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Everyone is talking about how hospital foodservice operations will be affected by the Affordable Care Act, but no one is talking about how LTC facilities will be involved. 

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Castle Rock Hospital Creates “Destination” Restaurant

When 59-bed Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, in Colorado, opened this month, one of its hallmarks was the 90-seat Manna restaurant, the employee/visitor  dining room that Nutrition Manager Dan Skay hopes will become a destination restaurant

Students hope to bring elements of fine dining to hospital setting.

As a team we decided we wanted a way to pull our residents into dining, to show them what really happens in the kitchen. We wanted them to become part of the process more and to see exactly what goes into putting out each meal. So we started a resident ch

A gluten-free item cannot contain more than 20 parts per million of gluten.

Four-member teams from 10 hospitals had two hours each to create a three-course meal for $5 that met nutritional standards for health.

After a swtich to a new foodservice provider, hospital aims to increase healthfulness of menu.

Click through a Snapshots of all the recipes for the July 2013 issue.

City's Healthy Hospital Initiative helps hospitals provide healthy food in retail.

Room service, upscale menus help hospitals improve patient satisfaction.

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