We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the HAN Convening 2025, taking place in Boston! From October 8-10, HAN members and invited partners will be part of three dynamic days of connection, learning, and collaboration designed to move anchor mission strategies from vision to action. This event brings together mission-aligned health systems and partners to […]
Continue ReadingLeveraging Anchor Resources for Long-term wellbeing.
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) President & Founder David Zuckerman spoke at the Penn LDI Aligning Health Systems with their Community’s Economic and Social Needs virtual seminar on the expanding role of health care systems as anchor institutions in their communities and how the anchor mission is a powerful tool to support health and wellbeing in neighborhoods. From the Penn LDI […]
Continue ReadingImpact Deposits: Strengthening Local Economies Through Mission-Driven Banking
An introduction for health systems, prepared by Healthcare Anchor Network and Avivar Capital When health systems sign Healthcare Anchor Network’s (HAN) Place-based Investing (PBI) Commitment, they commit to redirecting a portion of their long-term investable assets toward geographically-focused impact investments, aimed at improving local conditions that affect community health. Place-based investing supports stronger, more resilient […]
Continue ReadingSt. Luke’s Health System
St. Luke’s Health System is an Idaho-based, not-for-profit health system. St. Luke’s is dedicated to its mission “to improve the health of people in our region.”
Continue ReadingAnchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Rush University System for Health with the support of HAN, shares new insights, implications, and tools to aid in the execution of the anchor mission framework in the Anchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution. The original Anchor Mission Playbook outlined strategies and insights to execute an anchor mission approach when the field was developing. Six […]
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View Past Issues of our Newsletter Catch up on past issues of our newsletter. Our newsletter archive features a deep well of articles that detail how health systems are strategically leveraging their purchasing, hiring, and investing power to improve health and well-being by addressing economic gaps in the communities they serve. View Past Issues of […]
Continue ReadingAvera Health
Avera Health is a faith-based health ministry comprised of 315 locations in 100 communities in five states across the Upper Midwest. Avera’s 22,100 physicians and employees serve a population of 1 million people.
Continue ReadingThe Anchor Mission Framework and the Evolving Political Landscape
The anchor mission is a place-based ethos and intentional values-driven approach to leveraging the assets of health systems and other mission-driven, large employers, to strengthen their local economies and improve economic mobility for low-income individuals and families. This collaborative common-sense strategy, which could include multiple anchors working together to scale impact, fosters resilience and delivers […]
Continue ReadingInsights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing
In 2021, Healthcare Anchor Network president and founder David Zuckerman appeared on an American Hospital Association panel, “Insights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing,” alongside Robin Hacke, executive director and co-founder, Center for Community Investment; and Doug Jutte, executive director, Build Healthy Places Network. These leaders discussed and shared examples of how hospitals […]
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