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User-Assigned Importance
Ratings of Nutrition Care Management Features
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User-Assigned Importance Ratings
of Nutrition Care Management Features
In the third section of the questionnaire,
respondents were asked to rate the level of importance they would assign
to a number of features related to nutrition care management software.
(This functional area of management is related to, but not the same as,
the diet office management functional area.) The number of
respondents who gave ratings of "Important" or "Extremely Important" are
summarized in the table below. To view complete statistics of all
ratings assigned by respondents to these questions, click
here (a separate browser window will open).
| Feature & Original
Survey Question |
Rated
"Important" |
Rated
"Extremely Important" |
| 3.01
Able to assess and have the system automatically identify level of nutritional
risk. |
26/66
(38.2%) |
22/66
(32.4%) |
| 3.02
Able to enter, maintain, update nutritional assessment and progress reports. |
26/64
(38.2%) |
31/64
(45.6%) |
3.03
Able to select, then customize, meal patterns from several standard meal
patterns
(standard meal
patterns definable by the facility). |
38/66
(55.9%) |
16/66
(23.5%) |
3.04
Able to archive all patient nutritional care records for a specified period
of time, and have information (including complex diet orders, preferences
or dislikes, and
patient-specific
meal patterns) available for re-use if the patient is re-admitted. |
28/66
(41.2%) |
23/66
(33.8%) |
| 3.05
Able to select which nutrients from the nutrient database will display
in nutrient intake analysis reports. |
25/67
(36.8%) |
33/67
(48.5%) |
3.06
Able to factor in nutrient losses attributable to preparation and evaporation
losses in
recipes. |
27/67
(39.7%) |
14/67
(20.6%) |
3.07
Able to track and visually display weight records, including printing of
graphs/reports
suitable for patient counselling. |
26/65
(38.2%) |
25/65
(36.8%) |
| 3.08
Able to estimate energy requirements for healthy individuals, in illness
and injury. |
21/66
(30.9%) |
30/66
(44.1%) |
| 3.09
Able to estimate protein requirements for healthy individuals, in illness
and injury. |
27/67
(39.7%) |
31/67
(45.6%) |
| 3.10
Able to estimate fluid requirements for healthy individuals, in illness
and injury. |
33/67
(48.5%) |
26/67
(38.2%) |
| 3.11
Able to flag potential drug/nutrient interactions from entered medications. |
14/66
(20.6%) |
47/66
(69.1%) |
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The following features and attributes received
an "Extremely Important" rating from more than 40% of respondents:
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At 71.2% of respondents, interest appears
to be extremely high in the ability for the application to automatically
flag potential drug/nutrient interactions. This interest is reflected
in the recent release of the CDROM-based and web-based IBIS
Guide to Drug-Herb and Drug-Nutrient Interactions. It would be
interesting to see integration of this new database with existing nutrition
care management software systems.
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An ability to maintain nutritional assessment
and follow-up progress reports.
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An ability to select which nutrients will
be displayed in nutrient intake analysis reports.
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An ability to estimate the following requirements
for not only healthy individuals, but also for ill or injured individuals:
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energy
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protein
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fluid requirements (by 38.8% of respondents)
To
read more about how respondents rated the importance of various other features
which apply to all or specified functional areas of nutrition and foodservice
management, click on the links below.
Rating
of Features Which Apply to
All Major Functional Areas of
Nutrition and
Foodservice Management
Rating
of Features Which Apply to
Specified Functional Areas of
Nutrition and Foodservice Management
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