Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water all started with Practical Hospital Services, which was focused on critical solutions to support clinicians, aid patients with healing, and uphold the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance. When the women who founded Practical Hospital Services decided to go backpacking through the Sierra Nevadas in California. They shared a delicious freeze-dried meal and asked themselves: “Why doesn’t emergency food in healthcare feel like this?” They began working with hospital dietitians to create a program that is a nutritionally based emergency meal program, forming the Medi-Meal Emergency Meal program. You can call today to schedule your free consultation and see how we can simplify compliance while improving preparedness.
Over 20 years, the founders of the Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water program have worked closely with hospitals, long-term care facilities, senior living communities, and institutional partners that understand preparing for any type of emergency is crucial. Delicious, nutritional food plays an important role in patient care, healing, and stuff, endurance. We are committed to continuing to create and support our customers by addressing the gaps within the healthcare community with a dependable, long shelf life solution that organizations can trust. You can schedule your free consultation to ensure your emergency preparedness is truly ready when disaster hits the vulnerable.
Currently, there are two methods out on the market for emergency food. One of those is dehydrated while the other is freeze dried. The dehydrated method can provide up to a 10 year shelflife, however, it has more moisture that can lead to mold if not stored properly. The Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water program offers freeze stride meals, which goes through the process of removing 99% moisture via sublimation , preserving over 90% of original nutrition, flavor and texture for 25 and up to 30 years. The low temperatures of freeze drying preserve the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients rather than using a high heat method.
Some of the Medi-Meal programs can include the core program, the deluxe program, the acute care program, and the vegetarian kit. The first option, the core Medi-Meal will feed up to 25 people for three days and you can add an option for an extra day. These will include a regular diet menu only, a regulatory book, allergens, instructions, tray tickets, and storage recommendations. And going onto our acute care option they have several of those that feed up to 100 people for seven days, including everything that the core does. The deluxe program will feed 25 people for three days and this includes a specialty diet menu for regular, carb control, cardiac and renal health issues.
If you would like more information on what all we offer and how it can help your facility, please visit Medi-Meals.com. On our website we will have a full list of products as well as testimonials. Many facilities did not know about the caps that they had in their emergency preparedness before they worked with us. You can connect with us by phone by calling 714-398-4860 to receive a free quote as well as a free consultation for accurate pricing to your exact situation. Don’t wait until disaster hits to boost your preparedness check us out today for yourselves!
Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water | Freeze-Dried Emergency Meals
Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water uses a method called freeze drying instead of dehydrating. With the freeze drying process, 99% of moisture will be removed and 90% of original nutrition, flavor and textures are preserved for 25 and up to 30 years. With the process of dehydrating, the shelf life is only up to 10 years. Not to mention in the freeze drying process, the low temperatures preserve the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients rather than using a high heat. By removing 99% of moisture in the freeze dried food this helps eliminate spoilage and bacteria growth. The freeze-dried food also will retain its original shape, color, and texture due to the removing of moisture at such low temperatures.
This method of freeze drying is a natural preservation process meaning no added chemicals or artificial materials. The Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water also has light-weight cans, making it ideal for emergency situations and long-term storage. This also makes it easier for the nurses and staff to be able to move it to an ideal prepping area without injuries. This process will have an initial higher cost upfront, however over the shelf life of the food and inflation, the food ends up paying a better purchase and saving more money without compromising the flavor, health, benefits, or the quality of the food.
Facilities such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, senior living communities have trusted the Joint Commission Emergency Food and Water program for over 20 years. This is a magnificent program that is tailored to your facilities’ individual needs and budget. We offer a free consultation to review how we can best serve your healthcare facility and resident population based on the space available and budget. We like to provide storage solutions that actually work meaning they are in compact, stackable packaging, designed for long-term storage and fast distribution. This is guaranteed to reduce stress for the teams responsible for emergency readiness.
Our system eliminates the problem of inconsistent inventory, expired products, and mixed documentation. There was once a time that facilities would buy consumer emergency food in pieces, causing lack of preparedness. We standardize product selection, packaging, and documentation across departments. Our vendor partnerships guarantee long-term continuity and facilities get to stop sourcing repeatedly from multiple consumer channels. Most facilities view us as long-term partners and not a transactional vendor working with us means your re-order cycles and inventory management becomes predictable. Not to mention the alignment with healthcare regulations give the administrators confidence and they can rely on operational continuity and patient support.
You can find our full list of meal programs and water options on our website Medi-Meals.com. This is also where you can find our testimonials and our core mission behind our production. Do not hesitate to reach out by phone at the number 714-398-4860. We would love to hear from you and begin your free consultation to determine the needs of your facility and personalize it to care for your patients and staff in the case of emergency. We are the very best at continuously providing safe, healthy, and great tasting food and water in the worst disasters imaginable.