title: The big picture. Sizing up your future? Ask community members what they want and need. Ignore them at your peril.
abstract: A health care provider can only do so much to improve the health ot its community. With limited resources, the one thing you don't want to do is spin your wheels doing the wrong things. By conducting an expanded health assessment of your service population, you'll have the information you need to focus on the right problems with the right partners.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006075:Governing Board; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014481:United States