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Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQII)

The Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) is an interdisciplinary partnership designed to help healthcare organizations improve malnutrition care and achieve better outcomes.

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    Article
    Conference Report: Leveraging the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) for Quality Improvement, Health Equity, and Better Patient Outcomes
    Conference report summary from the 2023 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) describes a panel's strategies for integrating the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) quality measure into hospital electronic health records (EHRs).
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    GMCS Quality Measure to Include Adults Aged 18+ for 2026 Hospital Reporting
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved expanding the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) quality measure to include adults aged 18+, in its FY 2025 Final Rule for hospital reporting starting in 2026.
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    Summary: The Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS)
    ​​Reporting on the GMCS helps health care professionals identify and intervene for malnutrition and meet hospital priorities including improving health equity and reducing health disparities.
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    Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) Supporting Resources
    Access supporting resources about the Global Malnutrition Nutrition Composite Score (GMCS) electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), stewarded by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and read updates to the measure.
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    Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) Specification Manual
    The Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) Specification Manual guides practitioners to readily implement the malnutrition electronic clinical quality measures within their hospital systems.
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    Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS): Frequently Asked Questions
    Refer to commonly asked questions regarding the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS).
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    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program in the Fiscal Year 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule
    The Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) is the first nutrition-focused quality measure to be included in the “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program in the Fiscal Year 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule.” Refer to the final ruling.
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    Article
    Interprofessional implementation of the Global Malnutrition Composite Score quality measure
    The new Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) was recently adopted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a health equity–focused measure. This article summarizes the underlying rationale and significance of the GMCS measure and showcases clinical observations about integrating quality improvement and measurement into the acute care setting.
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    Video
    Quality Improvement and the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS): Important Implications for Clinical Nutrition Care - Part One
    Learn about the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) and the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS).
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    Quality Improvement and the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS): Important Implications for Clinical Nutrition Care - Part Two
    Learn about resources and tools available to begin the implementation of quality improvement and the GMCS. Discuss the leadership role Registered Dietitian Nutritionists will play in the implementation at their facilities.
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    MQii Infographic 2
    An overview of how reporting the GMCS quality measure can help address malnutrition and meet hospital priorities.
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  • MQii Quick Start Guide
    Guide
    MQii Quick Start Guide
    This Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) resource outlines the two basic steps for implementing a quality improvement program (QIP) and preparing to report on the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) measure.
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    Global Malnutrition Composite Score Measure
    A resource that outlines how to report the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) within CMS’s Hospital IQR Program.
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    MQii Infographic
    An overview of the new Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS), a new quality measure available for reporting in 2024 by hospitals participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program.​
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    The Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) Video
    In this video, featured at the 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, healthcare professionals provide an overview of the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii).
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    Articles
    MQii Supplement #1
    The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released a special Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) supplement to the September 2019 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND). The supplement features articles and abstracts highlighting the impact of malnutrition quality improvement on interdisciplinary patient care and clinical nutrition practice.
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    MQii Supplement #2
    This publication, Measuring Malnutrition and Food Insecurity to Facilitate Quality Care and Health Equity, is a 2022 special supplement to the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and highlights recent Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) research.
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    Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) Learning Collaborative Video
    Members of the MQii Learning Collaborative share their experiences implementing malnutrition quality improvement.
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    Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) Health Equity and the Community Video
    This video, featured at the 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, explains opportunities to link the MQii to health equity and the community.
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    Advancing Health Equity Through Malnutrition Quality Measure Roundtable Proceedings
    A summary of the roundtable “Advancing Health Equity Through Malnutrition Quality Measurement" from March 2022 and its subsequent roadmap. A project of the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii).
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  • Aspen GMCS Webinar
    Webinar
    Interprofessional Implementation of the Global Malnutrition Composite Score Webinar
    Watch a replay of a webinar hosted by ASPEN in October 2022 where experts defined the new GMCS measure and reviewed how using a QIP can benefit providers, patient care, and hospital outcomes.
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    Implementing Malnutrition Quality Improvement and Reporting on the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS)
    A practice tool developed by ASPEN that can be used by clinicians to help implement malnutrition quality improvement and report on the GMCS through their hospital’s quality reporting system.
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    Articles; Infographics
    National Blueprint: Achieving Quality Malnutrition Care for Older Adults, 2020 Update
    This updated Blueprint proposes a range of strategies for policymakers, organizations, healthcare providers, patients and caregivers to address malnutrition.
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    Articles
    Global Malnutrition Composite Score Included In Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a proposal to include the GMCS  in its Hospital IQR Program in the 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule.
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    Articles
    Connecting The Dots For Quality Malnutrition Care
    Adding the Global Malnutrition Composite Score to inpatient hospital quality reporting will benefit health equity and outcomes, older adults, and community nutrition programs.
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