5000+ Meals Delivered to Rural Coloradans in Shipping Program’s First Year

5000+ Meals Delivered to Rural Coloradans in Shipping Program’s First Year

We celebrated a big milestone at the end of May–the one-year anniversary of Project Angel Heart’s meal shipment program! Though our Meals for Care Transitions program, we contract with a wide range of health care organizations across the state in an effort to provide medically tailored meals to a greater number of Coloradans who need…

In Colorado, Medically Tailored Meals Will Save More Than $4.2 Million in Health Care Costs in 2018

In Colorado, Medically Tailored Meals Will Save More Than $4.2 Million in Health Care Costs in 2018

A home-delivered meal can be more than just comfort food. It can lead to significant health care savings for people who are ill, their insurance providers, hospitals, and community members. Project Angel Heart recently completed a study of health care claims data for our medically tailored meal recipients. One of our findings showed that total…

Medically Tailored Meals Mean Less Time In Hospital, More Health Care Savings

Medically Tailored Meals Mean Less Time In Hospital, More Health Care Savings

New research conducted by Community Servings, our sister organization in Boston, provides further evidence that medically tailored meals are medicine for those who are ill. Their study, recently published in Health Affairs, shows that medically tailored meal recipients have fewer emergency room and hospital visits, and save money on health care.

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…