Modern Healthcare November 5, 2019
Fourteen of the country’s largest hospital systems on Tuesday pledged to invest more than $700 million toward community-based initiatives aimed at addressing the economic and environmental drivers behind a widening disparity in health outcomes.
The funding over the next five years will go toward projects to tackle housing instability, food insecurity and economic revitalization, among other issues. The effort is part of a national campaign organized by the Healthcare Anchor Network, a collaborative of 45 hospitals and health systems launched in 2017 to help providers learn and share ways to implement strategies aimed at economic inclusion of communities.
David Zuckerman, director for healthcare engagement for the Anchor Network’s parent organization, the Democracy Collaborative, said some of the investments have been...
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