St. Joseph Hospital

SJH (including St. Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph Home & Hospice Care) is committed to improving the health of the residents of Greater Nashua. This report explains how we invest in community benefit activities. We invite you to review our 2008 accomplishments and our plans to accomplish the following 2009 goals/objectives:

Improve access to dental care

• Including access to preventative, restorative and emergency dental services, and dental health education

Improve access to medical care and affordable prescription medications

• Including prevention and wellness education
• Including free/reduced cost healthcare services for uninsured
• Including a focus on translation services for patients/families
• Including access to affordable prescription medications

Strive to reduce incidence and mortality rates of chronic diseases

• Including education and awareness of cancer, heart and chronic diseases, and improving overall management of these conditions
• Including a focus on childhood obesity