The North Hawaii Outcomes Project (NHOP) is a project of The Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation and works to support existing and future efforts to improve the health and quality of life in North Hawaii by developing a common useful community health profile. The purpose of a community and Hawaii County health profile is to clarify common goals and to both track and facilitate community health improvement. NHOP uses the Institute of Medicine model for profiling the health of a community. The Institute of Medicine Community Improvement Process (CHIP) serves as the model for linking community health data and improvement.
Vision
Hawaii County Health Care leaders and decision makers have access to and use credible, objective health data to improve health and healthcare for the residents of and visitors to Hawaii County.
Mission
The mission of North Hawaii Outcomes Project is to facilitate improvement of the health and quality of life in North Hawaii and Hawaii County by providing useful and credible community health data.
Our Role 
- Preparing and analyzing a Community Health Profile,
- Identifying critical health issues,
- Partnering to catalyze collaboration for improvement,
- Identifying evidence-based strategies for improvement, and
- Monitoring outcomes and progress.
Our Goal
Improve the health and quality of life for the people of North Hawaii and Hawaii County.
Our Guiding Principles
- Broad definition of health
- Shared responsibility
- Realistic assessment of where we are now
- Engage those who care – be inclusive
- Learn from others
- Inventory existing resources and assets
- Look to science to find what works
- Listen to community wisdom
- Measure and celebrate progress
Who We Serve: We provide and /or publish data for a broad cross-section of the community; nonprofits, government agencies, media, community associations and businesses and all stakeholders with an interest in health and healthcare in Hawaii County.
Where We Get Our Data: We collect and compare data from a variety of sources to provide an accurate picture of Hawaii County and Hawaii State. Source examples include the *U.S. Census Bureau, *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, *U.S. Economic Census, *Hawaii Department of Education, *Hawaii Health Information Corporation, *Hawaii Department of Transportation, *Hawaii Department of Health and *Hawaii County. We strive to update data as soon as new information becomes available, and we cite the sources for all of our work.