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Higher education’s anchor mission imperative
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) released Higher Education’s Anchor Mission: A Sharpened Imperative & A Framework for Action. The paper rearticulates the anchor mission goals and positions it so that higher education institutions can achieve their public good goals of contributing to more equitable local economies.
Continue ReadingFacilitating purchasing from local, diverse & disadvantaged companies
HAN member RWJBarnabas Health for launching BuyLocal to facilitate local companies doing business with the health system. Local, minority, veteran-owned, and women-owned businesses can register online to be considered for purchasing contracts.
Continue Reading16 HAN member systems sign Climate Change Pledge
Healthcare Anchor Network members Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension, Baystate Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center, CommonSpirit Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, Henry Ford Health, Kaiser Permanente, Mass General Brigham, Providence, Rush University System for Health, RWJBarnabas Health, Seattle Children’s, University of California Health (with HAN members UC Davis Health, UCSF Health & UCLA Health), and […]
Continue ReadingThe Role of Health Care Systems in Bolstering the Social Safety Net
HAN member UCSF’s Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, wrote The Role of Health Care Systems in Bolstering the Social Safety Net to Address Health Inequities in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, which includes a recommendation to lean into policy advocacy and recognize that a holistic view of health, beyond solely healthcare systems, is critical for […]
Continue ReadingHigher Education’s Anchor Mission: A Sharpened Imperative & A Framework for Action
The report by the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) “rearticulates the goals of the anchor mission and positions it as a framework through which higher education institutions can more fully realize their commitment to the public good and make more equitable the local economies they support and often […]
Continue ReadingUS News & World Report Webinar Achieving Health Equity: Tackling the Medical Community’s Greatest Care Challenge
HAN President David Zuckerman will be discussing healthcare’s unique role as an anchor in achieving health equity at the US News & World Report Webinar Achieving Health Equity: Tackling the Medical Community’s Greatest Care Challenge on Jun 23, 2022, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET.
Continue ReadingBrooklyn Communities Collaborative released Building Health, Wealth, and Equity in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative, which HAN member Maimonides Medical Center is a member of, released Building Health, Wealth, and Equity in Brooklyn, which analyzed hospital procurement data to advance efforts to localize and diversify hospital spending.
Continue ReadingBuild Healthy Places Network just released A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investments
The Playbook is an action-oriented guide designed for healthcare organizations who want to pursue partnerships with local community and economic development and other sectors in rural areas with case studies on HAN members Dartmouth Health, ProMedica, and Saint Alphonsus Health (Trinity Health).
Continue ReadingAddressing housing shortage through investing
HAN member Dartmouth Health is joining 7 other local and mission-driven employers to invest in the new Upper Valley Loan Fund to help finance the construction of 260 mostly below-market rate apartment units in northern New England. The $10 million fund will help address the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the rural region which especially impact […]
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