Food Access and Social Needs Podcast
The WSMA and the WSMA Foundation is pleased to introduce a new CME podcast-miniseries dedicated to practical conversations and tools for physician practices on food security screening and other social determinants of health.
About the Podcast
Adapted from a five-webinar program, each podcast episode (also available as on-demand video) features topic experts addressing screening at the point of care for food insecurity and other social needs and how to connect your patients with community supports.
CME
These activities are approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
To claim CME credit, learners must watch or listen to the podcast(s) and submit the evaluation for each episode.
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Episodes
Episode 1: Help Me Grow WA: Getting Connected for Families with Young Children
Jackie Litzau discusses Help Me Grow WA resources for connecting families with food security, child development, health supports, and family stability services.
Episode 2: Food Security Is Clinical Care
Rupin Thakkar, MD, FAAP, primary care pediatrician at Swedish Edmonds and immediate past president of WithinReach, discusses screening patients for food insecurity and social needs, and staffing considerations for doing the screening.
Episode 3: Documentation of Food Security
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic nutrition services manager Gabrielle Frank, RD, discusses strategies for documenting food insecurity screening results in the EHR and navigating relevant coding considerations.