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Chicago Magazine on Rush University Medical Center’s plan to tackle the economic determinants of health

bpham · Mar 6, 2018 ·

In a powerful feature article, Chicago Magazine explores the stark gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s Loop and the neighborhoods of the West Side, and highlights the work of Healthcare Anchor Network member Rush University Medical Center to catalyze a multi-anchor approach to aligning institutional resources to close this “death gap.”

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Food for Thought: The Path to Food Security in Newark

bpham · Mar 5, 2018 ·

In an inspiring collaboration between a health system and the community it serves, Healthcare Anchor Network member RWJBarnabas Health recently released a full-length documentary on food insecurity and transformative solutions. The film was created by Newark students who were supported in their research and filmmaking by the health system.

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Boston Medical Center invests in affordable housing and neighborhood economic development

bpham · Jan 30, 2018 ·

A Healthcare Anchor Network member, Boston Medical Center recently announced a $6.5 million package of investments in a range of investments designed to tackle critical community problems. These investments, explicitly framed as upstream interventions in the social determinants of health, will help a variety of community partners provide access to affordable housing, address homelessness, and work for food security.

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Dignity Health’s $200 million of upstream investments in community health

bpham · Jan 29, 2018 ·

A profile from the Department of Housing and Urban Development highlight’s Healthcare Anchor Network member Dignity Health’s Community Investment Program (CIP), which supports economic development in low income communities served by the health system, and which has made over 140 loans, totaling $200 million—with less than 1 percent losses.

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Kaiser Permanente cuts the ribbon on a new medical center—built with inclusive construction hiring

bpham · Jan 16, 2018 ·

There’s a lot to be excited about with the opening of the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical Center in West LA—especially the way a partnership with a local community intermediary helped KP use the construction jobs created to advance their “total health” mission as an anchor institution.

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Investing in Community

bpham · Jun 8, 2017 ·

Via Health Leaders Media, a look at how Promedica CEO Randy Oostra is driving investments in community development to address the social determinants of health.

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Supporting Healthy Communities

bpham · Jun 1, 2017 ·

From Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Total Health (which has graciously hosted our first two network convenings), a look at how the Healthcare Anchor Network is building a collaborative space to advance the anchor mission.

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Fighting poverty in Baltimore

bpham · Mar 25, 2017 ·

Via Yes! Magazine, a look at how Bon Secours is working collaboratively to tackle place-based poverty as part of its healthcare anchor mission.

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