Thanks to an initial $12 million in support from Healthcare Anchor Network member Intermountain Healthcare, a new statewide alliance will be aligning community groups and state, county, and local agencies in a three-year, two-city demonstration project aimed at tackling the underlying social and economic determinants of community health outcomes.
Continue ReadingKaiser Permanente to commit $200 million to help communities reduce homelessness
Kaiser Permanente, a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network, announced a major impact investing commitment to help address the need for affordable housing, a major social determinant of health. Kaiser Permanente’s $200 million investment will be made in the next two to three years and will focus on developing affordable housing and mitigating homelessness in locations where the health system operates, including Northern and Southern California, Washington state, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Continue ReadingCleveland Clinic shifts operations of its Collinwood laundry facility to Evergreen Cooperative Laundry
Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) announced a major expansion today in collaboration with Ohio’s second largest employer, taking over management of the Cleveland Clinic’s laundry facility in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. The expansion brings more than 100 new employees into the company, joining the 50 workers employed at the original laundry. (The Cleveland Clinic is a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network.)
Continue ReadingChicago Magazine on Rush University Medical Center’s plan to tackle the economic determinants of health
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.”
Continue ReadingFood for Thought: The Path to Food Security in Newark
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.
Continue ReadingBoston Medical Center invests in affordable housing and neighborhood economic development
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.
Continue ReadingDignity Health’s $200 million of upstream investments in community health
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.
Continue ReadingKaiser Permanente cuts the ribbon on a new medical center—built with inclusive construction hiring
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.
Continue ReadingInvesting in Community
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.
Continue ReadingSupporting Healthy Communities
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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