Aim Hospital foodservices provide an important opportunity to deliver valuable dietary
support to patients, address hospital‐acquired malnutrition risk and enhance patient …

Background Room service is a foodservice model that has been increasingly implemented
across health care facilities in an effort to improve patient satisfaction and reduce food …

The increasing age of populations throughout the world means that healthcare services are
faced with new challenges, not least regarding the provision of food during hospital stay …

Background Room service (RS) is a hospital foodservice model that is traditionally unique to
the private sector. It allows patients to order meals compliant to their nutritional requirements …

Aim Room service is a patient‐focused foodservice model gaining interest in Australian
hospitals following demonstrated patient and organisational benefits. This study aimed to …

Hospital foodservice is complex and can be considered as one of the most complicated
systems in the hospitality sector with many interrelated factors. Hospital menus should be …

Background A recurring problem in medical institutions is patients not always receiving food
meeting their nutritional and medical needs. A proposed contributing factor is non-inclusion …

Energy and protein intakes lower than requirements are associated with worsening health
outcomes. Here we set out to evaluate gaps between energy and protein intakes and …

Hospital malnutrition is a multi-factorial and complex problem seen in cancer patients
receiving treatment, which is associated with poorer outcomes. Appropriate foodservice …

Malnutrition in the acute hospital setting is associated with adverse clinical outcomes,
increased mortality and morbidity, increased hospital length of stay and increased costs …