Background: Obesity affects a large majority of the U.S. population, and hospitalizations may represent opportunities to intervene and promote weight loss.  We sought to determine if multidisciplinary patient-centered inpatient weight loss consults, post-discharge telephone text messages, and primary care follow up could result in weight loss. Methods: We conducted a feasibility study comparing 25 obese [...]

Background: Malnutrition affects up to 30% of inpatients, but is rarely diagnosed. This leads to under-treatment and poor patient outcomes including: infections, pressure ulcers, and poor wound healing. In the MS-DRG system, malnutrition is considered either a major complication/comorbidity (MCC) or a complication/comorbidity (CC), depending on specificity and severity. Therefore, missed diagnoses significantly impact patient [...]