About the Ministry Identity Assessment
The Ministry Identity Assessment is a comprehensive
tool using the core commitments of the Shared
Statement of Identity for the Catholic Health Ministry
and the Baldrige Health Care Criteria for Performance
Excellence. The assessment enables ministry systems
and facilities to evaluate their policies, practices,
community partnerships, and treatment of
patients/residents and caregivers utilizing the agreed upon
criteria for Catholic health for Catholic health care
excellence as represented in the core commitments.
The new assessment tool is the second edition of CHA’s
Ministry Identity Assessment which launched in 2018.
The creation of the CHA assessment is an extension of
the work that began following a 2016 “Critical
Conversation” gathering of CEOs, sponsors and mission
leaders. The importance of maintaining institutional
integrity and ministry identity in the face of rapidly
changing health care delivery was the conversation’s
focus. CHA was tasked with identifying essential
elements for a ministry identity assessment process
and offering key performance indicators to
demonstrate an organization’s alignment with its
identity as a ministry of the Church in terms of patient
care, operations, and decision-making.
Both the 2018 and 2023 versions of the CHA Ministry
Identity Assessment were designed with input from
task forces representing Catholic health leaders in
mission, ethics and operations. CHA is grateful to all
ministry colleagues who contributed time, talent and
expertise to ensure the exceptional quality of the
renewed Ministry Identity Assessment.
From Catholic Health World:
CHA to launch online platform for conducting ministry identity assessments