UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital’s new Executive Chef Matt Melone makes transition from owning a restaurant to healthcare dining
Matt Melone’s Cedar Rapids restaurant, Pig & Porter, was a success, but his professional life was lacking. The newly minted healthcare chef shares his perspective on a growing trend: Professional chefs making their way into onsite dining.
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center prepares gleaned surplus food into meals for feeding the hungry
Partnership between Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and local agency Grateful Hearts collects and brings extra product to the hospital kitchen, where it is cooked into meals and delivered to social service outlets in the community.
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Vancouver’s Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center food and nutrition team provides delivery service for at-risk patients
The hospital’s innovative meal delivery tackles post-stay malnutrition for patients.
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Carle Foundation Hospital lobby renovation helps solve the lunch-rush problem in hospital food service
New forward-facing café solves lunch-rush volume issue with grab-and-go salads, sandwiches, coffee, baked goods and the piece de resistance: a new pizza oven that communicates home and hearth.
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Compass One Healthcare gets real-time feedback on hospital patient meal service with game-changing MyRounding software
Technology that allows hospital food service managers to enter data while making rounds with patients provides advantage to boosting quality of food experience, satisfaction scores.
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