News and updates

HAN is partnering with CityHealth and Multiplier Advisors, to explore ways in which health systems can work with cities—and through alignment of impact investments and policy advocacy—to address the social determinants of health. The CityHealth article shares examples of local SDOH policy advocacy efforts from HAN members Kaiser Permanente and UMass Memorial Health (UMMH).

Caroline Fichtenberg and Taressa K. Fraze from HAN member UCSF write in the New England Journal of Medicine on the need for health systems to work to address the root causes of economic insecurity and use their political power to advocate for government investments in economic security programs such as affordable housing. HAN and HAN member systems’ anchor mission […]

HAN is happy to share that Stanford Health Care has joined our network. Stanford Health Care is part of Stanford Medicine, a leading academic health system that includes the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Children’s Health, with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. 

HAN member BJC HealthCare announced a community impact investment in Wepower Capital as part of its Community Health Improvement strategic plan. Wepower Capital is “the only fund in the region that uses a revenue sharing model of investment to expand access to capital for systematically excluded entrepreneurs leading companies with strong growth potential.” BJC’s investment brings the fund’s total to $1.5 […]

Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Henry Ford Health announced a $2.5 billion development plan over the next decade with the Detroit Pistons and Michigan State University for a walkable community mixed-use development. The facilities will include 550+ units of affordable residential housing, and commercial and retail space. The development will be anchored by a new 1 million-square-foot […]

HAN just released a case study on HAN member Kaiser Permanente’s Futuro Health program that is on track to train 10,000 allied health workers in California to meet the growing healthcare workforce need. Futuro Health also seeks to build health and wealth in communities by connecting individuals with allied healthcare careers that pay a living wage and provide opportunities for […]

This Health Affairs article discusses how the vital conditions framework achieves more than communicating social determinants because it helps “changemakers see connections across conventional categories, and it prepares them to consider the intergenerational dynamics that drive well-being and justice in our plural society.” The Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Building the Business Case for Health Equity Investment: […]

HAN is excited to have UC San Diego Health join the network! UCSD Health is the region’s only academic medical center and has more than 1,500 doctors and scientists. Its hospitals include UC San Diego Medical Center, Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center.

The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) along with co-authors from HAN members Rush University System for Health and UCLA Medical Center (part of UCLA Health) and HAN partner West Side United, wrote a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine on how health systems’ everyday operations can support local economic growth. From the NEJM commentary: In 2018, Rush was joined by 5 […]