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Allied Health Assistant Supervisor Eliza Fairlie<\/p><\/div>\n

The many digital systems within a digital hospital enable a team of dietetic assistants to fully realise their roles.<\/h4>\n

Systems such as Patient Flow Manager (PFM), electronic menu management and (CBORD), the integrated electronic medical record (ieMR), Patient Engagement System (PES) and Tray Monitor dashboards allow dietetic assistants at STARS to use digital workflows and data to tailor meals to the needs of individual patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of a dietetic assistant is to support food service and malnutrition preventive workflows for patients,\u201d STARS Acting Allied Health Assistant Supervisor Eliza Fairlie explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way that we use our digital systems is through several different applications: diet codes are added by staff to PFM, ieMR is the source of truth for allergies, and CBORD is our meal ordering system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also use Tray Monitor to track the intake of all the patients\u2019 meals, use the data to see what patients are eating, and turn this into a nutritional breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dietetic assistants look at patients\u2019 meal data every single day and can determine who\u2019s eating well or poorly. They then inform the dietitians based on this data, and through their delegation model, they can provide nutrition intervention for patients in a timely manner if required.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t imagine working in a paper-based hospital, because all these programs allow us to do our jobs more efficiently and work to our full scope,\u201d Eliza said.<\/p>\n

STARS also has digital systems that encourage patients to be independent and order their own food, either through the PES or in one of the patient dining rooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidence-based practice suggests that patients who sit in a communal setting are more likely to consume more food, so that\u2019s why we adopted the dining room model of care,\u201d Eliza said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen patients come to the dining room, they\u2019re greeted by dietetic assistants, they order their food from the Ma\u00eetre d\u2019 (Food Services Officer) and are seated like they would be in a restaurant. We encourage friends and family to join.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main role in the dining room is to support meal ordering and meal-time supportive strategies, while giving patients the autonomy to make choices around their own meals and work towards therapeutic goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get to know the patients really well \u2013 what they like, if they have specific requirements, if they need supportive eating utensils.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the part that means everything: seeing the difference you\u2019ve made in the patient\u2019s rehab journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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