We are excited to welcome OSF HealthCare to HAN! The health system is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare employs over 24,000 Mission Partners in more than 350 locations, including 15 hospitals, more than 45 urgent care locations, and two colleges of nursing throughout Illinois and Michigan.
Continue ReadingHow Healthcare Anchors are Improving Community Health Outcomes
by Emily Hough, 2021-22 Harkness Fellow and Senior Fellow at Brown University It is now well evidenced that the health services people receive are a relatively small contributor to their overall health outcomes. Up to 90 percent of an individual’s health outcomes are driven by wider social determinants of health (SDOH), so what role should […]
Continue ReadingHAN Annual Convening: Anchor Mission Champions
Thanks to our health system members and supporters for making the Healthcare Anchor Network Annual Convening: Detroit 2022 such a success! HAN member health systems convened to deepen their anchor mission approach, a community asset- and place-based transformative strategy for addressing economic, racial, and health inequities to create inclusive, prosperous communities. It is precisely during these challenging […]
Continue ReadingIncreasing investments in the social & economic influencers of health
HAN members Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Health, Froedtert Health, and SSM Health that have operations in Wisconsin were spotlighted in a special report on the role of anchor mission strategies in addressing upstream conditions that impact health. Other HAN members’ activities to address the social determinants of health were also covered, including CommonSpirit Health, Kaiser Permanente, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Continue ReadingRemoving financial barriers to economic security through investing
HAN member BJC HealthCare is investing to expand the scope of nonprofit lender Justine PETERSEN’s DRIVE auto refinancing loan program, an innovative program that assists low-to-moderate income drivers who may have challenging credit situations or may have been victims of predatory lending. The drivers can obtain a competitive interest rate compared to financing terms that can be as […]
Continue ReadingAnchor mission, social services & policy advocacy
HAN member UCSF and the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN) discuss community-level actions needed to address SDOH including the anchor mission approach, access to social services, and advancing systems and policy change.
Continue ReadingNew HAN Member
HAN is happy to welcome UPMC to the HAN network! UPMC is a Pittsburgh-based, $24 billion health care provider and insurer. UPMC is the largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania and has more than 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors’ offices, and outpatient sites.
Continue ReadingWhite House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health included a session on Cultivating community development and advancing health equity to improve nutrition and health that HAN member Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Thea James spoke at.
Continue ReadingInvesting for Positive Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts
HAN member University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced that it is committing a portion of its investment portfolio to companies and funds that address economic development, food insecurity and other disparities in the communities it serves. UMMS is starting with $14 million for 11 equity and fixed income investments that represent mission-driven Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and private […]
Continue ReadingLeveraging Supply Chain to Improve Economic Health
HAN member Kaiser Permanente is partnering with Project Equity and Obran Cooperative to educate their supply chain vendors about, and support their transitioning to, an employee ownership model. Hawaii-based Courier Corporation, a transportation and delivery company with 153 employees who are predominantly Native Hawaiians, is the first company to switch to employee ownership.
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