Can Hospitals Heal America's Communities?

Physicians, healthcare administrators, and hospital trustees face an important and historic leadership opportunity that our country and our communities desperately need.

November 30, 2015

Can hospitals heal America's communities?

by Ted Howard

Can hospitals and health systems heal America’s communities? This paper illuminates the possibilities and explores how “all in for mission” is the emerging healthcare model.

March 29, 2016

How Hospitals Can Help Heal Communities

by Ted Howard

In this article for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s blog, Democracy Collaborative President Ted Howard and Kaiser Permanente Vice President for Total Health Partnerships Tyler Norris discuss the immense potential of hospitals to build wealth in their surrounding communities. In the

November 18, 2020

HAN Anchoring Resilience: Aligning supply chains and impact purchasing for community health summit

by David Zuckerman

The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) convened the “Anchoring Resilience: Aligning Supply Chains and Impact Purchasing for Community Health” summit to spark collaboration in the healthcare sector around onshoring and localizing production of PPE and other supplies, with an emphasis on equity, sustainability, and supply chain resilience.