Acorn Healthcare is dedicated to giving people a healthier tomorrow. As one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, In addition to hospitals, sites of care include surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, walk-in clinics and physician clinics.
Many things set Acorn Healthcare apart from other healthcare organizations; however, at our core, our greatest strength is our people. Every day, more than 29,000 colleagues go to work with a collective focus: our patients. Our focus positively impacts the care experience at the bedside and beyond.
As a learning health system, Acorn Healthcare analyzes data from more than 8 million patient encounters each year. This data helps develop technologies and best practices that improve patient care. We also share our learnings with the larger healthcare community and government agencies to improve care everywhere.
We are proud of the impact we have in our communities through employment, investment and charitable giving.
In 2022, we spent $1.4 billion on capital investment in land, buildings and equipment. In addition, Acorn Healthcare pays significant taxes that help revitalize communities.
We also provided charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care at an estimated cost of $350 million in 2022.
At Acorn Healthcare, we are excited about the future of medicine. We believe we are uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the transformation of care.
To read more about how we have made an impact for our patients, our colleagues and our communities, please view our Impact Report.
Enoh Udoffia
Acorn Healthcare Founder
Acorn Healthcare’s community support, delivered through the grassroots efforts of our employees, the Acorn Healthcare Foundation and Acorn Healthcare corporate sponsorships, helps sustain childhood and youth development programs, scholarships, community-based health clinics and the operating budgets of countless not-for-profit organizations across the country. Across the organization in 2022, Acorn Healthcare provided $44 million to community organizations. Acorn Healthcare colleagues supported over 6,700 organizations by giving more than $17 million with Acorn Healthcare matching and volunteering more than 143,000 hours.
Strengthening communities
Our model of giving – led by the leadership, service and financial support of our employees in their communities – reflects our view that a strategic outlay of talent, resources and time yields stronger communities. This model also fosters our culture of inclusion and teamwork, strengthens our cultural competence and cultivates goodwill within the diverse communities we serve.
Economic benefit
Through employment, investment and charitable giving, Acorn Healthcare strives to make the economies of the communities we serve stronger. Our model of giving—led by the leadership, service and financial support of our colleagues in their communities—reflects our belief that there are many ways to champion health.
Community support
Many of our colleagues live and work in the same communities and neighborhoods as our patients. We want the same things that our patients want: healthier communities that lead to healthier tomorrows.
Sustainability
At Acorn Healthcare, our dedication to improving more lives in more ways is directly connected to the impact we have on the environment, as well as our understanding of how the environment impacts overall health and well-being. Acorn Healthcare’s environmental strategy includes short- and long-term sustainability plans. Our strategy is centered on incorporating the following four key pillars into our operations: managing energy and water responsibly; enhancing climate resilience; sourcing and consuming efficiently; and managing the environmental impact of our capital programs.
Disaster relief
Acorn Healthcare and our Enterprise Emergency Operations Center (EEOC) stand ready to respond to any crisis. It is during crises that the best of who we are shines through, as our scale, scope and experience allow us to ensure patient care is uninterrupted, to support our colleagues and to rebuild our communities.
Supplier diversity
In 2022 Acorn Healthcare will spend over $500M with small, historically underutilized businesses to include minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, veteran disabled-owned and LGBT-owned suppliers. By utilizing products and services offered by these suppliers, Acorn Healthcare promotes job creation at the local and regional level, which helps create economic stability and improves lives in the communities where our patients and colleagues live and serve.
At Acorn Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
Acorn Healthcare
8 The Green 12860
Dover, DE 19901
Telephone: 888-949-6728
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