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If you are interested in adding meal ordering to your Nutritics account, please contact sales@nutritics.com
This guide will show you:
If you have not already built up your menus in Nutritics, please see our guide on menu creation here.
If you have not already created a patient profile in Nutritics, please see our guide on this here.
To enable ordering on your account you must first set up your outlet on Nutritics.
Click on the cog icon in the top right corner of the screen, click on ‘settings’ then ‘ordering’.Once the menus and the outlet have been set up, open the menu you would like to publish from the Nutritics content explorer and review the menu settings. If you haven’t already created your menus in Nutritics, please see our guide on menu creation here.
Within the settings menu, there are several tabs that allow for the customisation of the menu:
Display tab
Choose the information to be displayed on paper and digital menus
Enable ordering to allow patients to place orders from the digital menu. Orders will appear in the ‘Orders’ folder in the Nutritics content explorer.
If a menu is password protected, a staff member will be required to log in to see the menu.
Enter the pin assigned to the staff member in your outlet settings.
Menu items are shown in a tile format. Patients can scroll through and filter the menu by clicking on the tabs along the top.
Patients can also filter by their dietary preferences and allergies by clicking on the drop-down menu at the top of the screen. Clicking on the ‘choose’ button allows for the selection of a specific ward/floor and bed/room.
The patient’s dietary requirements including allergies and texture grade requirements will be taken into account and any unsuitable meal options will be removed from the menu.
Clicking on a menu item will open it (the information on display e.g. calories, pricing etc. can be controlled from the menu settings).
Depending on the menu set up, patients can choose bed service, pick up or delivery by following the prompts on screen.
If payments are enabled, patients will be prompted to enter their card details to complete their order.