Nutrition Care Plan for Patients Identified as Malnourished After a Completed Nutrition Assessment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of patients identified as malnourished after a nutrition assessment with a nutrition care plan documented in their medical record.
Numerator
Patients with a nutrition care plan documented in the patient's medical record.
Denominator
Patients admitted to inpatient care who have a completed nutrition assessment documented in their medical record with findings of malnutrition.
Exclusions
Patients with a length of stay of less than 24 hours.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Electronic Health Record and Chart Abstracted Clinical Data
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
National Library of Medicine Value Set Repository
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
malnutritionquality.org/ Valladares AF, Kilgore KM, Partridge J, Sulo S, Kerr KW, McCauley S. How a Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative Furthers Malnutrition Measurement and Care: Results From a Hospital Learning Collaborative. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021; 45(2):366-71.