Thus, policy makers and hospital management currently have a poor evidence base upon which to make decisions about the value of implementing EMO. Whether these systems can provide support and guidance to patients during meal ordering, improve order appropriateness and accuracy through compliance checking...
care. Addressing the key challenges in today’s competitive healthcare industry, it raises clinical productivity and patient comfort to the next level. ”The Electronic Meal Ordering system means patients get wider choice of menu, and they order and consume their meals on the same day. This ...
The hospital can have two or three order- ing points. These are connected to a value-added network (VAN), which connects the hospital to its suppliers. A schematic view of the process is shown in the figure. The system also can connect the hospital to other hos- pitals, to multi...
The hospital currently uses an electronic foodservice system (EFS) for patient meal ordering, accessed through personal screens at the bedside. Participants were shown the EFS program on an iPad and asked about their perceptions of the program, with questions from a semi-structured interview guide....