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Case Study: Midland Memorial Hospital's Success Story

Read how Midland Memorial Hospital (TX) revolutionized their malnutrition identification and reimbursement processes by more than doubling their diagnosis rate with Junum.

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McLeod Health: Measuring the Impact of Malnutrition

McLeod Health makes the case for improvement through a feasibility assessment with Junum.

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Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center Drives Margin and Mission Through Better Nutrition

See how Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center increased malnutrition diagnosis rates, improved nutrition care and captured additional revenue with Junum.

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Understanding the Impact of Malnutrition

Dig deeper into why malnourished hospitalized patients are associated with higher costs, longer stays and increased mortality.

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Clinical Resources

Malnutrition A Hidden Epidemic in Older Adults

Malnutrition in older adults is not so obvious. This population is particularly at risk, often from chronic conditions that leave them vulnerable to malnutrition.

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Malnutrition Diagnoses and Associated Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients: United States, 2018

ASPEN has been tracking rates of coded malnutrition diagnoses in hospitalized patients and associated outcomes over time using AHRQ data. Watch this short ASPEN video which reviews the latest key findings from the recently published study.

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Diagnosing Malnutrition Predicts Outcomes in the ICU

Hear from Dr. David Seres as he shares how severe malnutrition has been shown to be associated with significant increases in ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay and mortality in patients admitted to ICUs.

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Documentation Key to Avoiding Denials

Junum helps physicians find and easily pull in the RD's assessment of characteristics of malnutrition to support accurate coding.

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NorCal HIMSS ePatient Summit 2020

How advances in Nutrition IT break down care silos and improve patient outcomes

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A Global Deficiency of Nutrition Education

The Lancet, September 01, 2019

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Nutrition is a 'Blind Spot' in Patient Care

Fierce Healthcare, Dec 16, 2019

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TalkTen Tuesday Podcast: Going Beyond CCs and MCCs

Hear from our founder, Molly Hegarty, MS RD, about the impact to hospital revenue when a malnutrition diagnosis is not documented appropriately.

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GMCS RESOURCES

Global Malnutrition Composite Score & Hospital Quality Measures Reporting. Read on for details on the benefits of implementing the GMCS.

Conference Report: Leveraging the Global Malnutrition Composite Score for Quality Improvement, Health Equity, and Better Patient Outcomes

OBM Geriatrics - Special Issue: Malnutrition, Frailty and Quality of Life in Older Adults

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How a Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative Furthers Malnutrition Measurement and Care: Results From a Hospital Learning Collaborative

In this MQII study, malnourished patients with nutrition care plans had a 24% relative risk reduction for 30-day readmissions compared with those without care plans.

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Leveraging Inpatient Malnutrition Care to Address Health Disparities

Malnutrition is a complex and burdensome condition that is often connected to social determinants of health—including food insecurity—that can widen disparities in health outcomes.

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