/ en Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:16:55 -0500 Wed, 29 Jan 25 14:53:22 -0600 /role-hospitals-nourish-flourish-ohsu-doernbechers-solution-supporting-hungry-families <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-5"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/THS-ohsu-food-pantry-700x532.jpg" alt="OHSU. hands reach into a cardboard box filled with groceries." width="700" height="532"></p></div><p>When their child is hospitalized, the last thing parents and caregivers want to worry about is where their next meal is coming from. But across the country, food insecurity often worsens when a child or loved one is in inpatient treatment.   </p><p>Oregon Health & Science University found that many parents and caregivers of patients at Portland-based OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital did not eat though they were hungry, reduced food intake or skipped meals. Those behaviors often persist when patients head home. </p><p>To address this hidden hunger, OHSU Doernbecher launched the Nourish program in 2022 to provide parents and caregivers with food during hospital stays. Recently, the program expanded through a partnership with the Portland Open Bible Community Pantry to launch the Food for Health Network. This collaborative partnership coordinates with 10 food pantries in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties to ensure that families leaving the hospital have access to fresh, healthy and culturally appropriate food. Using a digital platform, families can order groceries online for pickup or delivery, ultimately easing their transition to outpatient care. </p><p><a href="https://news.ohsu.edu/2024/12/09/ohsu-food-pantries-work-together-to-address-food-insecurity-among-patient-families"><strong>LEARN MORE</strong></a></p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4>Resources on the Role of Hospitals</h4><ul><li><a href="/center/population-health">Improving Health and Wellness</a></li><li><a href="/roleofhospitals">All Case Studies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:53:22 -0600 Support Services /role-hospitals-northern-light-mercy-hospital-living-well-after-cancer-maine-hospital-offers-support-and-services <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-5"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-12/ths-northern-light-surviviorship-700x532.jpg" alt="Bald female cancer patient working with a nutritionist to prepare a healthy dish" width="700" height="532"></p></div><p>Completing cancer treatment can be like crossing the finish line of one of life’s most difficult races. Yet after treatment, cancer survivors still face challenges, including mixed emotions, as they focus on living well and managing any lingering or new issues.</p><p>Northern Light Mercy Hospital’s Cancer Survivorship Clinic helps patients who have finished cancer treatment rebuild their health and enjoy a high quality of life. The survivorship team at the hospital in Portland, Maine, includes a nurse practitioner, nutritionist, physical therapist and social worker. Patients meet with a nurse practitioner to discuss the side effects of treatment and potential long-term effects and ways to prevent them as well as to review prevention of recurrence, secondary cancers and lifestyle modifications to decrease risk.</p><p>Patients also receive guidance and resources on eating well for cancer risk reduction and overall health; any rehabilitative services needed, such as physical, occupational and speech therapy; support on readjusting relationships with family, friends and coworkers and managing concerns and challenges; and other support and guidance.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://northernlighthealth.org/Cancer-Survivorship-Clinic" target="_blank">LEARN MORE</a></p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4>Resources on the Role of Hospitals</h4><ul><li><a href="/center/population-health">Improving Health and Wellness</a></li><li><a href="/roleofhospitals">All Case Studies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:34:05 -0600 Support Services /education-events/clinical-and-culinary-guide-healthy-hospital-food-sept-19 <div class="TTevent"> /* Forces the event Content Type to be 100% */ .container .row .col-md-8{ width: 100% } .event-registration-link a{ margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block; text-align: center; } .event-registration-link a.btn-block { max-width: 300px; } .TTevent h3{ color:#002855; } .TTeventBonus{ color:#9d2235; font-weight:700; font-style: italic; } .TTeventdate{ font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; color: #555555bb; line-height: 20px; } .TTeventSponsor img{ max-height:100px; } <p class="TTeventBonus">BONUS SPONSORED WEBINAR!</p><p class="TTeventdate">Thursday, September 19</p><p>Hospitals have an obligation to provide health-promoting meals for inpatients, outpatients, staff, and visitors. Healthy meals should be high in fiber, low in saturated fat and cholesterol, nutrient dense, and proven to manage and reverse chronic disease. Plant-based meals can meet these goals and should be the primary focus for patient meals. Some diet orders may need special consideration, and plant-based meals can fit into these diet orders with some planning. To make menu changes at a health care institution, it is important to identify allies, work as a team to develop new recipes and taste test meals, and educate all staff on the importance of healthy meals. Resources and recipes are available at the Physicians Committee’s Healthy Hospital Program webpage.</p><h4>Learning Objectives:</h4><ul><li>Describe the importance of health promoting meals in the hospital setting</li><li>Understand how plant-based meals can fit into specific therapeutic diets</li><li>Learn about practical examples and tools for institutions to implement plant-based menus</li></ul><div class="row"><div class="col-md-5"><h4>Speakers:</h4><ul><li><strong>Anna Herby, DHSc, RD, CDE</strong><br><em>Nutrition Education Specialist</em>, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine</li><li><strong>Dustin Harder</strong><br><em>Culinary Specialist</em>, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine</li></ul><p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2024/09/AHA_Team_Training_Sponsored_Webinar_Slides_PCRM_Sept_2024.pdf" target="_blank">Download the slides</a></p><h4 class="text-align-center">SPONSORED BY:</h4><p class="text-align-center"><a href="https://www.pcrm.org/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/PCRM_logo_250x115.png" alt="Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine" width="250" height="115"></a></p></div><div class="col-md-7"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="0b43a680-6f37-4d3f-9bf9-4cd6c7c7ddc5" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div id="edit-processed-text" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="TTwebinarHide"> .webform-submission-form { max-width: 700px; } .TTwebinarHide{ display:none } .event-content.panel .TTwebinarHide { display:block; background-color: #fff; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; border: solid 2px #307FE2; text-align: center; } <p><a href="/center/team-training">Team Training</a> offers a variety of webinars - view our <a href="/center/team-training/webinars">current offering(s)</a> or browse the <a href="/center/team-training/webinars/library">library</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:30:53 -0500 Support Services /workforce-strategies/ch1-addressing-well-being Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:27:42 -0600 Support Services /aha-ukrainian-effort-help-health-care-workers Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:20:26 -0600 Support Services