September: The Dish provides a monthly update to participating sites enrolled in the MQii
Learning Collaborative.
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Learning
Collaborative
September
26,
2019
The
Dish
The
Dish provides
a
monthly
update
to
participating
sites
enrolled
in the
MQii
Learning
Collaborative.
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Spotlight: MQii
Events
at
FNCE
2019
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Engage
with
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
Colleagues
at
FNCE!
The
Academy
of
Nutrition
and
Dietetics’
annual Food
and
Nutrition
Conference
and
Expo
(FNCE) will
be held
in
Philadelphia,
PA, at
the
Pennsylvania
Convention
Center
from
October
25–28,
and will
once
again
prominently
feature
MQii
(and
other
key
malnutrition
topics)
throughout
the
event.
We
invite
you to
hear
more
about
the work
that
MQii
sites
are
doing
and
engage
with
other
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
members.
Below
are
details
about
our
opportunities
to
highlight
success
stories
from
members
who have
used
their
nutrition
expertise
and
leadership
skills
to
improve
the
quality
of
malnutrition
care for
patients
in their
facilities:
- MQii
Videos
at
FNCE: The
Opening
and
Closing
Sessions
will
each
feature
a
video
highlighting
the
care
and
leadership
teams
from
3 of
our
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
member
sites.
You
can
watch
last
year’s
video for
reference as
we
anticipate
this
year’s
videos
describing
the
success
of
malnutrition
quality
improvement
projects
in
improving
patient
satisfaction,
rates
of
physicians’
malnutrition
diagnoses,
and
more.
- MQii
Symposium:
“Dietitians
Driving
Impact:
Data
on
Improved
Patient
Care
from
the
Malnutrition
Quality
Improvement
Initiative”: On
Sunday,
October
27,
at
1:30
PM
in
room
121-ABC,
2
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
leaders—Angela
Lago,
MS,
RDN,
LDN,
CNSC
(along
with
Executive
Vice
President
Philip
Brown
Jr.,
MD),
from
New
Hanover
Regional
Medical
Center
and
Rajesh
Kumari,
DSc,
RD,
from
Overlook
Medical
Center—will
participate
in
a
panel
moderated
by
Wendy
Phillips,
MS,
RD,
CNSC,
CLE,
FAND,
from
Morrison
Healthcare.
They
will
discuss
how
implementing
malnutrition
quality
improvement
projects
and
the
malnutrition
electronic
quality
measures
(eCQMs)
have
enabled
them
to
capture
key
nutrition
care,
diagnosis,
and
intervention
data
and
outcomes
that
matter
to
patients,
physicians,
nurses,
and
administrators
in
the
hospital
and
post-discharge.
You
can
view
more
details
in
the FNCE
program.
Please
let us
know if
you are
planning
to
attend
FNCE
2019 so
we can
connect
in-person
and
provide
you with
additional
details
on
MQii-focused
events.
Please
also let
us know
if you
will be
presenting
any
malnutrition-focused
work at
FNCE
(poster,
panel
session,
or
otherwise)
so we
can
share it
with
your
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
colleagues.
We hope
to see
you
there!
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Promoting
Access
to
Nutritious
Food
is
Critical
for
the
Health
of
America’s
Elderly
Earlier
this
month,
Kaiser
Health
News
published
an article
about
the
concurrent
problems
of
malnutrition
and
food
insecurity among
aging
Americans.
While
the
country’s
population
ages and
food
insecurity
among
senior
citizens
is about
8
percent
and
increasing,
funding
for
senior
meal
programs
has
fallen
for the
past 15
years.
This
article
also
cites a
recent
report from
the
Bipartisan
Policy
Center
that
showed
for
every
dollar
spent on
meal
delivery
for
chronically
ill
seniors
after
hospital
discharge,
Medicare
could
save
$1.57.
The wide
publicity
of these
articles
speaks
to the
growing
interest
in and
importance
of the
quality
improvement
initiatives
and data
dissemination
work
that you
are all
leading.
We hope
to all
make a
positive
impact
on these
pressing
public
health
crises.
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LEARNING
COLLABORATIVE
PARTICIPANT
RESOURCES
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NFPE
“Tip
of
the
Month”
A recent
study published
in
the Journal
of
the
Academy
of
Nutrition
and
Dietetics
(JAND)
showed that
malnourished
patients
who
received
oral
nutrition
supplements
(ONS)
had
fewer
30-day
readmissions,
especially
in the
oncology
population,
and
shorter
length
of stay
(LOS)
when ONS
were
initiated
closer
to
admission.
This not
only
emphasizes
the
importance
of
nutrition
intervention,
but also
the role
of the
dietitian
to first
identify
the
patient
with
malnutrition
utilizing
the
malnutrition
clinical
characteristics
(MCC).
Malnutrition
clinical
characteristics
are
thoroughly
discussed
during
the
Academy’s
Nutrition
Focused
Physical
Exam
(NFPE)
Hands-on
Training
Workshop,
which
provides
the
RDN
with
the
skills
to
perform
an
NFPE
as
part
of a
complete
nutrition
assessment
to
aid
in
identifying
malnutrition. Visit www.eatrightpro.org/nfpe
to
see if
there is
an NFPE
Workshop
near
you.
Disseminating
Your
Results
Many
of you
have
requested
data and
presentations
that you
can
share
with
your
hospital
or
system
leadership
to gain
support
for your
quality
improvement
work.
Please
see
below
for
links to
some
helpful
resources
on this
topic.
As
always,
do not
hesitate
to reach
out to
your
MQii
Point
of
Contact for
additional
information.
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What's
Around
the
Corner?
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Please
check
the
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
Calendar to
see
an
upcoming
schedule
of
exciting
events
with
corresponding
registration
links.
We
hope
you
will
join
us!
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Expert
Webinar:
Elevating
the
Value
of
Malnutrition
Care
Within
Your
Facility
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Thursday,
November
7 at
1:00
PM
ET
Join
us on
Thursday,
November
7 at
1:00 PM
ET for
the MQii
Expert
Webinar,
“Elevating
the
Value
of
Malnutrition
Care
Within
Your
Facility.”
During
this
live
webinar,
participants
will
learn
about
best
practices
for
communicating
the
business
case for
malnutrition
quality
improvement
activities
to
hospital
leadership,
ways to
document
and
quantify
malnutrition
in your
facility
to share
with
leadership,
and
opportunities
to
increase
visibility
of
patients’
nutritional
needs to
leaders
at your
facility.
The
webinar
will
feature
Christy
McFadden,
MS, RDN,
Quality
Improvement
Specialist
at
Spectrum
Health
and
Nathan
Munguia,
RD, LDN,
CNSC,
Clinical
Nutrition
Manager
at AMITA
Health
Holy
Family
and
Resurrection
Medical
Centers.
Attendees
will be
eligible
to
receive
one-hour
CPEU
credit
for
their
participation.
Please
register
for
the
webinar in
advance
here.
Expert
Webinar:
Importance
of
Evaluating
and
Implementing
Malnutrition
Screening
Tools
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Tuesday,
December
10
at
12:00
PM
ET
Join
us on
Tuesday,
December
10 at
12:00 PM
ET for
the MQii
Expert
Webinar,
“Importance
of
Evaluating
and
Implementing
Malnutrition
Screening
Tools.”
During
this
live
webinar,
participants
will
learn
about
how best
to
implement
validated
malnutrition
screening
tools
and
evaluate
them in
a
clinical
setting,
increase
efficiency
of an
RDN’s
assessment
following
screening,
and best
identify
and
communicate
about
malnutrition
with
other
clinicians.
The
webinar
will
feature
Rebecca
Edwards,
RD,
Senior
Clinical
Dietitian
at Maine
Medical
Center
and
Jennifer
Doley,
MBA, RD,
CNSC,
FAND,
Regional
Clinical
Nutrition
Manager
and
Dietetic
Internship
Director
at
Carondelet
St.
Mary's
Hospital.
Attendees
will be
eligible
to
receive
one-hour
CPEU
credit
for
their
participation.
Please
register
for
the
webinar in
advance
here.
For
all
of
our
expert
webinars,
we
encourage
you
to
send
any
questions
you
have
for
the
speakers
in
advance
of
the
webinar
to
[email protected].
In
case
you
missed
it:
If
you
missed
previous
MQii
Learning
Collaborative
expert
webinars,
you
can
access
webinar
recordings
and
slides
on
the
MQii Member
Portal.
You
will
also
find
other
member-only
content,
including
the
calendar
of
upcoming
events,
pre-recorded
educational
webinars,
and
archived
Dish
newsletters,
on this
site. As
a
reminder,
the
login
information
is:
Username:
MQii
Password:
MQiiLC2018!
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Consider
opportunities
to
share
your
MQii
project
and
findings!
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American
Society
on
Aging
Now
Accepting
Poster
Session
Proposals
for
National
Conference
The
American
Society
on Aging
(ASA)
will
hold its
annual
Aging in
America
Conference
in
Atlanta,
GA, from
March
24–27,
2020.
The
theme
for the
2020
conference
is
“Aging
2020:
Examining
the
Needs of
Today’s
Diverse
Older
Adults.”
Sessions
will
examine
the
social
constructs
of
ageism,
racism,
sexism
and
heterosexism,
and
highlight
aspects
of aging
that
have
seen
great
improvement
through
the
lenses
of
positive
and
creative
aging.
Among 12
total
tracks,
“Health,
Wellness,
and Care
Transitions”
may be
of
particular
interest
to LC
sites.
While
the call
for
presentation
proposals
has now
closed,
ASA is
still
accepting
poster
session
proposals,
due
ASAP.
ASPEN
Now
Accepting
Abstract
Submissions
for
Annual
Conference
The
American
Society
for
Parenteral
and
Enteral
Nutrition
(ASPEN)
will
host its
annual
Nutrition
Science
and
Practice
Conference
in
Tampa,
FL,
from
March
28–31,
2020.
This
conference
is open
to
non-ASPEN
members
and
provides
a venue
for
sharing
groundbreaking
research,
complex
patient
cases,
and
best
practices
with
researchers
and
interdisciplinary
clinical
nutrition
professionals.
ASPEN
is
currently
accepting
oral
or
poster abstract
submissions through
October
2,
2019
at
11:59 PM
ET.
AMDA–The
Society
for
Post-Acute
and
Long-Term
Care
Medicine
Now
Accepting
Poster
Session
Proposals
for
National
Conference
The
American
Medical
Directors
Association
(AMDA)–The
Society
for
Post-Acute
and
Long-Term
Care
Medicine
Annual
Conference
will
offer
programming
focused
on the
latest
clinical
developments
in
geriatric
medicine,
best
practices
in
medical
direction,
policy/regulatory
updates,
as well
as
practical
tools to
help
implement
new
ideas in
your
practice
setting.
This
year’s
forum
will
take
place
from
April
2–5,
2020,
in
Chicago,
IL. The
Annual
Conference
Program
Planning
Subcommittee
is now
accepting
poster
abstract
submissions
storyboards
covering
such
topics
rural
care
issues
and
post-acute
and
long-term
care
models
within
the
healthcare
system
through
November
26,
2019.
Please
visit
the
AMDA
website for
more
information.
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Next
Steps
- Attend
the
upcoming
webinars
and
October
Coffee
Breaks
if
you
have
questions
regarding
your
malnutrition
quality
improvement
efforts
- Coffee
Breaks
are
open-format,
interactive
sessions
that
allow
participants
to
discuss
their
interventions
and
receive
QI
project
support,
as
well
as
address
any
challenging
questions
related
to
eCQM
and
outcomes
data
extraction.
Participants
are
encouraged
to
attend
and
bring
questions,
suggest
ideas
to
other
participants
who
are
encountering
obstacles,
or
just
listen
and
be
inspired
by
the
discussion. Use
the
links
below
to
register
for
the
next
Coffee
Breaks:
- Wednesday,
October
9 at
3 PM
ET
(Collaborating
with
other
sites
in
MQii)
- Thursday,
October
17
at
10
AM
ET
(Creating
new
roles
for
RDs)
- Share
your
progress
or
reach
out
with
any
questions
to
your
MQii
Point
of
Contact.
We
want
to
hear
about
any
developments
you
have
experienced
as
well
as
any
challenges
you
are
encountering
- Fill
out
your
Project
Charter
once
you
identify
plans
for
your
malnutrition
quality
improvement
project(s)
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