HAN member Maimonides Medical Center helped to found Brooklyn Communities Collaborative (BCC), a nonprofit that convenes community and institutional partners to strengthen health, wealth, and leadership in Brooklyn communities. BCC’s participatory action research provides insights from Black entrepreneurs and business owners on their successes, challenges, and potential to become healthcare suppliers and contractors. Maimonides Health and One Brooklyn […]
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Writing prescriptions for electricity
As part of HAN member Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Clean Power Prescription program, BMC will use energy credits generated from a new solar array on its administrative building to help reduce patients’ electric bills. BMC was able to make this happen through the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which offers subsidies for more than half the cost of installation of […]
Continue ReadingNational Employee Ownership Month
October is National Employee Ownership Month, which provides an opportunity to get the word out about the benefits of employee ownership to employees, companies, local communities, and the nation. From The Hill Op-Ed: Employee ownership also benefits communities. Led by Industrial Commons, communities such as Morganton, N.C., are using employee ownership as a strategy to revitalize industry and economic […]
Continue ReadingClimate change & health solutions
HAN member Kaiser Permanente announced new work with the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to build and expand the evidence base of solutions to protect against climate change’s impacts on health and health equity, and to inform future investments in climate research, strategies, and policies. See also: Practice Greenhealth’s Guide details how health systems can utilize IRA incentives to advance […]
Continue ReadingHAN 2023 Annual Convening: Inspiration & concrete actions
Thanks to our health system members and convening co-sponsors for making the Healthcare Anchor Network 2023 Annual Convening: Los Angeles full of learning and positive energy! HAN member health systems convened to fully activate their organization’s unique platform as a leading local institution to meaningfully address economic and racial inequities in community conditions that create poor health. We celebrated […]
Continue ReadingNew HAN Member
We’re happy to share that NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health has joined HAN! The health system is the third largest healthcare delivery system in Illinois and includes 9 hospitals, 25,000 team members, and more than 6,000 physicians, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties.
Continue ReadingSeeking Community Advisory Members
Community Advisor Search HAN seeks to engage community stakeholders through a national Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to support the development of anchor community engagement metrics (partnership measures) that can be used by its member health systems and community engagement practitioners to assess the relationships between hospitals and health systems, the organizations they collaborate with, and […]
Continue ReadingNational Workforce Development Month
September is National Workforce Development Month and we want to take the opportunity to recognize Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) members’ commitment to provide access, opportunity, and targeted outreach to ensure that no one is left out of the economic potential of healthcare and other roles. HAN member systems are helping residents from low-income communities, often people of color, who face challenges […]
Continue ReadingHAN member systems & Community Wealth Building
Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff with HAN member UCLA Health co-authored with HAN and Gery W. Ryan a just-released study on healthcare partnerships with community wealth building (CWB) organizations. The article includes mostly HAN member system initiatives with community land trusts, resident-owned communities, and worker cooperatives. These are key CWB strategies because they allow for local residents to gain ownership and control over their housing […]
Continue ReadingMentoring & supporting local, disadvantaged businesses
HAN members Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals have a joint six-month mentorship program called the Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Supplier Accelerator and have announced the finalists for the initiative. After completion of the program the business owners will receive a cash prize, business coaching, and networking opportunities. From the WKYC article: The aim of the program is to “expand the knowledge and […]
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