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Increasing Food Insecurity Screening, Coding, And Referral Among Emergency Department Providers, Jennifer Lee Watkins Bsn, Rn, Dnp-C
Increasing Food Insecurity Screening, Coding, And Referral Among Emergency Department Providers, Jennifer Lee Watkins Bsn, Rn, Dnp-C
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications
Background & Purpose. Food insecurity (FI) affects 1 in 9 Vermonters (Feeding America, n.d.), and is associated with many poor health outcomes and healthcare expenses (Malecha et al., 2018). Research identifies emergency departments (EDs) as key settings to address FI in high-risk populations (Cullen et al., 2019), guiding this project to the ED of a Critical Access Hospital and Federally Qualified Health Center. This project intended to increase ED providers’ knowledge and utilization of food insecurity screening (FIS), use of FI billing code Z59.4, and subsequent referral to the Community Health Team (CHT). Specific aims included: identify existing …