EHR, HIPAA, HITECH, SaaS, HL7, ICD-10… healthcare IT (oops, I mean Information Technology) abounds with acronymns today. Let’s zero in on ICD-10. Why do we care? What should a healthcare foodservice or clinical nutrition director know? ICD-10 is about standards. It’s a system for coding diseases Read More >>
Taking Care of Business
Robin Ashton, in How You Can Help Operators brings out some great points, borrowed from Doug Fryett. I’d like to chime in on this one, too. What’s the point of food service equipment and technologies? It’s to help all of us in the food service world take better care of customers. Fryett lists Read More >>
Is 99.9 Percent Good Enough?
Most Foodservice and Nutrition Care Managers would acknowledge that, in a number of situations, “OK is good enough”. However, many times it is understood and that “OK” is NOT acceptable. It is likely that many individuals would agree 99.9% accuracy is a completely adequate standard. Yet, in many Read More >>
Clinical Nutrition: The Real-Time Workflow
Technology Outlook 2010 reveals technologies that can “make a real impact” in healthcare this year, as identified by leading IT executives. A common thread: Supporting the clinical care workflow in real time. The clinical workforce is mobile. Care takes place at the bedside, not at computers in Read More >>
Can Nutrition Technology be a Hazard in Your Hospital?
Recently, “problems with computerized systems” received a ranking as one of the 10 most hazardous technologies in healthcare from the ECRI Institute. ECRI is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve medical care through application of technology to healthcare procedures and processes. What Read More >>
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