HAN member Maimonides Medical Center helped to found Brooklyn Communities Collaborative (BCC), a nonprofit that convenes community and institutional partners to strengthen health, wealth, and leadership in Brooklyn communities. BCC’s participatory action research provides insights from Black entrepreneurs and business owners on their successes, challenges, and potential to become healthcare suppliers and contractors.
Maimonides Health and One Brooklyn Health have pledged to significantly increase their anchor procurement diversification efforts.
See also: Health Care Without Harm’s Medium article on hospital meals manufactured by CommonWealth Kitchen, which HAN member Boston Medical Center also supports.
See also: ROI-NJ article on HAN member RWJBarnabas Health’s commitment to the hire local-buy local anchor mission.