Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Henry Ford Health announced a $2.5 billion development plan over the next decade with the Detroit Pistons and Michigan State University for a walkable community mixed-use development. The facilities will include 550+ units of affordable residential housing, and commercial and retail space. The development will be anchored by a new 1 million-square-foot […]
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HAN just released a case study on HAN member Kaiser Permanente’s Futuro Health program that is on track to train 10,000 allied health workers in California to meet the growing healthcare workforce need. Futuro Health also seeks to build health and wealth in communities by connecting individuals with allied healthcare careers that pay a living wage and provide opportunities for […]
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This Health Affairs article discusses how the vital conditions framework achieves more than communicating social determinants because it helps “changemakers see connections across conventional categories, and it prepares them to consider the intergenerational dynamics that drive well-being and justice in our plural society.” The Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Building the Business Case for Health Equity Investment: […]
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HAN is excited to have UC San Diego Health join the network! UCSD Health is the region’s only academic medical center and has more than 1,500 doctors and scientists. Its hospitals include UC San Diego Medical Center, Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center.
Continue ReadingA Place-Based Business Approach for Health Equity
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) along with co-authors from HAN members Rush University System for Health and UCLA Medical Center (part of UCLA Health) and HAN partner West Side United, wrote a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine on how health systems’ everyday operations can support local economic growth. From the NEJM commentary: In 2018, Rush was joined by 5 […]
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HAN member Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) has formed a strategic collaboration with Emerge Manufacturing, an MWBE, to support and advance U.S.-based sourcing and manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and to create more than 100 jobs in two economically struggling and predominantly Black neighborhoods in Cincinnati. From the article: “By investing in Emerge Manufacturing, we are supporting ongoing job creation […]
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HAN member Sentara Healthcare announced an $11 million investment into the Marshall-Ridley revitalization project in the southeast community of Newport News. The housing development will include an open-air community terrace and lounge, outdoor space with a walking trail, retail space, and an early childhood development center. From the story: “Sentara’s support of the Marshall-Ridley Choice Neighborhood Initiative is another […]
Continue ReadingUndoing health inequities & saving our planet
Frontiers of Health Services Management is publishing a three-part series on ESG (environmental, social, and governance). The second series on the social strategies includes HAN members Boston Medical Center, BJC HealthCare, Henry Ford Health, and ProMedica as healthcare organizations focused on undoing “entrenched health inequities and deliver[ing] whole-person care.” The first series on environmental strategies includes HAN members Kaiser Permanente and Ascension.
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HAN is happy to welcome Parkland Health to the network! The health system is based in Dallas, Texas and is one of the largest public hospital systems in the country. The hospital averages more than 1 million outpatient visits annually and includes a network of community-based health centers. Parkland is the primary teaching hospital for the University of […]
Continue ReadingSupply chain purchasing power for healthy communities
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) wrote a commentary in AHRMM’s magazine to urge health system supply chain leaders to leverage their purchasing power more intentionally to address economic, racial, and environmental inequities in communities with the greatest health disparities. From the HAN commentary: Today, health systems continue to move to value-based care wherein hospitals are […]
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