Lahey Chefs Fusion Plate challenge at the Cafeteria at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Come join us on Wednesday, June 1 for our Executive Chef, David Cox's fusion plate challenge at the cafeteria during lunch.

Justin Melanson and Jeffrey Collins, Sous chefs will also be competing at this challenge in the upcoming weeks.

Hope to see you at the Cafeteria on June 1!

Linda Clay, Guest Blogger- Necessity is the mother of Innovation

This week I am please to have Linda Clay, Director of Food and Nutrition at Lahey Hospital and Medical center to blog about "Necessity is the mother of Innovation" 

Front row (Left to Right): Brandon, Justin, Matt , Linda
Back row (Left to right): Darrin and Matt S 

This week we are upgrading our Healthtouch System as a beta site.  Healthtouch is our Room Service Software system that allows us to take orders from patients over the phone, while being compliant with special diet restrictions.  The system allows us to transmit orders to various stations in the kitchen so we know what to prepare and assemble.  It works just like hotel room service. 

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center was the pioneer for this system.  It was originally just a cash register system but one of the managers here asked if MCR (the company that provides Healthtouch) wanted to see the room service program, and like magic an innovation was born.  Today there are 500 Room Service hospitals and hospital systems in North America, and MCR became a partner with Sodexo.  

I was at the second hospital to have MCR’s system, and because of the need to find more efficiencies, I was asked if we could cook our sister hospital’s meals  and drive them  13 miles down the road, otherwise known as “not such a good idea”.  I was sure there had to be some other efficiency, so I asked MCR if we could send patient orders over the hospital network to print in that kitchen 13 miles away.  They said yes and another innovation was born.  Today there are huge hospital systems using these systems.

What is so unique about Room Service and Healthtouch is that they were both innovations from the bottom up.  Each new user added new ideas and innovations.  It’s really a privilege to really watch real innovation happen over the past 18 years and to see the collective ideas of so many become realized.  

Linda Clay

Director of Food and Nutrition

Congratulations to Maria Petkiewich for being selected as "Colleague of the month" for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Maria Petkiewich

Congratulations to Maria Petkiewch, Jazzman worker, for being selected as "Colleague of the Month" for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. This is a huge honor as Maria was chosen from hospital wide nominations.

To be eligible for the award, the nominated colleagues have to demonstrate a consistent commitment to the organization's mission, vision, and values by demonstrating any or all of the following:

• Quality Customer Service
• Excellent Patient Care
• Outstanding Teamwork and Communication
• Mutual Respect 
• Positive Attitude
• Strong Work Ethic
• Contributions to Cost Savings or Increased Revenue
• Trust and Integrity

We held a celebration in the department to celebrate Maria's award. Representatives from the Lahey Engagement Team and colleagues in the department were invited to the event.  Linda Clay, Director of Food and Nutrition, presented the award and a bouquet of flowers to Maria.  Linda also told the story of when she met Maria's 11 years ago.  Maria was working as a sanitation worker and Maria's dream was to be able to speak English publicly.  She achieved her goal!  Linda was very proud and happy of how much Maria has grown.

Maria is very happy with the award and she shares the award with everyone in the department.  We all do a great job putting  patients and customers at the heart of everything we do. 

Thank you Maria!  Thank you for making everyday a better day for all those we served

To get to know more about Maria, please take a look at her youtube video.

Here are more pictures from Maria award celebrations

Left to right: Betty, Doug, Ben, Maria and Rich

Maria with Linda

Happy Mother's Day!

This Sunday, May 8,  we will be celebrating Mother's Day. 

For this special occasion, I would like to share the following poem as a gift to all mothers

A Mother’s Day poem 

For nine months you sacrifice your health

To carry me whom you eagerly want to meet

I brought you tremendous discomfort

But you told me how much you love me
How you can't wait to see me

I cried the moment I was born

You cried the moment you saw me

Your miracle hand comforted me

Your love surrounded me

I grow in the blink of an eye  

I live my own life

You always ask me not to worry

You always tell me you are always there for me

Today on this mother’s day

I am wishing you happiness and good health

I want to thank you for being so selfless 

And I want to let you know how much I love you

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms!

A photo of Jian Lescard, Patient Services Representatives with her son

May is Asian Pacific Heritage Month

Happy Friday!

In commemorate with Asian Pacific Heritage month in May, let's learn how to say "Thank you" in different Asian languages/dialects from our colleagues in the Food and Nutrition department.

To learn more about Asian Pacific Heritage month, please click on this link http://asianpacificheritage.gov/about/

Happy Asian Pacific Heritage Month!

Japanese- Domo Arigato Gozaimasu. Presented by Yuko Gosselin, Cashier

            Chinese Mandarin- Xie Xie. Presented by Jian Lescard, Patient Services Representatives                                                                                     

Newari language - Su-bhaay. Presented by Ravi Rajkarnikar, Line Cook

Vietnamese language-Cam On. Presented by My Viet Nguyen,  Patient Services Representative

Urdu language - Shukriya . Presented by Nasim Khan

Khmer language- Arkhoun. Presented by Sophamareth-Arthur Hem, Food Services Worker 

 Gujarati language- Abhara. Presented by Sarlaben Patel,Cashier  

Tibetan language- Thu-Je Che. Presented by Ravi Rajkarnikar,Line Cook

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Come join us for "Cinco De Mayo Special" during lunch at the World Cuisine Station.

The Sodexo Food and Nutrition Team at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center celebrates Cinco De Mayo today with a "Cinco De Mayo special plate" at the World Cuisine station.

The menu consists of:
- Steak Cilantro Empanadas
-Chicken Verde Enchiladas
-Beef Tacos
-Mexican Fried Rice
-Re fried beans
-Cheddar Jalapeno fritters

and a choice of bottled water, 8oz can soda or any size fountain beverage

All for only $7.95.

To learn more about Cinco De Mayo please visit http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo.

Wishing everyone a Happy Cinco De Mayo!

  

Cinco De Mayo Special Plate

Justin, Sous Chef preparing the Chicken Verde Enchiladas 

Chef Dave and Justin working hard in the Kitchen

Congratulations to Team NED for a successful Bake sale to raise funds for the Lahey Health 5K Cancer Walk & Run

The Registered Dietitians team at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center organized a bake sale for Team NED (No Evidence of Disease) at the hospital 4 South East Lobby last Wednesday, April 27th.  Our Dietitians prepared an array of baked goods (made from scratch) consisting of Granola, a variety of cakes and breads , homemade donuts, pecan rolls, fudge, cookies, gluten free items,and other treats for this event.

The team was able to raise $1,084 from the bake sale. Congratulations to Team NED!

If you are not able to participate in the bake sale and are interested to support Team NED. you can make a donation at Team NED Lahey Health 5K Cancer Walk & Run webpage at http://www.laheyhealth5k.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1155568&lis=1&kntae1155568=735AF6AD2FDB4B43869860FA21B353AB&team=6678477

Great job Team NED! 

Let's work together to find a cure for Cancer. Every bit of help matters.

Sara pretending she is eating all the bake goods. 

Olivia and Sara at the Bake Sale