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HAN member BJC HealthCare and Washington University expanded their Live Near Your Work program, a homeownership and neighborhood stabilization initiative, to 14 neighborhoods. The program provides $12,500 in forgivable home loans for down payments or closing costs to any benefits-eligible employee of the two institutions, which have committed $300,000 each per year for the program. From the St. Louis Public Radio […]

Place-based investing by HAN member Boston Children’s Hospital helped the NorthStar Learning Centers’ early education and care center break ground and become a reality. Boston Children’s provided a low interest patient bridge loan of $500,000 to close the project through the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation. The city of New Bedford, MA also contributed $2.5 million in American […]

HAN member Cleveland Clinic partnered with Meijer Grocery and the Cleveland City Council to open Meijer Fairfax Market, a brand new grocery store that has been in planning since 2018. The store focuses on local business products and offers a variety of classes. Cleveland Clinic views the store as part of a larger effort to bolster economic activity, create […]

HAN just released a case study on HAN member Dartmouth Health’s (DH) Impact Workforce program that covers the health system’s programs to support a sustainable talent pipeline through the following strategies: 1) Training interventions & academic partnerships; 2) Job readiness programs, skill development and work redesign; 3) Population engagement; and 4) Addressing workforce barriers, especially housing. Dartmouth Health is also collaborating […]

We’re thrilled to finish the year with the added membership of The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS). JHHS serves Baltimore, MD, has six hospitals and 40,000 employees, and is an academically based health system. JHHS’ most important collaboration is with The John Hopkins School of Medicine, known as Johns Hopkins Medicine.

HAN member CommonSpirit Health’s $5 million place-based investment helped to restart the delayed effort to revitalize San Francisco’s Freedom West. The project will include 515 affordable and 2,305 market rate homes and include a 250-room hotel, a daycare center, and an “innovation technology” center. From the San Francisco Chronicle article: Through the [Community Investment Program], CommonSpirit aims to improve the “health of […]

HAN members BJC HealthCare and SSM Health are playing important roles in Delmar DivINe, a place and space in St. Louis, MO for nonprofit tenants, co-working space, and community services, including the St. Louis Community Credit Union (a partner with BJC HealthCare and MFH), GreaterHealth Pharmacy, an SSM Express Urgent Care Clinic, and an Edward Jones office. The campus […]

HAN and CityHealth developed a partnership to explore how health systems can work with cities to improve community health through policy change and place-based investments. HAN members Boston Medical Center, Intermountain Health, and Trinity Health participated in a pilot learning cohort. From the CityHealth article: As health systems are increasingly, addressing health factors outside of […]

HAN is thrilled that 20 of our HAN member systems were included in Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list this year! Congratulations to Cleveland Clinic, Corewell Health, AdventHealth, Stanford Health Care, Advocate Health, Banner Health, Allina Health, BJC HealthCare, Bon Secours Mercy Health, UPMC, Rush University System for Health, Trinity Health, Geisinger, Sutter Health, Ochsner Health, The John Hopkins Health […]