June is National Home Ownership Month and the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) commends our health system members for their investments in and support for affordable housing, including ownership and permanently affordable housing strategies such as Community Land Trusts and Resident-Owned Communities. One recent example is HAN member UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh donating land to create […]
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Envisioning the uplifting of communities
HAN member AtlantiCare announced VISION 2030, a 6-year plan to improve social determinants of health (including reducing food insecurity by 6 percent and unsheltered homelessness by 20 percent, while increasing life expectancies by 5 years) and expanding medical education opportunities (including YOUniversity, a clinical career program to grow talent locally that educates and trains students by providing […]
Continue ReadingBuilding trust & advancing health equity in communities
Lynn Todman, vice president of health equity and community partnerships at HAN member Corewell Health spoke with AHA Chair and HAN member Dartmouth Health CEO and president Dr. Joanne M. Conroy. The discussion focused on how hospitals and health systems can advance health equity and address social determinants of health by working with community partners. From the AHA Leadership […]
Continue ReadingAffordable housing for workers & community members
May is National Affordable Housing month and we celebrate the HAN member systems that are investing millions of dollars so that children and families in their communities can live in safe, healthy, and affordable homes! One example is HAN member Dartmouth Health’s work with other local businesses to incubate the $10 million Upper Valley Loan Fund, with Dartmouth Health as […]
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HAN is excited that Jackson Health System has joined the network! The Florida health system is a nonprofit academic medical system that is anchored by Jackson Memorial Hospital and includes six community hospitals and acute care facilities, and has 15,000 employees.
Continue ReadingRelease of Activating Place-based Partnerships for Equitable Economic Development: A Playbook for Anchor Collaboratives
The Healthcare Anchor Network just released Activating Place-based Partnerships for Equitable Economic Development: A Playbook for Anchor Collaboratives, which captures a comprehensive set of learnings to date from this growing body of work on anchor collaborative’s collective strategies, including key success factors that need to be present for an anchor collaborative to get started, build […]
Continue ReadingHospitals are affordable housing long-term investors
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and HAN member systems Kaiser Permanente, Boston Medical Center, and Trinity Health are covered in the New York Times article on how health systems are increasingly investing in affordable housing—and are seeing the benefits with improved community health. From the New York Times article: Health systems are, however, not acting as banks, said David Zuckerman, Healthcare Anchor Network’s […]
Continue ReadingHospitals catalyzing economic opportunity
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member systems BJC Healthcare and SSM Health in St. Louis, MO and anchor collaborative West Side United in Chicago, IL have helped to bring place-based economic development and jobs to their cities. BJC Healthcare and SSM Health formed a joint venture, St. Louis Healthcare Support Services, LLC , to build and operate a regional […]
Continue ReadingPutting investment dollars to work in your community
HAN’s president and founder David Zuckerman spoke with AHA Chair and HAN member Dartmouth Health CEO and president Dr. Joanne M. Conroy on how hospitals and health systems are building healthier communities through impact investments that improve upstream determinants of health while also creating economic opportunities in the community. From the AHA Leadership Dialogue interview: David explains […]
Continue ReadingCreating pathways to quality jobs & careers
HAN’s Project Manager for Workforce & Community Engagement Initiatives Lauren Worth authored Hiring Untapped Talent: ‘Anchor’ Organizations Share Ways to Diversify, Localize Workforce about health systems building healthy and equitable local economies through their hiring and workforce development programs and policies. The article also covers the HAN Impact Workforce Commitment’s core goal of reaching at least 10% of new hires annually by […]
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