Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

• Idea/Basic Decision
• Declaration Regarding Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
• Message From the Director

• Idea, Basic Decision, History
• Organization Chart of University Hospital
• Organization Chart of Administration Office
• Chronological List of Directors of University Hospital
• Established Date of Clinical Departments
• Clinical Departments
• Legal Authorization of Medical Services
• University Hospital Staff, Number of Staffs
• Number of Beds
• Patient Services in the University Hospital in 2011
• Clinical Indicator
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Clinical Nutrition

Director OISO, Yutaka (Professor)

Providing safe, delicious, and clinically beneficial food

This department aims at providing food paid attention to safety and catering with high quality patient service and engaging in clinically beneficial nutrition management for hospitalized patients.

Scope of Medical Services

This department offers the following services:
- Nutrition management focusing on nutrition screening and nutrition management planning for inpatients
- Nutrition and dietary advice to inpatients
- Feeding service for inpatients
In addition to the above, the department provides dietary counseling and promotional education for outpatients.

Operation System

This department participates in the nutrition support team (NST) and is involved in the operation of the NST. In a regular NST briefing, to increase the effects of medical treatment, a custom-tailored nutrition intervention based on the nutrition assessment is made for inpatients with nutritional risk.

Features

This department provides high quality food-services featuring:
1. Selection menu
2. Food provision with face-to-face service at patients' cafeteria
3. Birthday menu for inpatients on their birthday (exclude some food)

Medical Service Results

Dietary counseling is offered for individuals and group. In particular, dietary counseling for inpatients with diabetes in the Endocrinology and Diabetes ward includes practical programs such as dietary therapy lectures and cafeteria-style menu.

Other Undertakings

This department proactively participates in the hospital-to-clinic collaboration programs that are funded by Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Local Collaboration System, Frontier of Renal Outcome Modifications in Japan. For outpatients with CKD, the department provides medical treatment and care in a collaborative manner with doctors and paramedical staff, and holds a kidney disease class on Saturday once a month.