As hospital administrators continue to work toward increasing patient satisfaction while reducing food waste, an increasing number of hospitals are turning to some form of patient room service at meal times. For the implementation of any room service program to be successful, it must be efficient Read More >>
Competition Thrives and Cultures Change
The largest single issue facing health care providers in the United States continues to be controlling costs. Increasing competition in the marketplace demands that hospital kitchens continue to expand patient choices and improve services, while striking the right balance between improving patient Read More >>
Implement Small Changes to Make a Big Impact in Food Service
Hospitals and healthcare institutions are increasingly embracing healthier options in their foodservice operations for the benefit of patients, employees, and visitors. The stressful nature of the hospital environment often leads foodservice patrons to choose more comforting options rather Read More >>
Healthcare Foodservice Checkup
In a recent survey, over 200 foodservice operators and one thousand consumers were surveyed about the priorities, perceptions, and needs of patients, staff, visitors, residents and the ways health care operators play a unique role in foodservice. In recent years, food has come to play a Read More >>
Healthcare Food Trends for 2017
Each new year brings advancements in the food service industry that have the potential to revolutionize the way health care food service providers feed patients, employees, and visitors who come to their facilities. Among the growing trends for 2017 are investments in equipment and personnel that Read More >>
Survey: Patient Needs, Preferences Drive Health Care Food Service Programs
In a recent survey conducted by Datassentials, over 200 healthcare operators and 1,000 consumers shared their opinions and experiences with food service in health care facilities and discussed the choices and challenges faced by both food service operators and the patients, customers and visitors Read More >>
Hospitals Strive to Change Lives through Changing Food Service Fare
There's a growing trend among hospital food service operations that is focused on changing the way patients, employees and visitors eat every day. As the nature of care moves from treatment to prevention, health care professionals stress the importance of starting by offering better Read More >>
Better Nutritional Standards for Meals
Hospitals in the United States spend billions of dollars each year treating diet-related chronic illness. By improving nutritional intervention during admissions, hospitals have an opportunity, and increasingly, an obligation, to improve the long-term nutritional status of patients and prevent Read More >>
Boost HCAHPS Scores with Vision Software
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey establishes a national standard for collecting or publicly reporting patients' perspectives on care that would enable valid comparisons to be made across all hospitals. The survey is designed to produce comparable Read More >>
Using Benchmarks to Gauge and Improve Efficiencies
Benchmarking is an essential practice for healthcare administrators, whereby institutions measure performance against governmental or industry standards— or benchmarks— to establish basic standards for care. These benchmarks help ensure that resources are being used effectively and Read More >>
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