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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 >>

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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 >>

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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 >>

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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 >>

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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 >>

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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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Healthier Food: An Overview

Research shows that one in every three hospital patients is malnourished--leading to longer and costlier hospital stays and increased chance of readmission. In today's changing healthcare landscape, it is important not to overlook simple nutrition as a foundation for wellness and more effective Read More >>

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Choose an Integrated Software System Which Promotes Patient Safety

The dietary needs of hospital patients are as unique as their individual medical needs, and should be addressed with the same level of seriousness and attention to detail as medications and physical procedures. Allergies, swallowing and chewing problems and interactions between foods and prescribed Read More >>