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#citychat : More Than an Emergency Room?
Update: The transcript for this chat is now available on Storify. On Thursday, January 31st at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1:00 p.m. Central, 12:00 p.m. Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific) @MITCoLab will host a...
View ArticleHospitals are Major Regional Employers and Purchasers
“Cleveland’s University Hospitals engaged local firms, especially female-and minority-owned contractors, at levels never before seen in Northeast Ohio.” “Clear!” Zap! We’ve all seen a TV doctor slap...
View ArticleHospital Neighbors Want Jobs, Not Token Benefits
“It’s the classic difference between giving a man a fish or teaching him to fish for a lifetime.” Some Boston’s world-class hospitals are located in a neighborhood called Mission Hill. These include...
View ArticleIn Struggling Cities Hospitals May Leave, Not Build
“If hospitals see few assets they can tap into in a community, cities like Trenton, New Jersey risk having these institutions leave.” About fifteen months ago, Capital Health Systems closed its acute...
View ArticleNew IRS Code Enables Hospital/Community Collaboration
“A little-known provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act presents a broad range of ‘community benefit’ qualifying activities, including economic development.” In return for billions of dollars in...
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Hospitals as Neighbors
Can hospitals promote economic and social well-being in their surrounding communities? The 2012 IRS Form 990, Schedule H, offers a new set of acceptable “Community Benefit” activities for hospitals....
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Open Forum: Hospitals Building Community Wealth
Can hospitals be more than emergency rooms? Can they be economic engines? • Read four ideas on the future hospital from Boston, Cleveland, Trenton and MIT. You can participate in this forum. Here’s...
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Cleveland Hospitals Create Local Jobs, Still Saving Lives
These images showcase key quotes from The Anchor Mission, a report which will be released at a public event at MIT on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013. This event will also be available on live stream....
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