Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Clinic opens food pharmacy to meet patient needs

Clinic opens food pharmacy to meet patient needs

A study in the Annals of Family Medicine describes how a family practice clinic in North Carolina used a screening tool to determine patients with food insecurity and then referred them to an in-clinic food pharmacy for help. Researcher Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez said clinics operating food pharmacies must ensure they can screen patients and provide food assistance safely and suggested having bags of pre-packed food ready so patients screened during virtual visits can do curbside pickups.

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