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Using a Mobile-Technology Tool to Assist Meals on Wheels Drivers in Conducting Home Wellness Checks

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May 01, 2018
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Introduction

  • Growing evidence that social determinants (e.g. nutrition, transportation, and housing) have a significant impact on health and well-being.
  • Opportunity to leverage home meal-delivery programs, such as Meals on Wheels (MOW), to proactively identify and address unmet social needs and create partnerships with providers and payers to better support clients.
  • We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the use of a mobile technology tool to assist drivers with client wellness checks during routine meal delivery