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Insights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing

Sandra Contreras · Jan 30, 2025 ·

In 2021, Healthcare Anchor Network president and founder David Zuckerman appeared on an American Hospital Association panel, “Insights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing,” alongside Robin Hacke, executive director and co-founder, Center for Community Investment; and Doug Jutte, executive director, Build Healthy Places Network. These leaders discussed and shared examples of how hospitals […]

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Anchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution

Sandra Contreras · Oct 9, 2024 ·

Just Released! Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Rush University System for Health with the support of HAN, shares new insights, implications, and tools to aid in the execution of the anchor mission framework in the Anchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution. The original Anchor Mission Playbook outlined strategies and insights to execute an anchor mission approach […]

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Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: A playbook for anchor collaboratives

Sandra Contreras · May 16, 2024 ·

This playbook details how groups of anchor institutions are building effective place-based partnerships together with community partners to improve individual and family well-being and build equitable local economies.

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Executive Summary for Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: a playbook for anchor collaboratives

Sandra Contreras · May 16, 2024 ·

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Can Hospitals Heal America’s Communities?

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

Healthcare’s role in creating healthy communities through increasing access to quality care, research, and grantmaking is being complemented by a higher impact approach; hospitals and integrated health systems are increasingly stepping outside of their walls to address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that contribute to poor health outcomes, shortened lives, and higher costs in the first place. Can hospitals and health systems heal America’s communities?

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Embracing an Anchor Mission

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

Written by Randy Oostra, CEO of ProMedica, with the support of David Zuckerman and Katie Parker from The Democracy Collaborative, this report offers an in-depth look at how ProMedica—a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network —aligned its institutional operations and clinical practice to better tackle the social determinants of health. From an innovative hospital-owned grocery store in a food desert to investments in preserving affordable housing, this playbook details the Toledo, Ohio-based health system’s decade-long journey to understand how their resources could be used for the wellbeing of the communities they serve.

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The Anchor Mission Playbook

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

Written by Rush University Medical Center, with support from Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy, the Civic Consulting Alliance, and The Democracy Collaborative, this playbook offers recommendations drawn from research carried out to help Rush University Medical Center align around its Anchor Mission. These findings are intended to help other hospitals and health systems accelerate their own efforts to drive institutional alignment with community needs.

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Place-based Investing Toolkit

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

This toolkit outlines place-based investing strategies that allow health systems to earn a financial return on their investments while producing a positive social, economic, or environmental impact within their geographical service areas.​

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Impact Purchasing Toolkit

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

This toolkit showcases examples of how hospitals and health systems are supporting diverse and locally owned vendors and helping to incubate new community enterprises to fill supply chain gaps and drive local economic growth in their communities.

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Impact Workforce Toolkit

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

This toolkit offers a guide for how to leverage hiring practices to advance inclusive, local job creation and career development for communities experiencing the greatest health and wealth disparities.

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