Resources for the Anchor Mission
The following resources are intended to help health systems to advance an anchor mission approach within their health institutions.
Featured resources
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HAN supports 7 members to connect local residents to high-demand careers
HAN is thrilled to be able to provide grant funding and technical assistance to support…
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Register for the HAN Convening 2026: Denver
We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the HAN Annual Convening 2026, taking place in…
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Impact Workforce Toolkit: Creating Economic Opportunity through Healthcare Career Pathways
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) has released the Impact Workforce Toolkit, a practical resource that captures…
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Impact Stories: Place-based Investing — CommonSpirit Health & Step By Step
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) catalyzes its 70 member health systems to leverage their hiring, purchasing,…
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Mind the Gap: Connecting Community Benefit and Patient Billing Leaders to Improve Health and Financial Outcomes
Over the last year Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and Undue Medical Debt collaborated to engage health system revenue cycle,…
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Kaiser Permanente Impact Purchasing Case Study
As one of the largest nonprofit health systems, Kaiser Permanente’s operations have tremendous economic influence.…
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How LISC & Healthcare Anchor Network Members Are Promoting Community Resiliency: Affordable Housing
Social and economic factors—including access to quality housing and jobs, and opportunities to start and…
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Intermountain Health Place-based Investing Case Study
HAN just released a case study on HAN member Intermountain Health’s Place Based Investing program,…
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Hospitals are affordable housing long-term investors
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and HAN member systems Kaiser Permanente, Boston Medical Center, and Trinity Health are covered in the New…
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Baystate Health: Outside-in and Inside-Up Workforce Strategies
In our latest case study we feature Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Baystate Health, a…
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Investing in local communities to improve health
HAN’s president and founder David Zuckerman talks about the power that health systems have to uplift…
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Addressing SDOH through local policy & investments
HAN and CityHealth developed a partnership to explore how health systems can work with cities…
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Dartmouth Health: Building sustainable talent pipelines in rural communities
In our latest case study we feature Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Dartmouth Health (DH),…
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University Hospitals (UH): The Evolution of Step Up to UH and Earn-and-Learn Programs
University Hospitals’ (UH)’s intentional hiring pipelines and paid training programs are explored in a new…
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UMass Memorial Health Care Community Investing Program
UMass Memorial Health (UMMH)’s Community Investing Program is explored in a new case study. The…
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Rush University System for Health: Local Business Suppliers
Rush University System for Health’s comprehensive anchor mission Business Supplier initiatives are featured in our…
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Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System’s Faith Fund (FMOLHS): Developing a strategy to improve employees’ financial security
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System’s (FMOLHS) partnered with Catholic Charities of the Diocese…
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Kaiser Permanente & Futuro Health: Creating education journeys into allied health careers
Kaiser Permanente’s Futuro Health initiative is explored in a new case study. The case study…
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How Healthcare Anchors are Improving Community Health Outcomes
by Emily Hough, 2021-22 Harkness Fellow and Senior Fellow at Brown University It is now…