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Increasing intake and decrease waste-Unveiling food solutions through technology
October 7, 202512:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 ET
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This webinar is brought to you by CMTF as part of Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week™ October 6 - 10, 2025 "Unveiling Solutions"
This webinar is presented in English / Ce webinaire sera présenté en Anglais.
Webinar description:
Despite advances in food service, the amount of food consumed by hospitalized adults and children remains inadequate, is a huge barrier to optimizing nutrition intake and is a risk factor for malnutrition. Food only matters if it is eaten. There is a large amount of food being wasted across health care institutions with studies reporting waste rates between 30%-50% depending upon service model used. Standards and guidelines have consistently recommended strategies to improve food intake while reducing food waste. With the current climate of soaring food costs and reduced budgets, innovative “food first” solutions are needed.
In this session, speakers will present their experiences with using technology and tools to help monitor food intake, reduce waste and increase food intake in acute care hospitals. Speakers will explore how digital intake and waste tracking tools enhance the accuracy and efficiency of monitoring patient food consumption. Speakers will demonstrate how intake data can inform targeted nutrition interventions and how this can contribute to better patient outcomes during hospitalization. Attendees will gain insight into the practical benefits and limitations of current systems, including challenges related to data accuracy, reporting functionality, and staff engagement. Findings from a pre-implementation study of an AI-assisted meal tray scanner (Nuvilab) in hospital food service operations will provide lessons on feasibility, fidelity and practical tips for planning implementation of new food intake/waste monitoring technologies. Speakers will provide insights on how attendees can adopt the learnings into their own settings.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar the audience will be able to:
- Describe how intake tracking using technology can support real-time data collection on patient food consumption
- Identify operational and technological facilitators and barriers to accurate intake tracking and potential solutions
- Explain how dietitians and food service staff can leverage technology and collaboration to improve nutrition care planning, reduce food waste, and enhance patient outcomes
- List key considerations for successfully implementing new food intake/waste monitoring technologies
Speakers:
Brenda MacDonald, RD, Director of Nutrition and Food Services, Nova Scotia Health
Janice Sorensen, RD, PhD, Clinical Research Lead, Long Term Care and Assisted Living Research Unit, Fraser Health Authority
Moderator: Marlis Atkins, RD, Program Director, Nutrition Services, Provincial Strategy, Standards and Practice, Alberta Health Services
About the Speakers:
Brenda MacDonald, RD - is the Senior Director of Nutrition and Food Services at Nova Scotia Health, leading over 1,300 professionals across 43 facilities. Guided by the belief that food is medicine, she champions a culture of nutrition that supports healing and recovery. Her team’s evidence-based strategies have improved patient outcomes, including the rollout of the Enhanced Room Service model leveraging CBORD technology in thirteen hospitals. Brenda is passionate about innovation and collaboration, and she’s excited to unveil food solutions that reflect her team’s unwavering commitment to nourishing the health of Nova Scotians.
Janice Sorensen, RD, PhD - is Leader for Clinical Research in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living at Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia (BC). She provides leadership in capacity-building, collaboration, and execution of research grounded in integrated knowledge mobilization across the sector in the region. Prior to this role, Janice taught for the Nutrition and Food Service Management program at Langara College in Vancouver and worked as a clinical dietitian at Queens Park Care Center in New Westminster. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF), co-chair of the CMTF Long-Term Care and Food Working Group, and member of the BC Provincial Nutrition Standards Working Group. For over 20 years, Janice has researched and taught in clinical nutrition, food quality, and foodservice in healthcare in Denmark and Canada.
About the Moderator:
Marlis Atkins, RD - is a member of the Canadian Malnutrition Task force (CMTF) Advisory Committee and is co-chair of the Long-Term care and Food Working Group. She developed her passion for addressing malnutrition, particularly in older adults, during her 10 years as a home care dietitian. She brought this passion to her role as Program Director, Nutrition Services, Provincial Strategy, Standards and Practice for more than 10 years and is responsible for implementing a Malnutrition Strategy across all sectors in Alberta Health Services. This encompasses acute care in adults & pediatrics, primary care and long-term care. In this role, she has promoted awareness and championed implementation of best practices for nutrition care (including prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition), amongst health care professionals and other leaders.
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