Dietitians improve patient care with computerized selective menu.
A computer-based system provides a selective menu that meets the dietary prescriptions of each patient; reduces food, printing, and personnel costs; and frees clinical dietitians to spend more time in rendering direct patient care through nutrition assessment and education and in auditing their department's operations.
D003201:Computers; D004035:Diet Therapy; D004045:Dietary Services / Q000191:economics; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D005522:Food Services; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008612:Menu Planning / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D009820:Ohio; D013597:Systems Analysis