NEJM Catalyst held a webinar on How Anchor Institutions Improve Patient, Community, and Workforce Health, which featured executive leadership from several HAN member systems: The sessions covered: Engaging With the Community, Engaging the Health Care Workforce, and Engaging Patients.
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HAN member UC Davis Health’s Using Social Determinants to Diversify the Health Care Workforce Playbook describes how the health system initiated an anchor institution strategy and utilized social determinants, rather than race and ethnicity categories, to enhance diversity in its workforce.
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HAN member Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Health (a part of Franciscan Missionaries of our Lady Health System) was honored with the AONL Prism Award, which recognized its leadership in advancing diversity and inclusion efforts aimed at improving the lives of its diverse patient population and OLOL employees.
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HAN’s president and founder David Zuckerman talks about the power that health systems have to uplift and stabilize under-resourced communities by becoming anchors of equitable economic growth. David delves deep into the concept of the anchor mission and how it tackles various challenges, from sustainability to workforce shortages, and touches on the pivotal role of executive-level […]
Continue ReadingProviding capital to support communities & employees
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 […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingFocusing on food insecurity, jobs & economic activity
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 […]
Continue ReadingHAN case study on DH’s Impact Workforce strategies
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 […]
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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.
Continue ReadingAnchor investing is key to revitalizing neighborhoods
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 […]
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