HealthLeaders Media October 9, 2023
As the HLTH conference kicks into gear in Las Vegas, Kaiser Permanente has launched a collaboration with Instacart to study how access to nutritious food can improve care management and clinical outcomes for those with chronic diseases.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Healthcare organizations are looking for new strategies to reduce care management costs for patients with chronic diseases.
– A key social determinant of health is food insecurity, which is based on the idea that a healthy diet and support for eating healthy can improve a person’s health and wellness, reduce health emergencies such as trips to the doctor’s office or ED, and slash unnecessary healthcare spending.
– Kaiser Permanente and Instacart are launching a study of the ‘food is medicine’...