Community Health Improvement Plan, FY 2026-2028

UK King's Daughters Mission

“To care. To serve. To heal.” UK King’s Daughters (UKKD) fulfills its mission through its commitment toward addressing the health needs in the community by conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and developing an Implementation Strategy every three years.

Purpose of a Hospital’s Implementation Strategy

A Community Health Implementation Plan (CHIP) outlines how a hospital plans to address community health needs and is intended to satisfy the requirements set forth by state law and the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r)(3) regarding Community Health Needs Assessments and Implementation Strategy. The CHIPprocess is meant to align King’s Daughters initiatives and programs with goals, objectives and indicators that address significant community health needs described in the CHNA.

Community Definition

King’s Daughters patients collectively come from a large geographic areaFor purposes of this report, the community served by King’s Daughters includes Boyd, Carter and Greenup counties in Kentucky, and Lawrence County, Ohio.

About UK King's Daughters

King’s Daughters serves a catchment area of approximately 750,000 people in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, and western West Virginia. It includes the 455-bed Medical Center located in downtown Ashland, Ky. King’s Daughters employs over 5,500 people, including more than 400 primary care and specialist physicians, advance practice providers and allied health professionals. King’s Daughters provides intensive, intermediate and acute care services across a broad range of specialties including heart, vascular, orthopedics, oncology, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, maternity, pediatrics and neonatal care.