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Managing Diet Orders

You can modify textures, special diets, and allergies, and run the Print Change History report for individual residents under the Diet Order section of the Resident Details.

When you have an ADT Integration with PointClickCare, you can view the Diet Order(s) and Supplement Order(s) saved to a resident's Electronic Health Record (EHR) under Diet Order section. You can review this information to make updates to the diet order and standing orders in Nutrition Management, if required.

When the Diet Order Integration is enabled, diet orders orders entered in a resident's PointClickCare Electronic Health Record (EHR) are updated in Nutrition Management. Updates to the diet order(s) must be made in the resident's PointClickCare EHR, if required. 

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EHR diet orders with a future start date and or time appear in red.

Note

If your facility is still using Physician Orders and you have not converted to Orders Management in PointClickCare, the EHR Diet Order Directions field does not populate in Nutrition Management.

  2. Click Edit Diet Order.

    • To add or remove an allergy, click Change. Select or clear the applicable Allergy(ies) and click Update. 

    • To add or remove a Special Diet(s), click Change. Select or clear the applicable Special Diet(s) and click Update.

    • To add or change a Texture, select the texture from the list for each meal. If the texture is blank for all meals, the texture you select for 1 meal is applied for all meals. You can change the texture for a specific meal, if desired.

  • You can also complete a Diet Order from Resident Listing by selecting list under Actions, and choosing Diet Order.

  • When Allergy Integration is enabled, if a resident's food allergies do not match their Electronic Health Record, you can click Apply EHR Allergies from Edit Diet Orders. This updates the resident's allergies in Nutrition Management to match what is listed in their Electronic Health Record.

  • When Diet Order Integration is enabled, only an Administrator user can update a resident's diet order in Nutrition Management. Any manual changes made to a diet order in Nutrition Management are overwritten on the next update. Changes must be made in the resident's PointClickCare EHR for the diet order to flow properly to Nutrition Management. Apply EHR Diet Order can be used in case of a discrepancy.

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