Recent Webinar About Supporting Patients at Risk of Malnutrition
A recent webinar hosted by Dietitian Connection titled, “Practical Strategies for Supporting Those at Risk of Malnutrition,” addressed nutrition screening tools and the factors contributing to increased risk of malnutrition in community, hospital, and residential aged care settings. Attendees will learn about culturally appropriate strategies to best support the needs of older adults and deliver real benefits. This webinar […]
IHI Now Accepting Submissions for Annual Forum
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is accepting poster submissions for its annual forum, held this year from December 5–8 in Orlando and online. Posters are due by 10/22. Note that unlike poster submissions for FNCE and other conferences, IHI requires submissions to be complete, formatted posters. Please let us know if you have any […]
New Commentary About Nutrition Care in the Oncology Care Model
Members of the MQii Leadership Team recently published a commentary in Supportive Care in Cancer about how and why quality nutrition care is integral to the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and can benefit patient health and provider outcomes. The OCM is a CMS specialty model implemented in 2016 to provide higher quality and more highly coordinated […]
New Article About Virtual Nutrition Assessments
A new review article by Mauldin et al. presents an evidence-based approach to conducting remote nutrition assessments. In their article titled, “Performing Nutrition Assessment Remotely via Telehealth,” the authors suggest adaptations for remote nutrition-focused physical exams, useful direct-to-consumer technologies for these assessments, and practice tips for conducting a telehealth visit. The article provides guidelines and […]
ASPEN 2022 Abstract Submission
ASPEN 2022 Nutrition Science and Practice Conference is now accepting abstract submissions through September 29. The conference will take place from March 26—29, 2022, in Seattle, WA, and virtually. ASPEN is accepting 3 types of abstracts: Original abstracts (unpublished basic or clinical research and data, practice abstracts, retrospective studies, vignettes, or case studies) Encore abstracts […]
Call for Papers on Virtual Learning, Telenutrition, and eHealth Interventions
The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior includes content focused on education and behavior strategies to effectively impart evidence-based nutrition information in the educational and clinical settings, as well as more broadly to the lay public. Increasingly, transmission of nutrition information requires utilization of technology to reach target audiences. This upcoming themed issue invites manuscripts […]
New Publication on Food Insecurity and Health
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently published an article titled, “The Prevalence of Food Insecurity Is Highest Among Americans for Whom Diet Is Most Critical to Health,” that provides national estimates of the prevalence of food insecurity among Americans with diabetes by insurance status and receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) […]
Register for Virtual 2021 Healthy Aging Symposium
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Trust for America’s Health are excited to co-sponsor the Healthy Aging Symposium on September 8 and 9. The 2-day FREE symposium will highlight the latest science, best practices, and innovative solutions to improve the lives and health of older […]
NQF Endorsement for Malnutrition Quality Measure
We are pleased to share that the Academy’s stewarded measure, the Global Malnutrition Composite Score, was endorsed unanimously in June by the National Quality Forum’s Consensus Standards Approval Committee. Endorsement indicates a measure is “best in class” and brings the measure one step closer to CMS program adoption. The final NQF report will be published […]
ASA Conference Call for Proposals
The American Society on Aging is accepting proposals for its annual conference, On Aging 2022, by August 15. The theme of next year’s conference will be Advancing Economic Security. Learn more and submit your abstract proposal on ASA’s website.
Member Engagement Zone Telehealth Opportunity
The Academy’s Member Engagement Zone gives you the opportunity to provide valuable and qualitative feedback on vital issues facing the Academy and the direction of the Strategic Plan. You are invited to provide feedback in this survey about your plans for future use of telehealth to inform the services and tools the Academy can provide […]
Poster Submission Opportunity at Virtual NIH Nutrition Workshop
NIH is hosting a virtual workshop titled, “Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Nutrition Health Disparities: State of the Science,” in September. This event is free and open to the public. You may submit a poster abstract by July 9, 2021, for a chance to present (and possibly receive an award). All attendees must register […]
Call for Data: Submit Performance Data by 7/31 to Be Part of the 2021 MQii Performance Benchmark Report
Did you know? Tier 1-level participants* in the MQii Learning Collaborative have the opportunity to contribute data on the malnutrition electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) and on patient outcomes that are benchmarked at the aggregate Learning Collaborative level. The performance benchmark report provides many benefits to participants, including: For each enrolled hospital, the performance benchmark […]
AHRQ Systematic Review on Malnutrition
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a draft report on its systematic review [link removed; refer to final report] on malnutrition in hospitalized adults. The authors conclude that while evidence shows an association between malnutrition and increased mortality and prolonged length of stay among malnourished patients identified as malnourished, the strength of […]
New Article About Malnutrition Interventions from MQii Leadership Team
Anghel et al. recently published a paper about the connections between RDNs’ assessment and physicians’ malnutrition diagnoses and how such connections (or differences) affect inpatient nutrition interventions. In “Identifying patients with malnutrition and improving use of nutrition interventions: A quality study in four US hospitals,” the authors (including MQii Leadership Team members) investigated how specific nutrition […]
New Article About Malnutrition Screening in National Surveys
Gahche et al. recently published a paper about current and potential future measures in national surveys that could better assess risk of undernutrition and frailty. In “Opportunities for Adding Undernutrition and Frailty Screening Measures in US National Surveys,” the authors analyzed protocols of 8 national US surveys (eg, NHANES, Medicare Health Outcomes Survey) to determine […]
Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2021
We are pleased to share that the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act was reintroduced in both houses of Congress earlier this month. The Act would expand Medicare Part B MNT coverage to include prediabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, malnutrition, eating disorders, cancer, celiac disease, HIV/AIDS, and conditions related to unintentional weight loss–thus increasing access to dietitians for […]
Upcoming NFPE Trainings
The Academy is offering several upcoming nutrition focused physical exam (NFPE) trainings. These live and virtual trainings provide RDNs with the skills, techniques, and expert guidance to accurately provide a nutrition diagnosis of malnutrition. Upcoming dates for adult workshops include June 14 to 15, June 24 to 25, and July 12 and 13, 2021. A […]
New Learning Collaborative Member Publication
Congratulations to our Learning Collaborative member UC San Diego for publishing a new article about its multidisciplinary effort to improve malnutrition care quality. Byron Richard and his team from UCSD published this manuscript in Nutrition in Clinical Practice in April 2021. This is a great contribution to the field and we have added it to […]
Contribute to Study About MNT and Telehealth
The Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law–for which the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is a member–is conducting a study to calculate the cost vs. benefit and cost vs. effectiveness of telehealth services, which is an important step for its federal advocacy efforts to maintain telehealth services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are an […]