Source: Mowatt Centre & Atkinson Foundation
Year: 2015
Unlike many corporations that come and go from communities, anchor institutions are public and nonprofit institutions that stay put. This report explores how we can spend our resources and procure services in ways that create opportunities for people who live on the economic margins.
Source: RECODE initiative and Simon Fraser University
Year: 2017
A discussion paper exploring how higher education institutions can harness and leverage their assets (financial, physical, relational, research and education) to build social infrastructure that will positively impact communities and advance societal well-being.
Source: Democracy Collaborative
Year: 2016
This toolkit on local and diverse purchasing showcases examples of how hospitals and health systems are reevaluating their roles as their community’s largest purchasers, understanding that a thriving local economy is fundamental to a healthy community.
Source: BALLE
Year: 2016
This field guide, produced by The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, connects the dots between the social determinants of health and the framework of strategies that both BALLE and MIT's Presencing Institute have identified as the path forward in building thriving local economies.
Source: HealthCare Anchor Network
Year: 2018
This report offers an in-depth look at how the Toledo, Ohio based health system aligned its institutional operations and clinical practice to better tackle the social determinants of health.
Source: Health Care Without Harm
Year: 2018
Learn from a website brimming with resources to accelerate best practices to promote healthy food access and healthier food systems.
Source: Nourish
Year: 2018
Nourish and its collaborators have launched new infographic, The Opportunities for Food in Health Care, to illustrate how food choices can enhance the patient experience, support organizational results and efficiencies, and contribute to community wellbeing.
Source: New Milford Hospital, Connecticut
Year: 2012
Plow to Plate is a program that advocates healthy food as a direct path to disease prevention while promoting the local agricultural economy. It delivers a fully integrated, healthful food service program to patients, staff and the community, using fresh produce from local farms and shows results with increased patient satisfaction scores.
Source: Nourish
Year: 2017
How can hospitals and long-term care (LTC) homes build the health and wealth of their patients, staff, and communities through the food they source and serve? This webinar explores American and Canadian examples of leadership to position institutions as anchors of wellbeing for the populations they serve.
Source: Kaiser Permanente and Health Care Without Harm
Year: 2016
Three infographics from Kaiser Permanente and Health Care Without Harm on healthcare food purchasing power, healthier hospital food service, and hospitals as anchor institutions, improving community food environments.
