HAN member Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) has formed a strategic collaboration with Emerge Manufacturing, an MWBE, to support and advance U.S.-based sourcing and manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and to create more than 100 jobs in two economically struggling and predominantly Black neighborhoods in Cincinnati. From the article: “By investing in Emerge Manufacturing, we are supporting ongoing job creation […]
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Kaiser Permanente & Futuro Health: Creating education journeys into allied health careers
Kaiser Permanente’s Futuro Health initiative is explored in a new case study. The case study covers the program’s history, design and implementation. Futuro Health creates education journeys into allied health careers. Futuro Health’s model currently focuses on meeting the healthcare workforce needs of California but has the potential to be scaled across the country.
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HAN member Sentara Healthcare announced an $11 million investment into the Marshall-Ridley revitalization project in the southeast community of Newport News. The housing development will include an open-air community terrace and lounge, outdoor space with a walking trail, retail space, and an early childhood development center. From the story: “Sentara’s support of the Marshall-Ridley Choice Neighborhood Initiative is another […]
Continue ReadingUndoing health inequities & saving our planet
Frontiers of Health Services Management is publishing a three-part series on ESG (environmental, social, and governance). The second series on the social strategies includes HAN members Boston Medical Center, BJC HealthCare, Henry Ford Health, and ProMedica as healthcare organizations focused on undoing “entrenched health inequities and deliver[ing] whole-person care.” The first series on environmental strategies includes HAN members Kaiser Permanente and Ascension.
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HAN is happy to welcome Parkland Health to the network! The health system is based in Dallas, Texas and is one of the largest public hospital systems in the country. The hospital averages more than 1 million outpatient visits annually and includes a network of community-based health centers. Parkland is the primary teaching hospital for the University of […]
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Supply chain purchasing power for healthy communities
The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) wrote a commentary in AHRMM’s magazine to urge health system supply chain leaders to leverage their purchasing power more intentionally to address economic, racial, and environmental inequities in communities with the greatest health disparities. From the HAN commentary: Today, health systems continue to move to value-based care wherein hospitals are […]
Continue ReadingHAN Members Lead Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25
HAN is thrilled that 15 of our HAN member systems were included in Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list this year! Congratulations to Cleveland Clinic, Banner Health, Corewell Health, Advocate Aurora Health, AdventHealth, UPMC, BJC HealthCare, Geisinger, Trinity Health, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Rush University System for Health, Ascension Health, CommonSpirit Health, Sentara Healthcare, and Providence. Gartner’s […]
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We are excited to welcome OSF HealthCare to HAN! The health system is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare employs over 24,000 Mission Partners in more than 350 locations, including 15 hospitals, more than 45 urgent care locations, and two colleges of nursing throughout Illinois and Michigan.
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