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Health systems tackling the root causes of poor health

Health systems tackling the root causes of poor health

Javier Limon · Dec 3, 2025 ·

HAN member Rush University System for Health’s President & CEO Omar Lateef and Highmark Health’s Senior Vice President, Community Affairs Kenya Boswell, HAN’s President & Founder David Zuckerman, The Commonwealth Fund’s President Joseph Betancourt, and the American Medical Association’s President’s Bobby Mukkamala, spoke about health systems building community wealth through the anchor mission framework—and how that translates into improved health outcomes and healthy longevity. 

From the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit 2025 panel:

Strategic philanthropy and anchor institution investments in community and economic resilience is a power lever. . . . Seeing how we can invest in things like affordable housing, economic development, looking at really the true issues around poverty, that’s how we can make systemic change. – Kenya Boswell, Highmark Health’s Senior Vice President, Community Affairs (HAN member Allegheny Health Network is a member of Highmark Health)

Watch the Harnessing the Power of Healthcare Institutions video


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