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Hospital launches 1st barista-staffed cafe powered by Amazon
Posted: 09/17/2025Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston had a grand opening Aug. 25 for the new market using Amazon’s Just Walk Out platform, which enables employees and visitors to pay for items by scanning a debit or credit card (or their badges) when they enter instead of visiting a cash register on the way out. While other health systems are using the tech, Roper St. Francis said it’s the first to deploy it at a coffee shop staffed by baristas.
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Charter House in Rochester puts on lemonade stand to raise funds for Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Posted: 09/08/2025Staff at the Mayo Clinic Charter House put together a lemonade stand fundraiser on Thursday, September 4th, to raise funds for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s that will take place in Rochester this fall. “Charter house is participating in the Walk for Alzheimer’s on October 4th, put on by the Alzheimer’s Association, and we wanted to raise funds and a way to do that is through a lemonade and cake-pop stand that we came up with,” said Aimalicia Staub, the Charter House’s director of marketing. [more]
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Roper St. Francis Healthcare opens new Palmetto Market at Berkeley Hospital
Posted: 09/08/2025Roper St. Francis Healthcare has opened its second Palmetto Market, a café and retail shop featuring Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, inside the Medical Office Building at Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital at 100 Callen Blvd. in the Summerville area of Berkeley County. Roper St. Francis Healthcare partnered with Morrison Healthcare to stock the store with locally prepared foods, beverages, flowers, gifts, Roper St. Francis Healthcare-branded merchandise and a full-service Starbucks. Barista-made drinks will be available from 6 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. [more]
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New Research Addresses Food Insecurity Through Medically Tailored Meals
Posted: 08/26/2025According to the USDA, 12.8% of US households—about 17 million—experienced food insecurity in 2022, up from 10.2% in 2021. To address this issue, Cleveland Clinic and Morrison Healthcare collaborated on a study assessing impact and feasibility of medically tailored meals (MTMs). The study provided personalized meals to meet the therapeutic needs of patients with obesity, diabetes, and other conditions. MTMs not only treat disease but also reduce health care costs and utilization. [more]
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Roper St. Francis Health Care opens second cashier-less market powered by AI-driven technology
Posted: 08/25/2025Roper St. Francis Health Care unveiled its second Palmetto Market, a high-tech café and retail space powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology.The second store is located within the Medical Office Building of Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital. It follows the launch of the first Palmetto Market at Bon Secours St. Francis in June. Both locations are powered by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven, cashier-less checkout system. [more]
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Baptist Health Employee Retires After 56 Years
Posted: 08/08/2025It’s a rarity these days for someone to stay at a single job for decades, but one Montgomery hospital employee retired Thursday after spending nearly six at Baptist Medical Center South. Jennie Cannon has worked in the hospital cafeteria for 56 years. She says she will miss seeing the faces of her fellow staff members, but said it was time to go for a change of pace. [more]
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