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Resources for the Anchor Mission

Resources for the Anchor Mission

The following resources are intended to help health systems to advance an anchor mission approach within their health institutions. 

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  • Impact Workforce Toolkit: Creating Economic Opportunity through Healthcare Career Pathways

    April 27, 2026

    The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) has released the Impact Workforce Toolkit, a practical resource that captures…

    Toolkit
    Read more: Impact Workforce Toolkit: Creating Economic Opportunity through Healthcare Career Pathways
  • Impact Stories: Place-based Investing — CommonSpirit Health & Step By Step

    April 2, 2026

    Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) catalyzes its 70 member health systems to leverage their hiring, purchasing,…

    Fact Sheets and Briefing Papers, Video Recordings & Podcast
    Read more: Impact Stories: Place-based Investing — CommonSpirit Health & Step By Step
  • Mind the Gap: Connecting Community Benefit and Patient Billing Leaders to Improve Health and Financial Outcomes

    February 20, 2026

    Over the last year Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and Undue Medical Debt collaborated to engage health system revenue cycle,…

    Fact Sheets and Briefing Papers
    Read more: Mind the Gap: Connecting Community Benefit and Patient Billing Leaders to Improve Health and Financial Outcomes
  • Kaiser Permanente Impact Purchasing Case Study

    January 22, 2026

    As one of the largest nonprofit health systems, Kaiser Permanente’s operations have tremendous economic influence.…

    Case Study
    Read more: Kaiser Permanente Impact Purchasing Case Study
  • Rendering of Western Landing, an 80-unit residence in Los Angeles for people experiencing homelessness. Courtesy of the Modular Housing Fund.

    How LISC & Healthcare Anchor Network Members Are Promoting Community Resiliency: Affordable Housing

    September 22, 2025

    Social and economic factors—including access to quality housing and jobs, and opportunities to start and…

    HAN Stories
    Read more: How LISC & Healthcare Anchor Network Members Are Promoting Community Resiliency: Affordable Housing
  • Intermountain Health Place-based Investing Case Study

    September 15, 2025

    HAN just released a case study on HAN member Intermountain Health’s Place Based Investing program,…

    Case Study
    Read more: Intermountain Health Place-based Investing Case Study
  • Hospitals are affordable housing long-term investors

    May 10, 2024

    The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and HAN member systems Kaiser Permanente, Boston Medical Center, and Trinity Health are covered in the New…

    Read more: Hospitals are affordable housing long-term investors
  • Trinity Health’s Community Investing Program

    October 6, 2022

    Trinity Health’s Community Investing Program is explored in a new case study. The case study…

    Case Study
    Read more: Trinity Health’s Community Investing Program
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Healthier Together Initiative

    March 22, 2022

    In 2019, HAN member Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched the Healthier Together Initiative, a $25 million,…

    Case Study
    Read more: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Healthier Together Initiative
  • Kaiser Permanente Thriving Communities Fund

    July 28, 2021

    Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Communities Fund is explored in a new case study. The case study…

    Case Study
    Read more: Kaiser Permanente Thriving Communities Fund
  • CommonSpirit Health Community Investing Program

    July 27, 2021

    CommonSpirit Health’s Community Investing Program is explored in a new case study. The case study…

    Case Study
    Read more: CommonSpirit Health Community Investing Program
  • Rush University System for Health Impact Investing Fund

    July 27, 2021

    Rush University System for Health’s (RUSH) Impact Investing Fund (“the Fund”) is explored in a…

    Case Study
    Read more: Rush University System for Health Impact Investing Fund
  • Intermountain Healthcare Local Impact Investing

    July 15, 2021

    Intermountain Healthcare’s local impact investing work is explored in a new case study. The case…

    Case Study
    Read more: Intermountain Healthcare Local Impact Investing
  • Rush University Medical Center (RUMC): Collaborating with community stakeholders

    March 1, 2021

    The RUMC: Collaborating with community stakeholders case study shares how the anchor mission strategy provided an opportunity for…

    Case Study
    Read more: Rush University Medical Center (RUMC): Collaborating with community stakeholders
  • HAN members creating food systems level change

    February 16, 2021

    Rochelle, an M Health Fairview patient in Minnesota, was struggling to manage all of her…

    HAN Stories
    Read more: HAN members creating food systems level change
  • Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains

    November 18, 2020

    The Healthcare Anchor Network’s (HAN) white paper Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains calls…

    Report
    Read more: Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains
  • Digital network

    Health Systems Advancing Digital Equity

    October 27, 2020

    When coronavirus caused over 1.5 million people in Ohio to file for unemployment benefits, many…

    HAN Stories
    Read more: Health Systems Advancing Digital Equity
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