University of Michigan Health – 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.
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Ascension
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 […]
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Froedtert 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.
Continue ReadingStaying strong & committed to the anchor mission and communities during COVID-19
Hospitals and health systems have been put under immense pressure, treating COVID-19 patients during the surges and throughout the year, while also facing financial challenges due to the precipitous drop in surgeries and elective medical procedures. Despite this, Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member systems have looked to maintain and sometimes even strengthen their anchor mission activities. Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Health, and Cone Health have continued focusing on affordable housing, training and hiring local workers, and purchasing from local and minority owned businesses.
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SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. The health system has care delivery sites in 23 hospitals, 11,000 providers, and nearly 40,000 employees, and is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.
Continue ReadingMaximizing housing for health through partnerships with community development finance
Healthcare Anchor Network members Anchorum St. Vincent and RWJBarnabas Health are leveraging their funds to maximize their impact on community health and support their communities. Anchorum St. Vincent and Enterprise Bank Trust have committed $10 million to a new Community Catalyst Fund for affordable housing. Affordable housing developers such as Homewise, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) can draw on the fund to purchase, rehabilitate, and redevelop residential as well as commercial properties in the Santa Fe region in New Mexico.
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