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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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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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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Intermountain Healthcare Local Impact Investing
Intermountain Healthcare’s local impact investing work is explored in a new case study. The case…
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Rush University Medical Center (RUMC): Collaborating with community stakeholders
The RUMC: Collaborating with community stakeholders case study shares how the anchor mission strategy provided an opportunity for…
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Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains
The Healthcare Anchor Network’s (HAN) white paper Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains calls…
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Henry Ford Health System Cardinal Health Distribution Center Case Study
Cardinal committed to moving its warehouse operations from a location outside of Detroit into the…
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Healthy Communities Policy Framework
This document, created by the Aligning to Advance Policy Initiative Group of the Healthcare Anchor…
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Community Benefit & Community Health Needs Assessment Checklist
Authored by CHAN Healthcare for the Healthcare Anchor Network, with input from the Healthcare Anchor…
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Social and Economic Determinants of Health: The Evidence is Clear
Summary of research that connects economic inclusion with improving health outcomes.
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Hospitals Building Healthier Communities
This 2013 report from The Democracy Collaborative explores how health systems are addressing the upstream…
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Place-Based Investing: Creating Sustainable Returns and Strong Communities
The infographic below provides a quick overview of how place-based investing can create sustainable returns…
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Impact Workforce: “Outside-In” and “Inside-Up” Strategies
This infographic provides a quick overview of how “outside-in” and “inside-up” strategies work together to…

