Improving Health Equity

Adults with food insecurities have an increased risk for negative health outcomes, including obesity and chronic disease; and children with food insecurities may be at a higher risk for obesity, developmental problems and mental health issues. In this podcast, we’ll discuss what Main Line Health is doing to address food insecurities for their patients who come through their emergency departments. Guest speakers: Joanna Dixon, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN Lead Clinical Nurse Educator Nurse Residency and Onboarding Main Line Health System Joseph MacDonald, CSSBB, MBA Process Improvement Engineer Main Line Health System Shonalie Roberts, MHA, ARM, LSSGB System Director, Health Equity Main Line Health System Host: Laura Hoffman, DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ Program Director Performance Improvement Collaboratives Show Notes: [1:48] Why Main Line Health decided use the emergency department to screen for food insecurities [2:53] Their screening revealed 530 patients with food insecurities, and the nurses wanted to do more for those patients and that was the beginning of their food bag program [3:34] The ED screening program isn’t the first food insecurity program at Main Line Health. The Deaver Wellness Farm on their Lankenau Medical Center campus has supplied fruits and vegetables to patients during doctor visits since 2015. [6:00] Who supports the food bag program [6:47] EMR helps with the lunch bag program’s workflow [8:00] Sustainability for the program takes streamlined behind the scenes logistics and standardization of tasks [10:52] Food bag content [12:00] Follow up after the patient receives the food bag [12:48] Program impact on the patients and staff For more information, email [email protected] Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Amazon Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Android Stitcher RSS Feed