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Learning
Collaborative
February 28, 2019
The
Dish
The
Dish provides a monthly update to
participating sites enrolled in the MQii Learning
Collaborative.
Spotlight:
Special MQii JAND
Supplement
Feature
Your Project in the
MQii-Focused Journal of the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND)
Supplement
Do
you have a great story to tell about your
organization’s malnutrition quality improvement
efforts to date? Do you have multidisciplinary team
key learnings, process improvement results, or
research outcomes to share? Did you overcome
challenges to engage your leadership or facilitate
effective nutrition data collection and analysis? If
so, we want to help you share your experience!
We
are excited to announce an upcoming call for
abstracts for an
MQii-focused
Supplement of the Journal of the Academy
of Nutrition and Dietetics, with
the Supplement to be released in September
2019. The
Supplement intends to highlight MQii stories and
Learning Collaborative member findings. The
Supplement will be peer-reviewed and is being
led by the Academy and Avalere, with support
provided by Abbott. All
submissions will be due in April,
though we would like to work with interested sites
now to begin crafting their abstracts as soon as
possible.
Abstracts should be
based on experiences with and/or use of
the malnutrition
electronic clinical quality measures
(eCQMs) and/or the
MQii
Toolkit or other quality
improvement frameworks, and be relevant to
malnutrition in the adult acute care population.
Abstracts should align with and be submitted for
one
of the following three categories of
malnutrition focus areas:
- Multidisciplinary
team engagement and key
learnings
from implementing a clinical
malnutrition-related quality improvement
process or program.
- Data
integration and process outcome
results
from implementing a clinical
malnutrition-related quality improvement
process or program.
- Research
outcome results
from implementing a clinical
malnutrition-related quality improvement
process or program.
We will have an
upcoming
webinar on Friday, March 1 at 2:00PM
ET to share additional
details on this opportunity, and hope you’ll
join us! To learn more about best practices for
developing an abstract and suggestions for MQii
stories you may wish to tell, feel free to
review the recording and slides
from the first
dissemination webinar, which took place on
Wednesday, February 13.
We
urge all
Learning Collaborative hospitals to consider
submitting an abstract. Even if you are just
starting your journey, you can share your
early learning experiences and your work to
build a multidisciplinary team. As you start
to outline your abstract, please reach out
to your MQii Point of Contact as soon as
possible. All abstracts will be
submitted electronically via an MQii
JAND Supplement submission website;
additional details regarding the submission
portal, abstract templates, and associated
deadlines will be shared shortly. For questions
or further information, contact
[email protected].
Brief Survey to Understand How We Can Best
Support You!
In case you missed it,
we would like to better understand what types of
assistance our team can provide in 2019 to help
you achieve your malnutrition quality
improvement goals. As such, we have created a
survey with a few simple questions to seek your
feedback. All input is welcome.
We
would appreciate if you would take 2-3
minutes and fill out the survey
now.
Malnutrition
Opportunities and Updates
Patterns
in Adult Malnutrition Assessment and Diagnosis
by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs):
2014-2017
Beth Mordarski, RDN,
LDN, Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE)
Program Manager at the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics (Academy) and Rosa Hand, PhD, RDN, LD,
FAND, Assistant Professor in the Department of
Nutrition at the Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, published an article
in the February
edition of JAND focused on best
practices in diagnosing malnutrition in
hospitalized patients. Recognizing malnutrition
identification and documentation as critical
steps in developing a nutrition care plan, the
authors conducted a survey-based study with two
goals: to describe how the habits of and
barriers facing RDNs related to documentation of
malnutrition and use of NFPE changed as
publicity and awareness of the Academy/American
Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
(ASPEN) adult malnutrition clinical
characteristics increased between 2014 to 2017
and to identify characteristics of RDNs who were
not using the characteristics and/or NFPE in
2017, to target them for future education
opportunities. The authors concluded that
adequate training and education for use of the
Academy/ASPEN characteristics and NFPE is
essential to eliminating or further decreasing
barriers to malnutrition diagnosis. Additional
time and staffing may also be required to fully
implement complete malnutrition
care.
Prevalence
of Malnutrition Risk and the Impact of Nutrition
Risk on Hospital Outcomes: Results from
NutritionDay in the US
Abby Sauer, MPH, RD, and
co-authors Scott Goates, PhD; Ainsley Malone, MS,
RD; Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD‐AP; Gail Gewirtz, MS,
RD; Isabella Sulz, Sigrid Moick, MA; Alessandro
Laviano, MD; and Michael Hiesmayr, MD, MSc,
published an article in
January in the
Journal for Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition focused on malnutrition risk
and the poor availability of robust data on the
association between food intake and outcomes for
hospitals in the United States (US).
The study aimed to
determine the prevalence of malnutrition risk
and to evaluate the impact of food intake on
mortality using the nutritionDay in the US
dataset. The study found that approximately 1 in
3 US hospitalized patients are at risk of
malnutrition. Furthermore, patients who have
diminished meal intake experience increased
mortality risk.
What's
Around the Corner?
Upcoming
Learning Collaborative Webinars
MQii Learning
Collaborative Participant Dissemination
Workshop
Join us for the second event
of a two-part MQii Learning Collaborative
Participant Dissemination Workshop
webinar series on Friday, March
1st at 2:00PM ET. Participants will hear more
details about the special MQii-focused JAND
Supplement, with specific information on the
process, abstract templates, and guidelines for
submission. Two expert speakers will share examples
and insights on submitting successful abstracts to
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Finally, the
webinar will also offer a chance for participants to
ask The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics any
questions regarding this opportunity.
The webinar will feature
Amanda Goldman, MS, RD, LD, FAND, Quality &
Wellness Director for Catholic Health Initiatives
Food & Nutrition Services; Sharon Siegel, RD,
LD, System Clinical Nutrition Manager for
KentuckyOne Health; Catherine D’Andrea, RD, LD,
Manager, Quality Initiatives at the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics; and Mujahed Khan, Senior
Manager, Quality Improvement at the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics.
Please register for
the webinar in
advance here. We encourage you to send any
questions you have for the speakers in advance of
the webinar to [email protected].
We hope you can
join us!
Upcoming
Conferences and Events
American Society for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) 2019
Nutrition Science & Practice
Conference
The ASPEN 2019
Nutrition Science & Practice Conference will
take place in Phoenix, AZ on March 23-26. This
event, which engages more than 2,000
participants annually, provides nutrition
support professionals with current and
cutting-edge information in the fields of
nutrition support, clinical nutrition, and
metabolism. This year, Jennifer Wills from
University of North Carolina and Angela Lago
from New Hanover Regional Medical Center will
present their experiences and results from their
MQii projects. During their roundtable
presentation, Angela and Jennifer
will describe their processes for designing two
unique but similar approaches for implementing
malnutrition transitions of care pilots to
better manage the nutrition needs of patients
who are identified as malnourished while in
inpatient care, through the discharge process
and following discharge.
National Nutrition
Month ®
National Nutrition
Month® is
an annual nutrition education and information
campaign created by The Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics. The campaign, celebrated each year
during the month of March, focuses on the
importance of making informed food choices and
developing sound eating and physical activity
habits. Be sure to check out the National
Nutrition Month® Celebration Toolkit to explore tools and
resources and build partnerships during the
month-long celebration. This information may be
useful to share with multidisciplinary teams to
encourage a broader institutional focus on
nutrition.
Registered Dietitian
Nutritionist (RDN) Day is also celebrated during
National Nutrition Month®, on the second
Wednesday in March. This occasion increases
awareness of registered dietitian nutritionists
as the indispensable providers of food and
nutrition services, while recognizing both RDNs
and nutrition and dietetic technicians,
registered for their commitment to helping
people enjoy healthy lives. We would like to
take a moment and recognize all the amazing RDNs
in the MQii Learning Collaborative. Thank you
for all that you do every day to improve the
lives of those impacted by malnutrition!
AcademyHealth
Accepting Late-Breaking
Submissions
Consider submitting an
abstract for a poster on your malnutrition
quality improvement project to the AcademyHealth
Annual Research Meeting (ARM)! ARM is the
largest meeting of health services researchers
and policy analysts every year. ARM offers a
late-breaking submission deadline for
presentations that highlight significant and
timely findings in areas of Health Services
Research. Late breaking submissions must follow
the same submission guidelines as regular
submissions, and only those that are deemed to
be high priority will be accepted. The late
breaking submission deadline is March
26, 2019 at 5:00PM ET. For more
information, visit the Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
Next
Steps
- Reach out to your
MQii
Point of Contact if you are interested in
developing an abstract for the special
JAND Supplement!
- Attend upcoming expert
webinars and Coffee Breaks if you have questions
regarding your malnutrition quality improvement
efforts
- Coffee Breaks are
open-format, interactive sessions that allow
participants to discuss particularly
challenging questions around engaging their
IT teams and preparing for eCQM and outcomes
data extraction in addition to QI project
support. Participants are encouraged to
attend and bring their questions, suggest
ideas to other participants who are
encountering obstacles, or just listen in
and be inspired by the discussion. Use
the link below to register for the next
Coffee Break:
- Share your progress with
your MQii
Point of Contact – we
want to hear about any developments you’ve
experienced, as well as any challenges you might
be encountering!
- Fill out your
Project
Charter once you identify plans
for your malnutrition quality improvement
project(s)
- Watch the educational
videos and expert webinar recordings available
on the MQii Member
Portal (log in information—
Username:
MQii Password:
MQiiLC2018!) and
explore the
resources in the MQii
Toolkit
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