Cabinet Peaks Medical Center will soon mail a survey to a random sampling of homes in Libby, Troy and the Yaak.

This survey will help Cabinet Peaks Medical Center identify health services needed in the community,” a news release states. “The information gathered will be used to help the medical center with strategic planning, grant applications, the development of new programs, and will also be shared with other community groups interested in addressing health issues.”

The National Rural Health Resources Center will help analyze the survey data “to help define local community needs, use of local health care services, and overall community health,” the news release states.

“Even if you don’t use the healthcare services at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center, your response is important to us because every survey returned and comment made will represent others in the area and will help guide us in planning responsive and high quality local healthcare for the future,” states Bruce Whitfield, CEO at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center, in the news release.

The survey is voluntary, and those who complete and return it will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gas card.

In administering the survey, Cabinet Peaks Medical Center hopes “to help keep health care dollars within the local community ... by giving local residents a chance to help form the way healthcare looks in their own rural area.”