Clinical nutrition management — dietary assessment, meal planning, nutritional monitoring and therapeutic diet orders.
MUST and NRS-2002 malnutrition screening scored automatically on admission; high-risk patients flagged to the dietitian for full assessment — ensuring no malnourished patient goes undetected.
Physician diet orders (diabetic, low sodium, renal, texture-modified, allergen-free) entered in the HMS and transmitted directly to the kitchen — eliminating paper diet cards and missed diet changes.
Individualised weekly meal plans designed by the dietitian within the patient's diet prescription; patient food preferences and cultural requirements recorded and respected in every meal.
Daily calorie, protein, carbohydrate and fat intake calculated from planned and actual meals; nutritional gap analysis alerts the dietitian when intake falls below the patient's calculated requirements.
Enteral and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) order management with formula selection, rate calculation and monitoring parameters — linked to the nursing administration record and pharmacy preparation workflow.
Diet orders and meal plans flow directly to the kitchen module — production schedule updated in real time; last-minute diet changes reflected in the kitchen without manual re-communication.
Malnutrition affects a significant proportion of hospitalised patients and is directly associated with longer stays, higher complication rates and increased mortality. The metaSOFT Nutrition Module ensures that every inpatient is screened, and that high-risk patients are seen by the dietitian before their nutritional status deteriorates further.
Diet orders flow from the physician to the kitchen without paper; meal plans are designed within the clinical constraints set by the ordering physician; and enteral and parenteral nutrition orders connect to pharmacy compounding and nursing administration in one unbroken workflow.
