Sodexo Expands Partnership with Ardent Health Services in the US to Power Positive Patient Outcomes
September 15 2022 - 12:20PM
Sodexo has announced a new enterprise-wide partnership with Ardent
Health Services. Through this strengthened partnership, over 1,500
Sodexo employees will provide food and nutrition services and
environmental services at over 50 Ardent locations across six
states. Previously, Sodexo provided patient nutrition and
environmental services at four Ardent locations. “We are
thrilled to be able to expand and extend our partnership with
Ardent,” Stuart Winters, CEO of healthcare, Sodexo North America,
said. “Our teams will continue working with Ardent to focus on
staff development, recruitment, and retention while implementing
innovative programs and technology systems in order to support the
delivery of high-quality care for Ardent’s patients and
communities.”
Sodexo will continue to help Ardent adopt standardized
processes, technology, and delivery of service across the health
system with the goal of delivering financial savings in conjunction
with superior patient care.
“Having worked with Sodexo previously, we have been consistently
impressed with the performance and dedication exhibited by the
Sodexo team,” Ardent Chief Operating Officer Terika Richardson,
said. “We know Sodexo will continue to generate significant value
and help us execute our mission of providing excellent patient
care.”
Starting immediately, Sodexo will provide Ardent with the
following:
- Clinical Patient Nutrition and Food Services
Sodexo’s patient nutrition program is an evidence-based,
individualized approach providing patients the nutrition they
require (and desire) for health and healing. Sodexo crafts a
customized retail experience for patients, visitors, and staff
while ensuring their experience is timely, tasty, at the right
temperature and accurate to their expectations. Sodexo’s more than
2,500 registered dietitians in the U.S. champion healthier lives
for patients and empower healthier communities.
- Environmental Services (EVS)
Sodexo’s Environmental Services offer includes Protecta®, an
evidence-based end-to-end approach to infection prevention, that
decreases incidence of hospital-associated infections (HAIs) and
helps healthcare facilities achieve their infection prevention
goals.
About Sodexo North AmericaAt Sodexo Healthcare we build
trusted partnerships with health systems to support their care
delivery mission. Leveraging science, insights, and imagination, we
provide solutions and contribute essential non-clinical services
wherever care is delivered, to enhance patients’ and caregivers’
experience while improving our clients’ financial health. Sodexo
Healthcare’s 35,000 employees provide human-centered care with food
and nutrition, environmental, and clinical engineering services
that support healthcare teams and overall operations at over 1,500
sites in the United States.
Sodexo North America is part of a global, Fortune 500 company
with a presence in 55 countries. Sodexo provides quality,
multichannel and flexible food experiences, but also designs
attractive and inclusive workplaces and shared spaces, manages and
maintains infrastructure in a safe and environmentally friendly
way, offers personalized support for patients or students and even
creates programs fostering employee engagement. The company employs
90,066 people at thousands of sites in all 50 U.S. states, Canada,
Puerto Rico and Guam, and indirectly supports tens of thousands of
additional jobs through its annual purchases of $20B in goods and
services from small to large businesses. Sodexo North America is
committed to focusing on tangible everyday gestures and actions
through its integrated services to create a better every day for
everyone and build a better life for all.
About Ardent Health Services
Ardent Health Services invests in people, technology and
communities. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent owns and operates 30
hospitals and nearly 200 sites of care in six states with
approximately 26,000 employees, including 1,200+ employed
providers. With a focus on evidence-based practices to improve
quality care and patient outcomes, four Ardent hospitals were named
to Leapfrog’s Top Hospitals in 2021, and eight Ardent hospitals
received a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade of A for Spring 2022.
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Ardent is owned by current and
former members of Ardent’s management team; Equity Group
Investments (EGI), a Chicago-based private investment firm; and
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR), a publicly traded real estate investment
trust.
Jane Dollinger
Sodexo
jane.dollinger@sodexo.com
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