10:45 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.

The Role Providers Can Play as Anchor Institutions

As healthcare leaders continue to recognize the impact of social determinants on a person’s health, health systems have embraced their role as anchor institutions, working to improve the physical, social, and economic environments in their regions.

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Anchor institutions are enterprises, such as universities and hospitals, that are rooted in their local communities by mission, invested capital or relationships to customers, employees and vendors.

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Healthcare leadership plays a major role in improving health outcomes for disadvantaged populations and leveraging the economic, social, and political power of the health care industry.

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This presentation, featuring C-suite healthcare leadership, will discuss actions that organizations can take to improve health equity in their communities as anchor institutions.  

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Key issues to be covered include:

 

• Articulating the vision and making health equity a leader-driven priority 
   

• Developing financial processes and structures that support health equity 
   

• Identifying the health disparities that exist and the needs of the people who are impacted
   

• Embracing community development through strategic partnerships to effectively address challenges facing populations