BackBone's Dietary Management module manages all the information regarding patient diets. This module allows menu printing, individual choices of meals for patients and restrictions set by allergies or by doctors orders. In addition, it supports the logistics of food preparation and distribution including the creation and maintenance of menus and menu planning. BackBone provides the tools necessary to accurately calculate dietary intake requirements and gives dieticians the relevant information to ensure that all meals with restrictions from doctors are cross-checked and verified by dieticians, prior to delivery to patients. Features include:

• Intuitive order entry screens: Easy to navigate Dietary Requirements Screens for physicians or nurses speeds order entry and reduces staff training and ordering times
• Flexible order entry :Allows for both de-centralized order entry on the Ward by physicians and nursing staff or centralized entry by dieticians
• Advanced search for menu items :Items search by name, diet type, menu type or food category speeds menu ordering
• Food summary preparation reports :Automatic reports summarize required menu items and special instructions for each meal
• Order modification tracking :Full Audit trail whenever a modification is made to the patient's food order the system records a date and time stamp together with user name and location