After a week-long diet of nothing but The Ottawa Hospital food, CEO Jack Kitts, MD, and other managers admitted they didn’t like what they tasted. Following years of hearing complaints from patients, ...

A recent survey of German hospitals and nursing homes has found that the very institutions tasked with protecting human health may in fact be harming it—alongside the planet’s. The new work is the ...

Eating at a hospital is often necessary for patients, visitors, and staff alike, but not all food options are created equal. Hospitals are meant to promote health, healing, and recovery, yet some ...

Hospital meals have long been the butt of jokes, but new research shows they might actually pose a health risk, with low-quality diets failing to meet basic nutrition standards in hospitals and ...

Why does the medical world — brilliant at curing our ills, repairing and replacing our failing body parts and keeping us alive when we should be dead — fail miserably when it comes to the most ...

As pediatric house staff, my co-residents and I developed a keen ability to provide skillful and compassionate care under stressful conditions. This included managing high patient volumes, treating ...