Mildura Base Public Hospital has announced the introduction of a new ‘build-your-own’ menu for its inpatients.
Mildura Base Pubic Hospital (MBPH) has implemented an innovative Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ordering program in conjunction with the Chef Max system, which now features a range of ‘Build Your Own’ meal options.
Under the new system, any patient, family member or clinical staff member, can potentially order patient’s food from their device, by scanning a QR code at the patient’s bedside.
This means they will not only see all of their menu options, but also pictures of the food.
Patients will also be able to modify ingredients to suit their preferences.
“It’s real patient choice,” MBPH Services Support Manager, Sarah Lay explained when detailing the background to the introduction of the innovative menu.
“For a very long time, food services have been very constricted. We’ve followed a range of instructions from dietetics and clinicians, together with nutritional guidelines and allergen controls,” Ms Lay said.
Prior to the implementation of the new menu, MBPH patients were offered one or two options and the ‘food monitor’ would go around the wards and ask the patient what they would like to have. Now the new menu options are in place, the food monitor will still visit the wards to assist those the patients who can’t navigate the ‘bring your own device’ – BYOD system.
