Resources
Writing for Australian dietitians
Practical writing for Australian dietitians on clinical workflow, the Nutrition Care Process and getting time back with AI Dietitians.
Guides
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MUST vs MST: which screen, and why
What each malnutrition screening tool measures, where each was validated, which suits an Australian caseload, and where to find BAPEN's own MUST calculator.
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Nutrition assessment software for dietitians
What this category of software actually does, who it is for, how it differs from a note-taker, and where the patient data goes.
Articles
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MST, MUST or GLIM: which does what
Two are screening tools and one is a diagnosis. Confusing them is why malnutrition gets screened but never coded, and why funding does not follow the work.
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How to set up two-factor sign-in
Turn on two-factor sign-in for your AI Dietitians account with an authenticator app, add a backup device, and know what to do if you lose your phone.
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Will AI replace dietitians? No. Here is what it changes
AI will not take over dietitians. It takes over the typing, so the dietitians who adopt it spend more time on clinical work, and patients get the benefit.
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A meal plan you would actually hand over
Every energy and protein figure on an AI Dietitians meal plan is traceable to a food code and a portion, and the plan tells you which line came from where.
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CPD you can evidence without writing it up twice
Reflective practice is easiest to evidence in the week it happened. How to capture CPD activity, reflection and supervision as you go.
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The hour before the patient arrives
Moving intake and referral reading to before the appointment: what the patient is asked, how you review it, and why OCR confidence is not a safety gate.
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How to screen, diagnose and code malnutrition
Screen with MST, diagnose with GLIM, and code it. Most services do the first two well and stop before the third, which is where the funding lives.
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How to run a ward round without a clipboard
Build the list, triage by who actually needs you today, and capture each note at the bedside instead of reconstructing eight of them at four o'clock.
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How to send a GP letter the same day
The letter restates work already in the record. Draft it from the consult you just finished, check the three things that matter, and send it before you forget.
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How to give a patient a handout they can read
Build education material from the plan you just agreed, then translate it into ten languages. The person cooking at home was often not at the appointment.
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Dictate the note, sign the note
Speak the consult and get a structured ADIME draft back, with the identifiers stripped on an Australian server before anything is sent for drafting.
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Twenty-five calculators, one tab
Energy, protein, fluid, renal, refeeding, enteral, TPN, paediatric growth. The time saved is not the arithmetic, it is not leaving the patient record to do it.
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The admin to sort before your first private client
Provider numbers, referral pathways, service agreements and note-keeping. The things that are painful to retrofit once you already have a caseload.
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Telehealth for dietitians: separate items, same rate
Video and phone each have their own MBS item number. Billing the face-to-face item for a video consult is a rejected claim. NDIS differs again.
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What AI should not do in a clinical note
Four things we deliberately refuse to let the AI do, and the reasoning behind each. The limits are more useful to evaluate than the feature list.
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NDIS line items: the hours dietitians do not claim
Direct service, telehealth, non-face-to-face, reports and travel are separate line items. The one most dietitians leave unclaimed is report-writing time.
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Medicare for dietitians: three pathways, and what each pays
CDM, Eating Disorder Plans and ATSI health checks pay the same rate but have very different limits. Five funded sessions or twenty depends on the referral.
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From referral to signed note: where the hours actually go
A walk through one outpatient consultation, from the scanned referral to the GP letter, naming which parts need a clinician and which parts are typing.
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Less admin, more dietetics
Why we built AI Dietitians for Australian APDs, and where it gives you time back across the Nutrition Care Process, from screening to the note.
