improve the community's health and well-being.
Why conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment?
Our Community Health Needs Assessments guide our investments. Conducted every three years in partnership with local communities, these tools help us identify and address community needs and resource gaps. This allows PeaceHealth to maximize our impact and target our investments where they will have the greatest lasting impact.
How are Community Health Needs Assessments conducted?
In the fall of 2024, we conducted an extensive assessment of publicly available data from national, state, and local sources to analyze our community's needs. Community stakeholders from multiple sectors convened to review the data and provide valuable input on the community's collective requirements.
Key Findings from the 2025 Assessment
Our 2025 assessment echoes national trends and shows that local priorities mirror wider challenges. Highlights include:
- The need to improve health equity for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, rural, and other vulnerable groups.
- More investment in affordable housing and support for unhoused and medically fragile individuals.
- Emphasizing accessible healthcare, timely treatment, wraparound services, and reliable transportation.
- Expanding mental health and substance abuse treatment, especially as youth mental health worsens.
- Critical support for childcare, after-school programs, food security, and healthy food access.
- A shrinking workforce is straining essential community roles.
Community Health Improvement Plans
Our vision at PeaceHealth is that our communities and everyone within them live their best lives. This means targeting efforts to advance health justice, equity, access, care, and community impact. We are committed to strong community-built plans that measure progress and evaluate our impact towards those results.