Food Service

NYC Health + Hospitals to Expand Plant-Based Meals

The hospitals are expected to serve over 850,000 plant-based meals in 2023.

1/13/2023

How Healthcare Facilities Can Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Foodborne illness outbreaks can be detrimental to healthcare facilities, not just patients, so it is up to managers to help prevent them.

6/21/2022

Independent Living Communities Offers Residents Luxury Amenities

Waterman Village also features high-end fitness facilities, luxurious new homes and weekly social activities.

5/31/2022

How Healthcare Food Service Operations Work Through Ongoing Supply Chain Challenges

Hospital kitchens face the same challenges as families but on a much grander scale.

5/25/2022

Ramping Up Foodservice Operations for a Pandemic

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport overcomes daunting obstacles and challenges to accommodate rapid increases of COVID-19 patients

11/24/2021

UL Certification Recognizes Food Service Safety

Mark provides objective evidence that food service operations in healthcare facilities and other settings meet key food safety criteria

10/15/2021

How VA Figured Out Food Service During Pandemic

Goal was to provide guidance that would help foodservice teams at individual hospitals best manage their own situation

5/18/2021

Rethinking Ergonomics for Food Service Workers

Specialists observed workers, noting how when and where they were lifting improperly, pulling, pushing and reaching

5/5/2021

Hospital Says ‘Not So Fast’ to This Fast Food

Campaign persuades hospital to close Burger King

4/22/2021

Food Service Supply Chain Issues Prompt Changes

Management team decided to create secondary menus to ensure they had backup plan

4/21/2021

Food Program Reaches Beyond Hospital To Community

Objective is to provide nutritious food and education to help diabetic patients make healthy decisions

4/15/2021

Food Service Options for Outside Dining Demands

Patients and families concerned with health are venturing outside more thanks to vaccine rollouts

4/14/2021

Food Programs Adapt to COVID-19 Era

Instead of delivering meals to COVID-19 patients themselves, kitchen coordinates with nursing staff

4/8/2021

Food Program Extends Healthy Meals Beyond Hospital Walls

Before discharge, patients choose meals from a menu that supports individual health needs

3/22/2021

Program Targets Discharged Patients with Healthy Meals

Hospital also sent information to its 5,600 employees and 110 physician’s offices

3/9/2021

How COVID-19 Is Reshaping Food Service

How can managers use staff effectively to deliver a quality product and meet customer expectations?

2/24/2021

Rethinking Food Service in COVID-19 Era

University of California San Francisco Health relaunches delivery in main facility

2/23/2021

COVID-19 Will Transform Food Service

Cost pressures probably will force dining programs to seek relief

2/19/2021

Culinary Center Targets Hospitals and Resilience

Healthcare systems are seeking to prevent disease and health issues in communities by addressing social determinants of health

2/9/2021

Changes to Food Programs Could Outlast COVID-19

Atlanta hospital has eliminated self-serve stations, room service-style patient menus, and cash

1/28/2021

Food Programs Adapt in the COVID-19 Era

Service had to continue where many traditional models no longer were feasible

1/15/2021

Flexible Food Program Responds to Pandemic

Programs had to rethink and revamp operations while still ensuring the health of patients

1/14/2021

Hospital Targets Healthier Foods for Staff, Patients

Meal prep service helps people enjoy a stress-free, healthy meal at their convenience

1/6/2021

Food Service Workers To Receive Early Vaccines

CDC recommendations for vaccination priorities acknowledge risks facing key employees in healthcare facilities

1/4/2021

Food Programs in Senior Living Facilities Carry On

To deal with the COVID-10 pandemic, dining operations have had to change

12/22/2020

Health System’s Food Offering Targets Sweet Tooth

The facilities have offered dessert stations before but never a complete station dedicated to chocolate

12/21/2020

Rethinking Food Service in the COVID-19 Era

Managers in these operations no longer can use their tried-and-true ways of working

12/14/2020

Food Programs Pivot in Response to Pandemic

Micromarkets have popped, offering an easy way for hospital workers to pick up items without entering grocery stores

12/10/2020

Healthcare Facility Dining Programs Meet COVID With Innovation

At UF Health Shands Florida Hospital, dining staff started delivering food directly to COVID patients

11/3/2020

Keeping The Hospital Cafeteria Safe During The Pandemic

A properly developed, executed and periodically reviewed plan is key

11/2/2020

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