Report: The Top 4 Contributors To Food Insecurity
The contributors to food insecurity include age, having a disability, being on a fixed income and being a single parent, according to a recent report from FarmboxRx.
Season Health Expands Provider Network Through Strategic Asset Acquisition from Wellory
By acquiring clinical assets from Wellory, Season Health will be able to greatly expand its provider network. The company will also gain national contracts with Aetna and Cigna.
Heard at HLTH: Altera Digital Health
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mark Pratt of Altera Digital Health addresses the way technology can be leveraged to improve healthcare in rural communities.
Personalized Nutrition: Tomorrow’s Approach to Nutrition
In the future, research in personalized nutrition needs to focus on understanding the role of nutrition throughout the entire lifespan and address diet-related conditions through comprehensive interventions that go beyond simply choosing healthy foods.
Report: The 4 Challenges Facing the Food as Medicine Movement
The food as medicine movement is gaining momentum, but there are several challenges, according to a PitchBook report. These challenges include resistance to diet restrictions and difficulty in tracking compliance.
How Highmark Health Is Battling Food Insecurity
Highmark Health has been launching a series of initiatives to support the "food as medicine" movement, including a program that provides some West Virginia residents with debit cards to purchase healthy food at Dollar General stores.
FarmboxRx Launches Program To Support Those Battling Food Insecurity
FarmboxRx’s new program, called Feed by FarmboxRx, will supply 200 people affected by SNAP cuts with one box of mixed fresh produce and one box of pantry items each month for six months. They'll also receive educational materials on how to prepare the food.
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
How Employers Can Get Started in the Food as Medicine Movement
Employers have a responsibility to support the food as medicine movement and help employees who are food insecure, said Jay Bhatt, managing director of Deloitte Services and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute. He made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.
How Can the Healthcare Industry Make It Easier for Patients To Make Healthier Food Choices?
It shouldn't be so hard for Americans to access healthy foods, said Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, founder of healthy food company Step One Foods, during a Tuesday panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago. There should be incentives for food companies and better nutrition education for Americans.
Is It Possible To Provide Equitable Nutritional Care for Diabetes and Obesity?
With obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rapidly growing among communities of color, we need to do everything we can to help people sustain healthy eating habits. It’ll take more nuance than a Westernized one-size-fits-all diet.
How Blue Cross NC Is Using Its Hybrid Work Model to Battle Food Insecurity
Due to fewer employees working onsite, Blue Cross NC’s cafeteria is seeing less activity. The payer has decided to use its cafeteria to prepare meals and then distribute them to more than a dozen nonprofits, which then provide the meals to those in need in their communities.
Heard at HLTH: Quantum Health
Quantum Health's Chief Product Officer, Dan Shur talks about the company’s recent Index Report on the changing landscape of healthcare consultants.
NourishedRx Launches Food Benefits Platform Powered by Google Cloud
NourishedRx is a food-as-medicine company that offers dietary assistance for health plans’ members through methods like medically-tailored meals, grocery support and diet education. Through the new platform, NourishedRx is able to communicate with its food partners, health plan customers and members.
Season Health, healthAlign Partner To Provide Nutrition Benefits to MA Beneficiaries
Through the partnership, food and meals will be offered as a service on healthAlign’s marketplace. Season Health will provide those services to about 5,500 members a month of three out of the six largest Medicare Advantage plans.