Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA)
Phia is a leader in Health Equity Impact Assessments in New York State, ensuring that community voices are centered in proposed changes to healthcare service delivery
HEIAs demonstrate how a proposed project will affect health equity, delivery of services, and access to health care, specifically for medically underserved groups.
HEIAs ensure that:
Community voices are considered
Impact on medically underserved groups is examined
An independent entity conducts an objective assessment
Phia is a leader in New York State Health Equity Impact Assessments
Phia Consulting has been conducting community engagement for Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIA) since September 2023.
Every HEIA we have completed has been approved
Our HEIA Projects
(Click on each title to view the report)
Relocating the NYU Langone—Brooklyn Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Relocating the Pediatric Congenital Heart Center
Expanding the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Relocating the Long Island Community Hospital Infusion Center
Creating an Ambulatory Surgery Center for Orthopedic Services in Westchester County
Relocating the Hempstead Women’s Wellness Clinic
Our HEIA Process
Become oriented with the context
Understand the key issues to unpack and collect perspectives
Develop tailored data collection instruments
Adapt surveys and guides to capture the nuance necessary for assessing impact
Conduct interviews, surveys, community conversations in English and Spanish
Ensure data collection includes a diverse sample of medically underserved groups
Analyze and synthesize data
Use rapid qualitative analysis to highlight key themes and integrate with quantitative findings
Collaborate seamlessly to amplify stakeholder perspectives
Ensure all sections of assessment consider community perspectives on the identified impacts
Why choose Phia?
What you can expect from our collaboration:
A diverse team with extensive experience working in health equity.
A collective two decades working in community and stakeholder engagement.
Efficient and culturally sensitive approaches to community outreach.
Expertise in multiple qualitative methods and rapid analysis.
Thoughtful integration of meaningful engagement insights throughout HEIA reports.
Proven results, with approval of 100% of HEIAs we have submitted.
About HEIAs
What is an HEIA?
As of June 2023, hospitals, nursing homes, and certain diagnostic and treatment centers in New York State are required to have an independent evaluator with experience in health equity, anti-racism, and stakeholder engagement complete a Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) for specified Certificate of Need (CON) applications (i.e., construction, establishment, addition/reduction/expansion of service).
Why are HEIAs important?
An HEIA demonstrates how a proposed project will affect health equity, delivery of services, and access to health care, specifically for medically underserved groups.
“The purpose of the HEIA is to demonstrate how a facility’s proposed project affects the accessibility and delivery of services, and whether the project will enhance health equity and contribute to mitigating health disparities in the project’s service area, specifically for medically underserved groups.”
Community voices are considered
HEIAs ensure that:
Impact on medically
underserved groups is
examined
An independent entity
conducts an objective
assessment