Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) produced Ochsner Health: Piloting a Community Health Worker position to support rural maternal health patients. Ochsner Health was a member of the HAN & NPWF Maternal Health Workforce Cohort and the case study covers how the Cohort helped the health system demonstrate the need for […]
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Health systems turning hiring into community impact
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) released the Impact Workforce Toolkit, a practical resource that captures a decade of learning on how health systems can use their hiring and workforce practices to create meaningful economic opportunity in their communities. The results are that community members get a fair shot at a good job with career pathways and health systems […]
Continue ReadingHousing stability strengthens the workforce, economy, and overall community health
HAN member SSM Health is partnering with Dane Workforce Housing Fund II and Lake Ridge Bank to invest in the construction of The Bankston Apartments, an $11.2 million, 40-unit workforce housing development in downtown Madison, WI. The apartments will help address the city’s growing shortage of affordable housing, with 30 of the units slated for […]
Continue ReadingThe Anchor Mission & the Future of Care
HAN President & Founder David Zuckerman was interviewed by WorkforceRx with FuturoHealth about his perspective on how health systems are innovatively addressing the root causes of disease through anchor mission strategies that support community health and economic vitality for local communities and why this approach is gaining momentum. From the WorkforceRx Interview: As a national convener, we are […]
Continue ReadingPositively impacting community health through anchor operations
HAN member UC Davis Health is advancing community health through its Anchor Institution Mission (AIM), an effort focused on leveraging the health system’s economic, human, and intellectual resources to support healthier and more resilient communities across the Sacramento region. Central to AIM is workforce development that expands inclusive recruitment, strengthens local employment pathways, and increases […]
Continue ReadingNew HAN Impact Workforce Commitment Signatory!
University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) is the most recent signatory to the HAN Impact Workforce Commitment (IWC). The health system has had broad success building outside-in and inside-up professional development pipelines and educational partnerships to grow local talent that includes current and future employees amid a workforce shortage. UVMHN is committing to hire employees from economically disadvantaged areas who connect to […]
Continue ReadingHAN’s Impact Workforce Commitment
Seventeen Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) health system members signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment” (IWC) to build healthy and equitable local economies through their hiring and workforce development programs and policies. The commitment includes aligning hiring and workforce power with clinical and community efforts to provide opportunities for individuals from underresourced communities who may face barriers to employment. The health systems adopting […]
Continue ReadingHealth systems pledge to make 10% of new hires from disadvantaged communities
Seventeen health systems, including Cleveland Clinic and Advocate Health, have pledged a commitment to make 10% of all new hires “impact hires” – meaning employees hired from economically disadvantaged areas. The “Impact Workforce Commitment,” designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member health systems and the National Fund for Workforce […]
Continue Reading17 health systems commit to hiring, promoting more low-income workers by 2027
Seventeen health systems including big names like CommonSpirit Health and Providence have signed onto a pledge that at least 10% of their new hires will hail from “economically disadvantaged areas” by 2027, according to a release from social determinants of health leadership organization the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN).
Continue Reading17 health systems pledge to make at least 10% of new hires from disadvantaged areas
Seventeen health systems have signed a commitment to help boost hiring and training of lower-income individuals. The organizations signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment,” designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network member health systems and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, according to a May 9 news release from HAN.
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