Room Service Improves Nutritional Intake and Increases Patient Satisfaction While Decreasing Food Waste and Cost Congratulations to our client, Sally McCray, on the publication of her new article! The publication is in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The study shows a patient-centered foodservice model, such as room service in hospitals, can:
Malnutrition affects patient morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay and costs.* Therefore, the best decision is to treat the disease and nourish the patient. This can be accomplished with Room Service Choice on Demand: Patients know what they want and when they want it Increasing role of consumers in their healthcare decisions participatory medicine There are
The generally unappetising food on offer in hospitals is about to change. #9News Hotel-style room service meals delivered to patients within 45 minutes, prepared to order from the many available options. Hospital room service significantly reduces waste and increases patient satisfaction. Click here for the news clip.
Australia’s first hotel-style hospital room service has rolled out at Mater’s South Brisbane campus delivering more than 2000 meals a day to all patients and reducing plate waste by 17 per cent. See story on Channel 7 News Brisbane:
Transforming the mealtime experience for patients From May 2017 the Mater Hospital Sydney will offer full room service for all meals. The first Hospital to introduce room-service in NSW, patients will no longer receive meals at a set time each day, nor will they need to select their meals a day in advance. Instead, patients
Room success story revisited: PRESS GANEY – Increased from the 35th percentile (Quarter 2, 2013) to the 80th percentile (Quarter 2, 2014). Plate waste has decreased from 30% to 12% and only 6% in oncology. Reduction of supplements by 60%. Food costs are down by over $500,000 (15%). Mater Health Services won the PHAQ
Thanks to a great partnership with the excellent Mater Team, DM&A Coaches Ron Stewart, Chef Eric and Chef Jim McGrody helped to launch the first ever Public Hospital Room Service in Australia! DM&A delivered the first ever Private Hospital Room Service 3 years ago. Others "say" they can or have done room service in
"The scores are in, and it is official … staff in the Food and Nutrition Services (FANS) Department at Dickinson Memorial Hospital scored a perfect 100% for showing courtesy and respect to their patients when serving their meals in the four areas surveyed: Medical Unit, Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit, and OB Unit. Consequently, they
DM&A is pleased to announce the successful introduction of room service at IUH Ball Memorial Hospital in November 2015. View article below: Hospital food has room service flair
June 23, 2015 - Felicia Smith of Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas, Wyoming was named CDM of the Year by the Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals (ANFP). Congratulations Felicia on a job well done!
