The latest news and innovation from the healthcare segments, including patient feeding and retail in hospitals, and resident dining in long-term care and retirement communities.
How the culinary services crew operating retail and patient dining for Sanford Health in North Dakota deals with the threats and realities posed by COVID-19.
UNC REX Healthcare has taken a closed café space and made it into a market for employees where they can purchase staple foods like chicken and beef as well as prepared meals like pizza and non-food essentials like toilet paper.
New data and inside info from the field: Healthcare food service ‘not scrambling in the way an outsider might expect,’ but ‘business has still been turned upside down.’ Datassential finds ‘healthcare operators may be facing a new normal but their...
Healthcare system has adapted to coronavirus by exploring food delivery across the facility and meal delivery to discharged but at-risk patients and taking on employees idled but still on the payroll.
Vancouver’s Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center food and nutrition team provides delivery service for at-risk patients and more healthcare dining news from the past month.
As many colleges, schools and sports arenas temporarily shut down, foodservice distributors such as Sysco Corporation and U.S. Foods have to balance dealing with reduced overall demand while continuing to serve critical institutions.
High percentage of people who believe visits to these venues will tempt fate during pandemic, and the ‘damage may already be done’ for business in these segments, says Datassential’s Mark Brandau.
In-house dining operations in venues like hospitals, schools, colleges, businesses and conference/entertainment facilities are coping with the impact of the novel coronavirus on staff, customers and supply channels.
Getting more great plant-based menu items to hospital employees, patients and guests means buy-in from all levels of leadership and backup support from a new coalition for healthier healthcare dining comprised of the Humane Society of the United...
