NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

FOOD PHARMACY THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES NO COST FRESH PRODUCE AND SHELF STABLE FOODS FOR ANYHOSPITAL PATIENT IDENTIFIED WITH FOOD INSECURITY. NUTRITIOUS FOODS ARE PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THEPATIENT'S DIAGNOSIS WITH SPECIAL CARE FOR DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND CANCER. RESOURCES AREMAXIMIZED BY PAYING FOR SHELF STABLE PRODUCTS FROM SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK, WHEN POSSIBLE.OUTREACH FOOD PROGRAM THE FOUNDATION INITIATED THE OUTREACH FOOD PROGRAM DURING THE 2020TORNADO AND COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER-DELIVERED FOOD BAGS TO THOSE IDENTIFIED INTHE COMMUNITY WITH FOOD INSECURITY. OUTREACH FOOD TOTES INCLUDE THE SAME NUTRIENT-DENSE PRODUCEAND SHELF-STABLE PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR DIABETIC OR HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS. MORE THAN 634,000MEALS HAVE BEEN OFFERED FROM THE FOOD PHARMACY AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. EMAILFOOD@NASHVILLEHA.ORG TO GET OUTREACH TOTES DELIVERED: NAME/ADDRESS/PHONE/# IN THE HOME.LOW HEALTH LITERACY LOW HEALTH LITERACY IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE CAPACITY TOOBTAIN, PROCESS, AND UNDERSTAND BASIC HEALTH INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE APPROPRIATE HEALTHDECISIONS. 9 OUT OF 10 ADULTS LACK THE SKILLS NEEDED TO MANAGE THEIR HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE.HEALTH PEOPLE 2030 HAS NOW IDENTIFIED HEALTH LITERACY AS A CORNERSTONE FOR ITS PROGRAMS NATIONALLY.53 COMPLETED TOPICS INCLUDING 19 GENERAL HEALTH TOPICS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, 12 TOPICSTARGETING TEENS AND VACCINATIONS, 8 TOPICS FOR DIABETES AND 14 TOPICS FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS INENGLISH, SPANISH AND ARABIC. THESE MATERIALS ARE USED WITH PATIENTS, FOOD TOTE RECIPIENTS AND THEGENERAL COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY, THE FOUNDATION AND HOSPITAL TEAMS ARE WORKING ON HYPERTENSION,SENIOR ADULT HEALTH LITERACY AND FUTURE BROADCAST QUALITY VIDEOS.NASHVILLE TAKES ON COVID AS A PART OF THE LOW HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVES, NASHVILLE TAKES ONCOVID IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN OF MORE THAN 80 ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS DEDICATEDTO IMPROVING THE RATE OF COVID 19 VACCINATIONS AND WEARING OF MASKS. THE EFFORT IS LED BY THEFOUNDATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH.PATIENTS MEDICATION FUND THIS FUND UNDERWRITES THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL MEDICATIONS FORPATIENTS UNABLE TO AFFORD THOSE COSTS UNTIL LINKS TO COMMUNITY LONG TERM RESOURCES ARE SECURED.SEVERAL THOUSAND PATIENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2020.SUPPORT FOR CANCER PATIENTS BEYOND MEDICAL NEEDS TEAM CHAD AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS PROVIDEFUNDS TO SUPPORT THE NUTRITIONAL, TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING NEEDS OF ONCOLOGY PATIENTS, WITH THEGOAL OF PROVIDING AS MUCH PERSONAL STABILITY FOR HIGHLY CHALLENGED PATIENTS AND FAMILIES DURINGONCOLOGY TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.PROJECT WARM THIS PROGRAM RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF CLOTHING NEEDS DURING FALL AND WINTER FORHOSPITAL PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES DONATE BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS, SOCKS,HATS, GLOVES AND MUCH MORE FOR DISCHARGED PATIENTS WITHOUT SUITABLE CLOTHING.ART PROGRAM FOR NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL THE INSTALLATION OF ORIGINAL ART ATNASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL BEGINNING IN 2016 MIGHT BE CATEGORIZED AS CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, BUTORIGINAL ART IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING IS A CRITICAL "HEALTHY DISTRACTION." ALTHOUGH THE PHRASE MAYSEEM INCONGRUOUS, IT ACTUALLY DESCRIBES THE BENEFIT TO THE PATIENT ACCURATELY, BECAUSE THE PATIENTIS DISTRACTED FROM THE PREMONITION AND PREOCCUPATION WHICH THE UNKNOWN BRINGS TO AN ILL PERSON.TO DATE, 146 ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART HAVE BEEN DONATED OR LOANED TO THE NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITALFOUNDATION FOR THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT OF PATIENTS.EMPLOYEE CARE FUND NGH FOUNDATION WORKS WITH THE EMPLOYEE CARE COMMITTEE TO RESPONDTO EMERGENCY NEEDS FOR EMPLOYEES IN TIMES OF CRISIS.