Community investments help foster the social and physical environments that support communities’ long-term health. In the third episode in a series, Ray Prushnok, executive director of UPMC Center for Social Impact, and Rob Koenig, senior director of strategy and operations at Boston Medical Center, discuss both health systems’ participation in the Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities initiative and their work with community partners to create and sustain community investment. Listen here, and learn more on AHA’s Community Investment Conversations page.

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