Description of Collaborative Activity: |
In fiscal year 2020, Congress requested that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures for malnutrition-related hospital readmissions. At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures. Our Key Questions addressed the following: (1) reviewing the association between malnutrition and clinical outcomes, (2) evaluating the effectiveness of measurement tools of malnutrition on clinical outcomes, and (3) assessing the effectiveness of hospital-initiated interventions to treat patients diagnosed with malnutrition. Understanding downstream consequences of malnutrition screening is extremely important as US hospitals are mandated to provide nutrition screening for all hospitalized patients within 24 hours of admission. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group
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