Bergen New Bridge Medical Center released the findings from its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) along with the resulting implementation strategy. These two documents detail the community’s health care needs and New Jersey’s largest hospital’s three-year plan to address those needs.
The CHNA, the hospital’s third health care assessment, was made possible through a collaborative effort involving the Bergen County Department of Health Services, the Community Health Partnership of Bergen County, the county’s seven acute care hospitals, including Bergen New Bridge.
“The CHNA is critically important to our mission as it demonstrates how our work is impacting community members who need our care the most,” said Deborah Visconi, president and CEO, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center. “The results of this assessment help us to continue breaking down barriers to accessing high quality healthcare, behavioral health services, and substance use disorder treatment.”
Data collected during the CHNA illustrates the impact of the social determinants of health on a community’s overall well-being. Social determinants can include access to transportation, housing, educational and job opportunities, income, access to nutritious foods and exercise, literacy skills and more.
“As a safety-net provider, we recognize how social determinants of health may affect disparities in health-care outcomes and access,” said Visconi. “We will continue to bring health care directly to those who need it most, particularly those who have historically been underserved and disenfranchised.”
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, a clinical affiliate of Rutgers, is a 1,070-bed hospital in Paramus.
