Meals for  Care Transitions Expands to The Medical Center of Aurora

Meals for Care Transitions Expands to The Medical Center of Aurora

Our Meals for Care Transitions program is expanding to The Medical Center of Aurora, where health care providers will be piloting the use of food as medicine to improve their patients’ health. Starting this month, The Medical Center of Aurora’s registered dietitians will identify patients who have undergone bypass surgery, suffered a heart attack, or been diagnosed with…

Prescribing Food as Medicine through Pilot Program

Prescribing Food as Medicine through Pilot Program

Research suggests that only 20% of your overall health is influenced by the medical care you receive. The remaining 80% is influenced by conditions like housing, transportation, education, and food—called “social determinants of health”. With a recent shift toward providing value-based care, health care providers are starting to recognize the necessity of addressing social determinants…