COVID-19 Resources for the MQii

The MQii Leadership Team will be continuously updating this landing page with resources and events to support your care teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage you to also email us at malnutritionquality@avalere.com with any specific questions. Please fill out this brief survey here so we can better support your patients and institutions.

We want to hear from you so that we can provide additional tools, resources, or trainings that would be helpful to your care teams at this time.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nutrition 2020 (June 1–4, 2020)

The annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), Nutrition 2020, will be held live and online for free this year. Sessions focused on COVID-19 include "NIH Response to COVID-19 and Nutrition-Specific Funding Opportunities" at 9:30 AM ET and "Strengthening Federal Nutrition Research: Gaps and Opportunities, Uncluding Lessons from COVID-19" at 2:30 PM ET on June 2.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics COVID-19 Professional Resource Hub

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  • Latest guidance from government agencies
  • Collated guidelines/publications related to critical care, diabetes, nutrition support, etc.
  • Responses to FAQs related to telehealth, clinical care, food safety, etc.
  • Links to Academy’s Front Line Webinar Series recordings

    ASPEN COVID-19 Resources

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  • Up-to-date nutrition recommendations and clinical guidelines
  • Information about nutrition support
  • Recordings of recent webinars

    ANHI Nutrition and Immunity Podcast Series

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  • Ongoing podcast series about nutrition and immunity, including four specifically about COVID-19

    ANHI Nutrition and Immunity Special Report

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  • Newsletter including infographics, video, and podcast series

    DMT COVID-19 Resources

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  • Responses to FAQs related to food access, social isolation, etc., including links to pertinent programs, organizations, and reports
  • Resources from state-specific community organizations and government agencies
  • Press release

    Nestlé Heath Science COVID-19 Medical Hub

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  • Overview of nutrition recommendations and webinars about enteral nutrition support, including related tools
  • Malnutrition screening and intervention pathway
  • Links to additional resource pages

    Recent Publications

    Nutrition support in the time of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

    Prevalence of malnutrition and analysis of related factors in elderly patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

    Malnutrition care during the COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for registered dietitian nutritionists evidence analysis center

    Effects of Micronutrients or Conditional Amino Acids on COVID-19 Related Outcomes: An Evidence Analysis Center Scoping Review

    • Learning Collaborative Participant Experiences

    "Participating in the MQii has given my work such greater meaning. I feel like I am doing something important, something that matters to all patients, and making a difference has been so satisfying."

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