The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) wrote a commentary in AHRMM’s magazine to urge health system supply chain leaders to leverage their purchasing power more intentionally to address economic, racial, and environmental inequities in communities with the greatest health disparities. From the HAN commentary: Today, health systems continue to move to value-based care wherein hospitals are […]
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HAN Members Lead Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25
HAN is thrilled that 15 of our HAN member systems were included in Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list this year! Congratulations to Cleveland Clinic, Banner Health, Corewell Health, Advocate Aurora Health, AdventHealth, UPMC, BJC HealthCare, Geisinger, Trinity Health, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Rush University System for Health, Ascension Health, CommonSpirit Health, Sentara Healthcare, and Providence. Gartner’s […]
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We are excited to welcome OSF HealthCare to HAN! The health system is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare employs over 24,000 Mission Partners in more than 350 locations, including 15 hospitals, more than 45 urgent care locations, and two colleges of nursing throughout Illinois and Michigan.
Continue ReadingHow Healthcare Anchors are Improving Community Health Outcomes
by Emily Hough, 2021-22 Harkness Fellow and Senior Fellow at Brown University It is now well evidenced that the health services people receive are a relatively small contributor to their overall health outcomes. Up to 90 percent of an individual’s health outcomes are driven by wider social determinants of health (SDOH), so what role should […]
Continue ReadingHAN Annual Convening: Anchor Mission Champions
Thanks to our health system members and supporters for making the Healthcare Anchor Network Annual Convening: Detroit 2022 such a success! HAN member health systems convened to deepen their anchor mission approach, a community asset- and place-based transformative strategy for addressing economic, racial, and health inequities to create inclusive, prosperous communities. It is precisely during these challenging […]
Continue ReadingIncreasing investments in the social & economic influencers of health
HAN members Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Health, Froedtert Health, and SSM Health that have operations in Wisconsin were spotlighted in a special report on the role of anchor mission strategies in addressing upstream conditions that impact health. Other HAN members’ activities to address the social determinants of health were also covered, including CommonSpirit Health, Kaiser Permanente, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Continue ReadingRemoving financial barriers to economic security through investing
HAN member BJC HealthCare is investing to expand the scope of nonprofit lender Justine PETERSON’s DRIVE auto refinancing loan program, an innovative program that assists low-to-moderate income drivers who may have challenging credit situations or may have been victims of predatory lending. The drivers can obtain a competitive interest rate compared to financing terms that can be as […]
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HAN member UCSF and the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN) discuss community-level actions needed to address SDOH including the anchor mission approach, access to social services, and advancing systems and policy change.
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HAN is happy to welcome UPMC to the HAN network! UPMC is a Pittsburgh-based, $24 billion health care provider and insurer. UPMC is the largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania and has more than 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors’ offices, and outpatient sites.
Continue ReadingWhite House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health included a session on Cultivating community development and advancing health equity to improve nutrition and health that HAN member Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Thea James spoke at.
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