A new study led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, a physician and assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that participation in a medically tailored meals program was associated with fewer hospital admissions and nursing home admissions, and less overall medical spending.
Read MoreCommunity Servings, a nonprofit provider of medically tailored meals and nutrition services to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses, announced today the publication of a study in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Internal Medicine that provides strong new evidence linking medically tailored meal interventions to improved health outcomes and lower medical costs for high-need, high-cost patients.
Read MoreProviding medically tailored meals (MTMs) to individuals with complex medical conditions and food insecurity can improve downstream health outcomes, ultimately reducing rates of admission to inpatient care or skilled nursing facilities in this population, new data suggest.
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