A guide for health care organizations on evidence-based strategies to implement food and nutrition security programs.

Guide offers implementation recommendations for introducing food insecurity screenings in clinical settings, including workflow and staffing considerations.

Food banks can use this tool to learn approaches to information-sharing for health care partnerships and interventions.

Guidance and tools for food banks to partner with health care organizations to address food insecurity and improve health outcomes.

A produce prescription program leads to improvements in blood pressure and A1c levels and reductions in food insecurity for people with or at risk of type 2 diabetes.

Produce prescription programs improved food and vegetable intake, food security, and health status among low-income adults.

Analysis of a produce prescription and nutrition counseling program show promising results and key implementation insights.

Systematic review shows produce prescription programs improve food security, reduce blood glucose levels among patients with diabetes, and have mixed evidence for other health outcomes.

This field scan of the Produce Prescription field highlights current trends and key opportunities for future growth.

A produce prescription program measured benefit redemption and activity trends among a diverse group of Medicaid recipients in Massachusetts.

Fully integrated dual eligible plans were associated with improved care outcomes for certain subpopulations of dually eligible older adults.

Medically tailored meals significantly reduced admissions to hospitals and nursing homes for people with complex health and social needs.

Insights from experts, recent research, and state case studies offer actionable recommendations for advancing medically tailored meal initiatives to improve outcomes and reduce costs.

Evaluation of a diabetes-focused medically tailored meals pilot demonstrates improved health outcomes and provides examples of key implementation tools.

Recommendations for policymakers, health plans, and providers on implementing medically tailored meals programs.

Multidisciplinary integrated practice units may have a greater impact on acute care utilization by focusing on patients who have high utilization of emergency departments and are uninsured.

A community health worker-led program for formerly homelessness individuals living in permanent supportive housing increased food security and social connectedness.

Discharge to medical respite care leads to lower hospital readmission rates among individuals who are frequently admitted to the hospital.

A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.

Nurse assessments of discharge readiness for older patients with multiple chronic conditions can help identify patients at high risk for hospital readmission.