Past Webinars
Collecting Outcomes Data using ANDHII: Reports from Two Registry Projects
1 hour of CPEU approved
CPE Level: 2
This live presentation will be recorded and recording will be available for future access
In this webinar, speakers will discuss their use of ANDHII to collect outcomes data in two separate research projects – the Oncology Outcomes Feasibility Study and the Diabetes Outcomes Registry. Presenters will showcase how ANDHII has been used for their respective projects, including how data was collected and aggregated in ANDHII as well as how the analysis will generate answers to important questions related to the nutrition care of patients in these populations. Unique aspects of each project will be presented, including how prospective nutrition care data will be coupled with a retrospective medical chart review in the Oncology Feasibility Study and how a natural language processing analyzer tool built to determine congruence of nutrition care to evidence-based practice guidelines in the Diabetes Outcomes Registry. These two examples will show how ANDHII is being used as an informatics tool to leverage technology and collect real-world nutrition data in order to advance evidence-based practice and better our dietetics care.
Learning Need Codes: 1020, 1130, 1140
Performance Indicators: 5.4.2, 6.1.7, 6.2.2, 6.3.8
Learning Objectives
- Describe how ANDHII can be used to collect information on patient care and outcomes.
- Demonstrate how to use ANDHII report features to identify patterns of care and patient outcome trends.
- Assess the role of registry studies in providing evidence for the effectiveness of nutrition care.
Speakers
Dolores Guest, PhD, RD
Dr. Dolores Guest is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine; and is the Director of the Behavioral Measurement and Population Science Shared Resource of the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Guest completed her PhD in Nutritional Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also completed her dietetic internship.
Her interest in lifestyle interventions with cancer patients and survivors began when she was a postdoctoral fellow in a combined program at UIUC and Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, where she examined the effects of diet and lifestyle on breast cancer survivors. She has been at the UNMCCC since 2014; during which time she has supported several dozen cancer control projects. Since 2018, she has been working with the Nutrition Research Network of the Academy on the Oncology Outcomes Feasibility Trial which was developed to respond to the clear need of patients with cancer treated in the outpatient setting be provided more access to nutrition care.
Erin Lamers-Johnson, MS, RDN
Erin is a Nutrition Researcher with the Academy's Nutrition Research Network. In her current position, she coordinates the multisite AAIM Validation and Staffing Optimization Study. She was the study coordinator for the Diabetes Registry Study and continues to collaborate with colleagues on ANDHII registry studies. Erin completed her dietetic internship and master's degree in human nutrition at the University of New Mexico. In her current position, Erin pursues research that evaluates the implementation of evidence-based practice recommendations and their effect on RDN care and patient outcomes. She is particularly interested in research that supports efforts to increase RDN visibility by demonstrating the value of RDN care for patients and clients across different health care settings. Outside of work, Erin enjoys outdoors activities such as biking, paddleboarding, and going for walks with her husband and dog.
Infographics: A Mental Model to Increase Engagement
1 hour of CPEU approved
CPE Level: 2
This live presentation will be recorded and recording will be available for future access
We create infographics or data visualizations because we want to have an impact — give someone new information, change someone's mind, change someone's actions. Before we can make an impact, we need the reader to *engage* with our graphics. But how? Do we lean into storytelling, clarity, illustration, or beauty? In this talk, Alli will share the mental model that she uses to guide her decision-making to make graphics more engaging to the wide variety of audiences you will encounter.
Learning Need Codes: 1020, 1130, 1140
Performance Indicators: 2.1.3, 5.1.2, 8.3.2
Learning Objectives
- Identify the step we often skip between creating graphics and making an impact
- How to engage different kinds of audiences by tweaking your graphics
- How to convince your team to buy into these engagement strategies
Speaker
Alli Torban
Alli Torban is an Information Design Consultant in Washington, D.C. and a leading voice in the field of data visualization where she helps researchers get more engagement with their work. Her academic background is in mathematics and geospatial intelligence, and she began her career as an analyst for government clients including the FBI and The Joint Chiefs of Staff. She's the host of the popular podcast Data Viz Today, which has been downloaded over 150,000 times. Her work has been featured in the likes of Washingtonian Magazine, ACM Communications Magazine, and Nathan Yau's Flowing Data, and she's been published three times in the Data Visualization Society Journal. Alli has been a keynote speaker for conferences around the world, and currently she consults with companies big and small to solve their information design challenges. In her spare time, she loves designing tessellations and reading to her two young daughters.
Informatics Informed Interviews
1 hour of CPEU approved
CPE Level: 2
This live presentation will be recorded and recording will be available for future access
Learning Need Codes: 1010, 1020, 1130, 1140
Performance Indicators: 2.1.3, 3.1.1., 5.1.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.4
Learning Objectives
- During the webinar, attendees will accurately identify at least two potential barriers to effectively communicating, whether in-person or virtually.
- During the webinar, attendees will actively engage in activities to enhance their career and grow their interviewing skills
- After the webinar, attendees will identify at least two approaches to addressing potential interview-related issues
Speaker
Caroline W. Passerrello, MS, BS, RD, LDN
Caroline Passerrello is a nationally recognized and award-winning registered dietitian nutritionist with 15 years' experience motivating individuals, inspiring students, and leading organizations to achieve health and wellness goals. Caroline is an Instructor at the University of Pittsburgh, a Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and a small business owner. As an instructor, Caroline strives to create a classroom environment that allows students to feel safe enough to be vulnerable, to be challenged enough to learn, and to remember both how she made them feel and the content she shared. As a Spokesperson, Caroline utilizes nutrition informatics to deliver relevant and applicable evidence-based nutrition advice to a wide variety of audiences. Caroline describes herself as humbly authentic, compassionately curious, and patiently innovative; so that she can positively impact policies and systems to transform our environment to one that supports nutritious food as a right, not a privilege. When not focused on teaching and learning – whether as an instructor, a student in a Doctor of Education Program or a mom of a remote-learning first grader – Caroline enjoys baking with her daughter, exercising with her dog, laughing with her husband, and taking time for herself to read and practice yoga.
How to Start and Advance a Career in Nutrition Informatics
1 hour of CPEU approved
CPE Level: 2
This live presentation will be recorded and recording will be available for future access
Performance Indicators: 3.1.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.4
Learning Need Codes: 1010, 1130, 1140
Learning Objectives
- Explain the role of standardized terminology in gaining a career in informatics
- Understand skills and tactics that facilitate breaking into and advancing a career in informatics
- Construct a plan for a job transition in nutrition informatics
Speakers
Carolyn A. Silzle, MBA, MS, RD, LD, FAND
Carolyn Silzle has been a registered dietitian for over 40 years. She held a variety of positions in adult hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. However, Carolyn found her passion working for a pediatric hospital. After twelve years working in clinical, she discovered a new opportunity to help create the electronic medical record for our system. Carolyn had experience with computers, using Word to write her clinical notes and Excel to assist with calculating ketogenic and metabolic diets. Although they were focused on getting nurses, she was hired and became orders certified with Epic. She retired from fulltime work from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta after 26 years last year, but continues to work prn directly for lab, building their orders for Epic.
While she switched career paths, she has continued to stay involved with the Academy, DPGs, and other workgroups including HL7 Care plans. Currently, she is a trustee of the Georgia Dietetic Foundation and Chair of Awards for the Nutrition Informatics DPG.
William I. Swan, FAND
A retiree after more than 20 years as Supervisor of Dietitians at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland. Clinical responsibilities at AAMC included adult and neonatal critical care. Currently, Bill enjoys the arts and outdoor activities around Taos, New Mexico. He serves on the Board of The Guilds of the Santa Fe Opera, Inc.
Academy activities have included the Chair of Evidenced Based Practice, Chair Nutrition Care Process Research Outcomes Committee, participation in the Dietetics Practice Based Research Network, co-authoring Diabetes Mellitus Toolkit, serving on the IDNT/SL Advisory Panels for the 4th and e NCPT editions, and contributing as a content expert for the Nutrition Orders Domain Analysis Model and clinical documentation standards for HL7. Bill was recognized as an Outstanding Preceptor Region 6 in 2012 and became a Fellow of the Academy in 2014. Publications have touched on ethical selection of infant and enteral feeding formulas, integrating Nutrition Care Process and Evidence Analysis Library Guidelines into expected care chains, and recent updates of the Nutrition Care Process and Nutrition Care Process Terminology. Current work with the Academy includes contributing to the migration of NCP Terminology to SNOMED-CT, The Gravity Project with HL7, and representing the Academy on Trinity Health's FNS Nutrition Advisory Council.
Sarah Taylor, MBA, RD, LD
Sarah Taylor is an experienced Registered Dietitian in the field of Healthcare Nutrition Informatics. She started her career as a clinical dietitian and quickly found her passion in project management and process improvement. Throughout her career as a clinical dietitian, Sarah spearheaded multiple IT-related projects to include revolutionizing clinical nutrition documentation processes and standardizing documentation of malnutrition through a physician-led taskforce. Sarah's passion for information systems and projects led her to pursue an MBA, which she completed in 2018. Many of Sarah's accomplishments in the field are targeted around cost savings, waste management, and labor management through workflow efficiencies. A few of these accomplishments include transitioning a $3M storeroom inventory from manual inventory practices to an online inventory management system; implementing payroll deduct for the entire Network; and launching an online ordering platform for floor stocks across the Network.
Sarah takes pride in empowering the Nutritional Services department to make data-driven decisions by harnessing the power of information systems, which was previously impossible due to tedious, manual processes in place. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys teaching and practicing yoga, spending time with her husband and family, and is a proud mother to two fur babies, Gracie and Nova.
Foodservice Efficiences Using Informatics Solutions
1 hour of CPEU approved
CPE Level: 2
This live presentation will be recorded and recording will be available for future access
Performance Indicators: 8.3.5, 5.1.1, 8.3.7
Learning Need Codes
- 1020, Computer, electronic technology
- 1065, Informatics
- 1070, Leadership, critical and strategic thinking
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how the use of informatics tools in foodservice can help decrease food waste and easily provide costing and nutrient analysis of recipes and menus.
- Discuss foodservice informatics’ role in Long Term Post Acute Care, schools, grocery, and restaurants.
- List examples of recent adaptations in foodservice operations with COVID-19 and how informatics tools can help with these changes.
Speakers
Amy Wootton, RD, LDN
Amy Wootton, RDN, with over 20 years of experience in clinical and food service nutrition mangement for acute and long term post-acute care. Nutrition informatics has been a driving factor in career leadership success. Amy has been the Director of Nutrition Management at MatrixCare for the past 4 years working closely with both the clinical product electronic health record line as well as dietary software solution, MealTracker. As a key subject matter expert, Amy introduced integrations and feature enhancements to development team to incorporate nutrition standards of practice.
Amy is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, was appointed Chair on the Interoperability and Standards Committee, executive member of the newly formed Nutrition Informatics DPG, and contributed to the Academy's Nutrition Care Process Toolkit Workgroup. Amy accepted a Leadership Award from the Florida Academy of Dietetics in 2017. Most recently participated in a joint effort article with the Academy and Aspen co-authoring Consensus Recommendations for Optimization of Electronic Health Records for Nutrition Care.
Amy is a dedicated leader and is passionate about the success of nutrition interventions as an electronic solution to healthcare crisis'.
Martin M Yadrick, MBI, MS, RDN, FAND
Marty Yadrick is Director of Nutrition Informatics at Computrition, Inc., a Los Angeles-based provider of software solutions to the foodservice industry. He has served in many leadership roles in the Academy including Academy President, Foundation Chair, ANDPAC Chair, Chair of the Nutrition Informatics Committee and Chair of the SCAN DPG. Marty is currently a member of the Academy’s Nutrition Care Process, Research, and Outcomes ANDHII Workgroup.
Marty received his Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University, a Master of Science from the University of Kansas, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a Master of Biomedical Informatics from Oregon Health & Science University.