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Clinical Care
Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Are Obese
A new NORC interactive map provides state-level data on obesity rates and related chronic diseases.
Pharma
Decisions by CVS and Optum Panicked Thousands of Their Sickest Patients
Consolidations by CVS and Optum Rx left thousands without essential drugs and nutrients.
Post-Acute
Help Your Clients Embrace a Healthier Lifestyle With Food Substitution
Replacing certain foods in an individual's diet can improve its quality and result in better health outcomes.
Clinical Care
Food is Medicine Initiative Launched in Massachusetts
A new website provides information on Food is Medicine services across The Bay State.
Nursing
Cali AG Providers on Data Privacy, Anti-Implicit Bias Training
Stakeholders are urged to take proactive steps to protect patient data, provide perinatal staff with anti-implicit bias training.
Human Resources
California Takes a Nibble at Offering Food Stamps to Undocumented Immigrants
The cost of the proposed expansion, starting in 2023, was put at about $550 million a year.
Innovation
Seed Money: Black Entrepreneurs Hope Pandemic Gardening Boom Will Grow Healthier Eating
An expanding list of Black gardening enthusiasts-turned-entrepreneurs across the country run seed businesses that have benefited from the pandemic-inspired global...
Nursing
Clean Hands, Clear Communication: How Nurse Leaders Ushered in Hand Hygiene Tech Tools
Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says.
Strategy
Food Guidelines Change But Fail to Take Cultures Into Account
Ethnic variations have been suggested for years, but there is still little guidance given to Americans of different backgrounds on...
Clinical Care
SDOH Partnerships at Healthcare Organizations Built on Trust
When community-based organizations are already meeting social needs, healthcare organizations should build partnerships rather than building their own programs.
Clinical Care
How Hospitals Can Improve Patient Nutrition and Promote Healthy Lifestyles
Hospitals can promote good nutrition and healthy lifestyles through many programs, including plant-based menus and educational efforts.
Clinical Care
'Food Pharmacies' In Clinics: When The Diagnosis Is Chronic Hunger
It's not that patients are starving. It's that they may have a lot of food one day and none the...