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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We’re Hiring!
HAN has a Associate/Manager for Communications & Policy position open and is looking for the right candidate. Please share this…
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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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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…
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Can Hospitals Heal America’s Communities?
Healthcare’s role in creating healthy communities through increasing access to quality care, research, and grantmaking…
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Embracing an Anchor Mission
Written by Randy Oostra, CEO of ProMedica, with the support of David Zuckerman and Katie…
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The Anchor Mission Playbook
Written by Rush University Medical Center, with support from Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy,…
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Impact Workforce Toolkit
This toolkit offers a guide for how to leverage hiring practices to advance inclusive, local…
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Anchor Collaboratives: Building bridges with place-based partnerships and anchor institutions
Healthcare Anchor Network’s director of communication and policy Bich Ha Pham co-authored the report Anchor Collaboratives:…