How this hospital is treating food as medicine

10/29/24 –

The Boston Medical Center is prescribing food to patients. It even has its own rooftop farm.

Clinicians know that their patients’ health is determined not just by the care they receive but also factors outside the confines of medicine — employment, financial stability, safe housing and access to nutritious food, to name a few. That can leave many health-care providers frustrated and disillusioned. They want to help their patients, but how can they recommend lifestyle changes that are often outside of their patients’ control?

Fortunately, some hospitals are starting to change that reality, piloting initiatives to address the social determinants affecting patients’ lives…

Read the full article at The Washington Post