One-pager on impact purchasing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
Continue ReadingImpact Workforce/Inclusive, Local Hiring Overview
One-pager on inclusive, local hiring and workforce development with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
Continue ReadingHospitals Building Healthier Communities
This 2013 report from The Democracy Collaborative explores how health systems are addressing the upstream social and economic determinants of health.
Continue ReadingPlace-Based Investing: Creating Sustainable Returns and Strong Communities
The infographic below provides a quick overview of how place-based investing can create sustainable returns and strong communities.
Continue ReadingImpact Purchasing: Creating Connections, Building Capacity
The infographic below provides a quick overview of how connection-creating and capacity-building strategies can work together to advance local, inclusive sourcing.
Continue ReadingImpact Workforce: “Outside-In” and “Inside-Up” Strategies
This infographic provides a quick overview of how “outside-in” and “inside-up” strategies work together to create a more inclusive workforce.
Continue ReadingHawaii Pacific Health
Hawai‘i Pacific Health serves Hawaiians with four medical centers – Kapi‘olani, Pali Momi, Straub and Wilcox – and more than 70 locations across the island community.
Continue ReadingPresentation on Healthcare’s Anchor Mission
This slide deck can be used to make the case internally for adopting an anchor mission at your hospital or health system. It articulates the moral, business, and community imperative for aligning all assets, including core business practices, to prioritize equity, inclusion, sustainability and community.
Continue ReadingNew Resource: The Health Sector and the Healthcare Anchor Network Employer Maps
These maps were created to show the central role of hospitals and health systems as significant employers in their local economies. The maps show that Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) members as well as other hospitals and health systems are some of the largest employers in their states and regions. HAN members alone, with 45 health systems represented in the Network, employ more than 1.5 million people. They also purchase over $50 billion annually and have over $100 billion in investment assets. Overall, the healthcare sector has enormous economic power and is responsible for producing 18% of GDP.
Continue ReadingImproving Health Through Hiring
This infographic shows how hospitals, health systems and other anchor institutions can improve community health and build community wealth through their everyday hiring and training practices.
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