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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WellSpan Health
Headquartered in York, PA, WellSpan Health is a not-for-profit integrated health system serving communities across south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland with eight hospitals and over 200 patient care locations. The health system has around 20,000 employees and around 2,600 physicians and advanced practice providers.
Continue ReadingRush University Medical Center (RUMC)
The RUMC: Collaborating with community stakeholders case study shares how the anchor mission strategy provided an opportunity for RUMC to engage the community in new ways to ensure that its work was in line with the real world experiences of Chicago’s West Side residents. While RUMC had worked with community partners for decades, the idea of being more “community resident centered,” such that residents were involved in decision making, became a new approach.
Continue ReadingAnchors in Resilient Communities (ARC) Case Study
The HAN case study of the Anchors in Resilient Communities (ARC) FoodService Partners’ Food Commissary details how the collaboration came about and the key role of anchor institutions in investing in healthy and sustainable food systems, as well as procuring healthy produce from a community-based and mission-focused group. This new food production center will build community wealth and model a new way for sustainable, local food production.
Continue ReadingUC Davis Health
Based in Sacramento, UC Davis Health serves 33 counties in northern California as the region’s only academic medical center. The health system has over 11,000 employees.
Continue ReadingMichigan Medicine
Michigan Medicine is the University of Michigan’s academic medical center. Based in Ann Arbor, it is one of the largest health care complexes in the state, with nearly 30,000 employees.
Continue ReadingAscension
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Ascension is a non-profit and Catholic health system serving communities with more than 2,600 sites of care – including 145 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities – in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Continue ReadingHAN members creating food systems level change
Rochelle, an M Health Fairview patient in Minnesota, was struggling to manage all of her different medications. Her doctors saw that her condition could be improved with access to fresh foods, and so they referred her to the VeggieRx program. Through VeggieRx, Rochelle received fresh produce and was able to not only improve her own […]
Continue ReadingFroedtert Health
Based in Milwaukee, Froedtert Health’s network includes five hospitals, more than 1,700 physicians, and nearly 40 health centers and clinics in Wisconsin.
Continue ReadingHealth anchors join commitment to create a million jobs for Black Americans over 10 years
Healthcare Anchor Network members Cleveland Clinic and Intermountain Health joined 35 companies to announce the formation of OneTen, an organization that will work with these companies to train and hire one million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with career ladders for advancement. OneTen will work with these major employers, along with non-profits and other skill-credentialing organizations, to “create a more flexible talent pipeline and practices that will allow employees and employers to thrive by shifting to a skills-first paradigm.”
Continue ReadingHealth anchors tackling systemic racism
HAN member Mass General Brigham created the “United Against Racism” initiative to better to tackle and overcome the barriers to equity that exist in the institution. The system-wide plan includes specific timelines and metrics of success in its journey to becoming an anti-racist organization and includes changes in leadership, culture, and patient care. It also expands efforts to address housing, hunger, and job opportunities outside hospital walls.
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