MQii COVID-19 Pulse Check

This very brief survey is intended to help us understand how you and your nutrition team and/or facility are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal in gathering this information is to determine how the MQii leadership can best support you and your colleagues during these challenging times. We will use your responses (anonymously) to provide information, insights, and innovative practices to all MQii sites.

Please email malnutritionquality@avalere.com if you have any questions.

1. What is the name of your healthcare institution/system? *This question is required.

2. Has your hospital treated any COVID-19 patients since February 1, 2020? *This question is required.

3. If you responded "yes" to Question #2, approximately how many cases of COVID-19 has/have your nutrition department(s) treated between February 1, 2020 and today among ICU patients?

4. If you responded "yes" to Question #2, approximately how many cases of COVID-19 has/have your nutrition department(s) treated between February 1, 2020 and today among non-ICU, hospitalized patients?

5. What are some of the important challenges that you have encountered most frequently in providing quality nutrition care to your COVID-19 patients in the ICU? Please list as few or as many as you wish.

6. What are some of the important challenges that you have encountered most frequently in providing quality nutrition care to your non-ICU, hospitalized COVID-19 patients? Please list as few or as many as you wish.

7. What workarounds or alternative care approaches has your team implemented in response to these challenges among ICU patients?

8. What workarounds or alternative care approaches has your team implemented in response to these challenges among non-ICU, hospitalized patients?

9. Do you anticipate that your facility/facilities might permanently adopt these changes after the pandemic has resolved?

10. Are you, or any of your nutrition team members, using telehealth systems to care for ICU patients?

11. Are you, or any of your nutrition team members, using telehealth systems to care for your non-ICU, hospitalized patients?

12. Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the creation and implementation of care plans for your non-COVID-19 malnourished patients? If so, in what way(s)?

13. We would appreciate any other information or observations you may have about the response of hospital nutrition departments to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would be willing to have a short conversation with one of our team members, please check “yes” below. You may also add comments below.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

14. If you responded "yes" to the previous question, please provide your name and the best phone number to reach you below.