One of the biggest movements in the healthcare industry right now is around the healing power of food. Doctors and dietitians are touting how healthy food can keep people out of the hospital in the first place, help them recover after a health incident and prevent return visits to a hospital or doctor’s office.
It’s the latter reason that prompted Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Institute (both under the BCBS umbrella) to launch foodQ, a “healthy food-delivery service that brings nutritious, affordable meals directly to people living in areas that lack adequate access to fresh foods that make up a healthy diet, known as food deserts,” according to a statement.
Click through to find out how the new program works, and see which areas the organizations have chosen to focus on for this preliminary rollout