Healthcare Anchor Network members presented the first of its kind session on the movement to adopt an anchor mission of healthcare at the American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit in July. Powerful presentations by health system CEOs from RWJBarnabas Health, ProMedica, and Gundersen Health discussed how they have engaged with the culture of their institutions to reflect and prioritize anchor mission work.
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Hospitals lead on tackling social determinants
An in-depth article in Modern Healthcare provides a helpful overview and history of health systems’ focus on the role of social determinants. The article details the important work of Healthcare Anchor Network member Kaiser Permanente to engage government agencies, and to leverage its investment funds to address homelessness and promote affordable housing, healthy eating, active living, and early childhood education. HAN member ProMedica’s role in co-founding the Root Cause Coalition and addressing food insecurity was also highlighted.
Continue ReadingKP and Bon Secours Receive National Award for Future Baltimore Partnership
“Future Baltimore,” an innovative partnership between Healthcare Anchor Network members Kaiser Permanente and Bon Secours, was one of ten national winners of the Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnership, awarded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Future Baltimore has grown to include more than a dozen partners working on nine programs to address the health needs and the socio-economic security of three Baltimore neighborhoods.
Continue ReadingNational recognition for health systems advancing the anchor mission
Trustee Magazine, a publication of the American Hospital Association designed to educate board members of hospitals and health systems,featured the Healthcare Anchor Network, including its history and evolution.
Continue ReadingWellspring Cooperative Greenhouse celebrates its first harvest, thanks to health systems embracing the anchor mission
Wellspring Cooperative Greenhouse in Springfield, Massachussetts planted its first crop in 2018, in a 15,000-square foot facility designed to create employee-owned jobs for nearby low-income community residents—the third cooperative in a growing network. The project’s launch was made possible by purchasing commitments from Healthcare Anchor Network members Baystate Health and Trinity Health.
Continue ReadingUtah Alliance for the Determinants of Health launches with health system support
Thanks to an initial $12 million in support from Healthcare Anchor Network member Intermountain Healthcare, a new statewide alliance will be aligning community groups and state, county, and local agencies in a three-year, two-city demonstration project aimed at tackling the underlying social and economic determinants of community health outcomes.
Continue ReadingKaiser Permanente to commit $200 million to help communities reduce homelessness
Kaiser Permanente, a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network, announced a major impact investing commitment to help address the need for affordable housing, a major social determinant of health. Kaiser Permanente’s $200 million investment will be made in the next two to three years and will focus on developing affordable housing and mitigating homelessness in locations where the health system operates, including Northern and Southern California, Washington state, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Continue ReadingCleveland Clinic shifts operations of its Collinwood laundry facility to Evergreen Cooperative Laundry
Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) announced a major expansion today in collaboration with Ohio’s second largest employer, taking over management of the Cleveland Clinic’s laundry facility in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. The expansion brings more than 100 new employees into the company, joining the 50 workers employed at the original laundry. (The Cleveland Clinic is a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network.)
Continue ReadingChicago Magazine on Rush University Medical Center’s plan to tackle the economic determinants of health
In a powerful feature article, Chicago Magazine explores the stark gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s Loop and the neighborhoods of the West Side, and highlights the work of Healthcare Anchor Network member Rush University Medical Center to catalyze a multi-anchor approach to aligning institutional resources to close this “death gap.”
Continue ReadingFood for Thought: The Path to Food Security in Newark
In an inspiring collaboration between a health system and the community it serves, Healthcare Anchor Network member RWJBarnabas Health recently released a full-length documentary on food insecurity and transformative solutions. The film was created by Newark students who were supported in their research and filmmaking by the health system.
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