Becker's Healthcare September 23, 2024
Kelly Gooch

Amid civil unrest in 2020, spurred by various social, political and economic factors, Allina Health had its own moment of reflection. The Minneapolis-based health system, whose corporate headquarters and flagship hospital are blocks from where George Floyd was murdered, evaluated what more it could do for the community.

“We stepped back and asked, ‘What more can we do?'” Allina’s president and CEO, Lisa Shannon, told Becker’s. “We were already deep in assessing and connecting our patients with social determinants of health for community services. We were already doing that on significant levels, but we said, ‘Let’s take a look at our own investment portfolio.'”

Ms. Shannon said the organization earmarked 1% of its total investment portfolio, which at the time...

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