Taking Steps to Reduce Patient Malnutrition is Critical to Health Outcomes
HealthWare Systems Blog Taking Steps to Reduce Patient Malnutrition is Critical to Health Outcomes Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 When we look at the statistics, the importance of taking steps to reduce patient malnutrition becomes clear. A study of 818 inpatients published in Clinical Nutrition found that up to one third were malnourished, resulting in “poor hospitalization outcomes” such as increased mortality rates and higher costs of care. Indeed, according to an art