Guide looks at hospitals' response to food insecurity

AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust explores the challenges of ensuring a population has access to healthy food


The American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust explores the challenges of ensuring a population has access to healthy food in a new guide, according to an article on the Hospitals & Health Systems website.

Food insecurity is one determinant of population health. The AHA guide  offers some recommendations for how hospitals can help in this area.  

One way a healthcare facility can help is by screening patients for food insecurity and hunger and partnering with community organizations to offer programs and resources.

The AHA guide includes clinical and nonclinical recommendations and case studies.

Read the article.

 

 



July 5, 2017


Topic Area: Food Service


Recent Posts

Building Around Care: Lessons in Modernizing Active Healthcare Environments

The challenge is how to modernize a healthcare facility while patients continue receiving care and physicians, nurses and staff continue providing it.


St. Luke's Heart Hospital Opens at Anderson Campus in Pennsylvania

The five-story, approximately 355,000-square-foot facility is seamlessly integrated into St. Luke's Anderson Campus.


WindRose Health Network Ensnared in Vendor Data Breach

The incident involved a previously undisclosed vulnerability in a remote-management tool that is used by one of its vendors.


How Efficiency Checklists Help Hospitals Save Energy, Water and Money

Keith Edgerton explains how a simple, systematic tool can help healthcare facilities identify savings, support sustainability goals and reinvest in long-term decarbonization.


Intermountain Healthcare Receives $50M Gift for Standalone Children's Hospital

To honor the family's gift, Intermountain Health will name the inpatient tower the Larry & Heidi Canarelli Inpatient Tower.


 
 


FREE Newsletter Signup Form

News & Updates | Webcast Alerts
Building Technologies | & More!

 
 
 


All fields are required. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

 
 
 
 

Healthcare Facilities Today membership includes free email newsletters from our facility-industry brands.

Facebook   Twitter   LinkedIn   Posts

Copyright © 2023 TradePress. All rights reserved.