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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In some instances, a simple solution may be the best solution to a vexing problem. Improving communication between hospital nursing staff and food service employees results in significantly better blood sugar control for hospitalized patients with diabetes, according to research presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 22nd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress.
Shwetha Mallikarjuna, M.D., an endocrinology fellow at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine, and Michael Jakoby, M.D., M.A., Chief of Endocrinology, studied the coordination and timing of meal delivery and insulin dosage at St. John?s Hospital in Springfield, IL over a four month period. The trial compared patients with diabetes on two Internal Medicine floors. On the intervention floor, dietary services personnel passed cards to unit clerks identifying patients with diabetes who had received a food tray. Unit clerks then notified appropriate nurses of food delivery to ensure the timeliness of insulin dosage. On the control floor, food trays were delivered without notification to hospital staff.
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/05/01/2659792/coordinating-hospital-meal-delivery.html
Shwetha Mallikarjuna, M.D., an endocrinology fellow at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine, and Michael Jakoby, M.D., M.A., Chief of Endocrinology, studied the coordination and timing of meal delivery and insulin dosage at St. John?s Hospital in Springfield, IL over a four month period. The trial compared patients with diabetes on two Internal Medicine floors. On the intervention floor, dietary services personnel passed cards to unit clerks identifying patients with diabetes who had received a food tray. Unit clerks then notified appropriate nurses of food delivery to ensure the timeliness of insulin dosage. On the control floor, food trays were delivered without notification to hospital staff.
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/05/01/2659792/coordinating-hospital-meal-delivery.html