Elevance健康

2023年7月5日

你的角色作為Elevance醫學主管食品是什麼?我將設計一個企業範圍的策略使用食物解決各種與飲食相關的條件。研究表明營養不良是一種死亡率和發病率的增加,形成的主要危險因素,降低生活質量。有十分之一的成年人患有糖尿病,有三分之一的成年人有前驅糖尿病,60%的成年人至少有一個慢性疾病和將近一半的成年人患有高血壓。營養與食品的幹預應該是質量的一部分是與飲食相關的幹預措施在解決慢性病。當你看解決這些條件下,一個核心組件集中食物,營養和生活方式。不幸的是,衛生保健提供者,我們並不總是在那個空間訓練。為什麼它是重要的健康保險公司投資這樣一個角色嗎?很多我們所做的是大量針對我們的成員,以確保他們能達到整體健康。我們考慮各種各樣的因素影響我們的成員的行為健康和心理健康,身體健康。 This role brings food and nutrition to the forefront. There are people in the industry doing work related to medically tailored meals and produce prescription programs. But how do we do it effectively? Bringing subject matter expertise into this role allows for that opportunity. Elevance Health How will you be engaging with communities? There's an opportunity for me to work directly with our different markets around the country. I've already started having those conversations and helping health plans optimize patient health. My background is as a community pediatrician who has both seen patients and done grassroots food-as-medicine work, like creating produce prescription programs, working with local farmers and delivering produce to families’ homes. I plan on continuing to do work like that. Is there a specific idea or project that you have in mind that you're particularly excited about? I can't get into detail, but I will say this. Diabetes is one of the most expensive conditions in our healthcare system, costing more than $300 billion a year. We want to make sure that we are giving food and nutrition the chance it deserves in diabetes interventions. How will you ensure Elevance’s efforts have a positive impact? We are all about the data. We have a number of different initiatives that we are rolling out to measure how effective these programs are for our members. Although food as medicine isn’t a new intervention, a lot of questions remain about the ideal frequency of programs, amount of food and different elements like that, so we're all learning together. We want to be thought leaders in that space and add to the collection of knowledge. Is there talk of expanding Elevance's interest in promoting food as medicine? That's why I'm here. We want to make sure the work we're doing expands throughout every line of business and every single market we're in. We're creating programs and strategies now that could be rolled out for all our members, so they can benefit in whichever way that's needed for them. Related Articles