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.
Research showed fewer emergency department visits, fewer inpatient admissions and lower medical spending are possible benefits from initiatives that bring prepared food to nutritionally vulnerable patients.
NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the country’s largest healthcare systems, is jumping on the Meatless Monday bandwagon, launching the program at four sites in late February.
With reconfigured lines, more efficiencies and smoother traffic patterns, the café is now seeing business increase from customers inside the hospital and out.
As Morrison Healthcare plots room service and decentralized kitchens, the massive foodservice operation remains in motion, complete with robot carts and also an emphasis on the human touch.
