Hospitals & Long-term Care

Workforce

Rosie, Tipsy and AnneDroid are the 3 newest employees at Cura senior-living communities

The foodservice provider is turning to robots to ease the labor crunch and free up human servers to focus on hospitality.

Operations

Hospital debuts new mobile ordering app

Users can order meals from their phone or tablet and also keep track of their nutrients throughout the day.

The new program provides recipes, nutrition education and zero-waste strategies for consumers struggling with food insecurity.

Operators need to start providing a holistic view of what working at their facility looks like, says senior-living recruiter Kaitlyn Nishimi.

Michael Vetro, the research hospital’s chef and director of culinary operations, sees food as the connector between staff, patients and the community.

Unidine hosts a national Puree with Purpose competition to raise the bar on this menu category.

The new menu, concepts and design are boosting sales and traffic, drawing customers from the community as well as the hospital.

Chef2Home by Metz offers patients and others the option to have meals delivered to their homes.

The korma is served to patients, staff and guests in retail venue Four Lakes Cafe.

A Cura Hospitality culinary director partners with the nonprofit to hire trained but hard-to-place workers.

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