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How Chicago hospitals are engaging in anti-violence work

How Chicago hospitals are engaging in anti-violence work

lworth@democracycollaborative.org · Aug 11, 2020 ·

HAN member Rush University Medical Center’s David Ansell, senior vice president for community health equity, spoke about the Chicago Hospital Engagement, Action and Leadership Initiative, or HEAL, that HAN members Advocate Christ Medical Center, AMITA Health’s Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago are also members of. The HEAL action plan utilizes three pillars to address violence in 18 neighborhoods in Chicago. One of the key pillars is the anchor mission strategy of increasing local training and hiring commitments to reduce economic hardship.

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