Proven Success
Relatively few food as medicine programs have been publicly socialized, however all programs focus on relatively consistent themes with an overall objective of reducing unnecessary healthcare costs by leveraging food as a prescriptive preventive care solution.
Primary results can be easily measured through biometric measurements, increased condition-relevant preventive care activity, and decreased condition-specific acute care, however secondary results across co-morbidities should not be ignored.
Food pharmacy programs for Type 2 diabetics have demonstrated an $8K-$12K ROI for every one-point reduction in HbA1c with overall medical expense reductions between $16K-$24K. Healthcare costs average $1,800/year more for people with food insecurities.
Access to healthy foods should curb emergency room utilization by at least 5% and hospital admissions by at least 20% after 6 months
Positive program results will yield multi-point improvement across CAHPS and HOS measures*
Positive program results will yield multi-point improvement across CAHPS and HOS measures*
Weight reduction, BMI reduction, blood pressure improvement, total cholesterol reduction, LCL cholesterol reduction, and triglyceride reduction.
**Proxy survey results measured against program-inception baseline survey ** Geisinger Food Farmacy results
