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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to compare the development of moral judgment in 171 dietetics students before and after training from internships (n = 96), coordinated undergraduate programs [...]

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is the licensing and governing agency for the evaluation of health care services. The JCAHO has develoed a 10-step process to assist health care organizations in establishing appropriate quality assurance programs. The 10-step process guides the practitioner through problem identification, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and problem resolution. Dietitians at 20 hospitals ranging in size from 125 to 1,538 beds were surveyed to obtain threshold designations used to monitor 19 dietetic services indicators in their quality assurance program. A threshold, usually designated as a percentage, corresponds to a numeric measurement. For example, a threshold of 90% would indicate that one unacceptable finding in 10 findings would meet the threshold designation for a particular indicator. The survey designated five threshold ranges -- 100%, 99%-90%, 89%-80%, 79%-70%, and 69%-50% -- as well as the responses 'no threshold set' and 'not monitoring.' A cumulative analysis of responses revealed that use of the five threshold ranges was reported with the following frequency: 100% threshold -- 16% (60 of 380) of responses; 99%-90% threshold -- 40% (154 of 380) of responses; 89%-80% threshold -- 6% (21 of 380) of responses; 79%-70% threshold -- 2% (7 of 380) of responses; and no threshold or not monitoring -- 35% (132 of 380). J Am Diet Assoc. 1991,91:1261-1265., Establishing a quality assurance program in an institution is a multistage process that begins with problem identification and ends with the tracking and resolution of problems. As part of the [...]

Alan Miller, EdD, and Sari Edelstein, MS, RD Miami Childrens Hospital, Miami, Florida 33155 Work-site wellness programs have been shown to be an effective method to improve health-related behaviors of [...]

Written by Susan R. Johnson, MD and Laurel M. Mellin, RD. San Francisco, Calif.: Balboa Publishing Corp.; 2001. Paperback Workbook (Pp 154), $12, and Instructor's three-ring binder, $28. ISBN 0925902-85-X [...]

Two or more forms of the ketogenic diet are commonly used today, the medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) diet and the non-MCT high-fat diet, which demonstrate varied results in control of myoclonic [...]

The authors provide a comprehensive overview of health care ethics (bioethics), and expose readers to pertinent issues and different points of view on the diverse topics. Readers will need critical [...]

Fast-food containers on hospital meal trays? Pizza delivery to a hospital ward? These are common sights on the oncology ward of Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, Fla. In an attempt [...]

This study examined clinical dietitian staffing patterns and the use of a fee for nutrition services in 60 pediatric facilities. Pediatric hospitals present unique challenges to dietitians who must provide [...]