Hartford HealthCare is in the pilot phase of an innovative “food as medicine” treatment program called food farmacy.
This hour on Where We Live, we hear from a cardiac patient referred by a Hartford Hospital cardiologist to the free farmacy pantry. The program is offered to food-insecure patients and their families, and is aimed to improve outcomes in patients with diabetes, heart failure, and more.
Experts also weigh in on food deserts in low-income communities, and SNAP incentives to choose healthier foods.
GUESTS:
Jessica Soto: Hartford HealthCare food pharmacy patient
David Fichandler: Senior Director, Clinical Operations, HartfordHealthCare
Devin Avasahalom-Smith: Aldar Ward 20, Newhallville, New Haven
Patrick Dowling: Resource Director, End Hunger Connecticut
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