Equipment & Technology

Getting a Handle on Handwashing

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:08:00 +0000

As hospitals focus on infection control, FSDs have turned to advances in technology.

Economizing By Centralizing

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:00 +0000

Independent health systems cooperate on central facility for consolidating purchase, repack and production functions.

Room Service Without a Call Center: a Case Study at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:21:00 +0000

John Lawn

Wexner's nutrition services staff looked to re-invent the medical center's patient meal service model.

Realtime data

Extending access to the program to nursing “was a very important goal,” says Laura Meadows, the department’s system analyst and the one who oversaw its interface design. “There are times when a nurse can need to check on an order or meal status or delivery scheduling and we wanted to make sure they had an easy way to do this.”

Pixels Over Paper

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:15:00 +0000

Coded magnets allow students to access school menus with smartphones.

Coded magnets allow students to access school menus with smartphones

FM 2013 Foodservice Market Outlook

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000

A Look at What’s Ahead for Foodservice Across the Onsite Segments

A look at what’s ahead for foodservice across the onsite segments

New Café Debuts at Geisinger

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:47:00 +0000

Multi-Station eatery features more choices, display cooking, interactive screens.

Multi-Station eatery features more choices, display cooking, interactive screens

School Uses Rats to Test Effects of Eating

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:32:00 +0000

Melanie Konarik, nutrition services director in the Spring (TX) ISD makes a case for using lab rats to test for the effects of healthy and unhealthy eating

A Walk Though Cleveland Museum of Art's New Provenance Kitchen & Servery

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:08:00 +0000

Photography by John Lawn

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High School As College

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:06:00 +0000

The Collegiate Academy wing at Union High in Oklahoma has an all-day Cyber Cafe

Dining at Union High (Almost) Too Cool for School?

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Union High in Oklahoma has a dining complex that was designed to offer students a college-like experience