As one of the largest nonprofit health systems, Kaiser Permanente’s operations have tremendous economic influence. In 2023, Kaiser Permanente purchased over $22.2 billion in goods and services. An economic impact study estimates that these procurement dollars supported over 176,000 jobs, generated $11.8 billion in income, and contributed $3.4 billion in federal and state taxes. “If […]
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Impact Purchasing Overview
Overview on impact purchasing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
Continue ReadingFrom transactions to transformation: Building healthier communities through Impact Purchasing
HAN President and Founder David Zuckerman presented at the Vizient ESG Impact Spend Summit. He stressed the importance of taking action to be part of the solution through every day operations, providing inspiring HAN member systems’ examples in this area, and shared some key success factors. From David Zuckerman’s TED Talk: Perhaps most importantly, every single individual in this room needs to […]
Continue ReadingActivating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: A playbook for anchor collaboratives
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.
Continue ReadingRush University System for Health: Local Business Suppliers
Rush University System for Health’s comprehensive anchor mission Business Supplier initiatives are featured in our latest case study. As an anchor institution that has adopted the anchor mission, Rush is focused on improving the economic vitality of Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods and has consistently worked through multiple avenues to do so including healthcare, community engagement, […]
Continue ReadingChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia Healthier Together Initiative
In 2019, HAN member Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched the Healthier Together Initiative, a $25 million, five year commitment to address the SDOH in the neighborhoods surrounding the hospital. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) leverages their Healthier Together Initiative to increase procurement dollars with local, diverse vendors and support vendors in registering as MWBEs in Pennsylvania, […]
Continue ReadingReimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains
The Healthcare Anchor Network’s (HAN) white paper Reimagining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains calls for national leadership and healthcare sector collaboration to create PPE production capacity for American sourced and manufactured supplies. The white paper was released at the HAN Anchoring Resilience: Aligning Supply Chains and Impact Purchasing for Community Health summit on November […]
Continue ReadingHenry Ford Health System Cardinal Health Distribution Center Case Study
Cardinal committed to moving its warehouse operations from a location outside of Detroit into the neighborhood adjacent to Henry Ford Hospital. Distribution Warehouse represents a $30 million investment. Four local entities joined to build the warehouse resulting in the fruition of this place-based anchor mission project: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit Medical Center, Cardinal Health […]
Continue ReadingCan Hospitals Heal America’s Communities?
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?
Continue ReadingEmbracing an Anchor Mission
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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