About
DigitalRD is a specialized nutrition care platform serving long-term care facilities, skilled nursing homes, assisted living communities, and personal care homes. It was founded by a nationally accredited registered dietitian with geriatric nutrition certification and over a decade of licensed nursing home administration experience. The platform delivers two core offerings: personalized dietitian consulting services and a patent-pending dietary software system. The consulting arm provides customized packages that include kitchen sanitation audits, tray accuracy assessments, test tray evaluations, annual mock dietary surveys, quality assurance oversight, and staff training—available through on-site visits or secure remote video conferencing. The proprietary dietary software is designed by dietitians for dietitians, dramatically streamlining nutritional documentation workflows. It automatically calculates essential nutritional parameters, tracks resident weight changes over time, and helps identify at-risk residents before conditions worsen. Facilities using the full system have reported documentation time reductions of up to 50% and up to a 40% reduction in significant weight loss events. DigitalRD positions itself as a 24/7 nutrition partner—an extension of the facility's own care team—reducing administrative burden on healthcare staff so they can focus on direct resident care. The platform is ideal for dietary managers, clinical dietitians, directors of nursing, and long-term care administrators seeking to improve both compliance and resident outcomes.
Key Features
- Patent-Pending Dietary Software: Purpose-built dietary documentation software designed by dietitians for dietitians, reducing documentation time by up to 50% while improving assessment quality.
- Automated Nutritional Calculations: Automatically calculates essential nutritional parameters and tracks resident weight changes to identify at-risk individuals before conditions escalate.
- Comprehensive Dietitian Consulting: Customizable consulting packages including kitchen sanitation audits, tray accuracy assessments, mock dietary surveys, and quality assurance oversight.
- Remote & On-Site Consultation Flexibility: Supports both in-person facility visits and secure remote video consultations, giving facilities flexible access to expert dietary oversight.
- 24/7 Nutrition Partnership: Acts as an always-available extension of your care team, providing continuous support between scheduled consultant visits.
Use Cases
- Long-term care facilities seeking to reduce dietitian documentation time and administrative overhead through specialized dietary software.
- Skilled nursing homes needing ongoing dietitian consulting for compliance with regulatory dietary standards and mock survey preparation.
- Assisted living communities that want to proactively track and address resident nutritional risks such as unintended weight loss.
- Facilities in the Lexington, KY tri-state area looking for on-site registered dietitian consultation with geriatric nutrition expertise.
- Long-term care operators seeking remote dietitian oversight via secure telehealth tools when on-site access is limited.
Pros
- Founded by Geriatric Nutrition Specialist: Built by a registered dietitian with 10+ years as a licensed nursing home administrator, ensuring deep real-world relevance to long-term care settings.
- Proven Resident Outcome Improvements: Facilities using DigitalRD's full system have reported up to a 40% reduction in significant weight loss events among residents.
- Significant Time Savings: Cuts dietary documentation time by up to 50%, freeing clinical staff to spend more time on direct resident care.
- Highly Specialized for Long-Term Care: Software and consulting are purpose-built for skilled nursing homes and assisted living communities, not generic healthcare platforms retrofitted for senior care.
Cons
- Niche Market Focus: Designed exclusively for long-term care and senior living facilities; not suitable for other healthcare or nutrition settings such as hospitals or outpatient clinics.
- Geographic Consulting Limitations: On-site consulting services are primarily centered around the Lexington, KY tri-state area, which may limit availability of in-person support for distant facilities.
- Pricing Not Publicly Listed: Service and software pricing requires direct contact, making it difficult for facilities to quickly evaluate cost without a sales conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is DigitalRD designed for?
DigitalRD is designed for long-term care facilities, skilled nursing homes, assisted living communities, and personal care homes that need expert dietitian oversight and efficient dietary documentation tools.
How much time can the DigitalRD software save on documentation?
Facilities using DigitalRD's dietary software have reported documentation time reductions of up to 50%, allowing dietitians and dietary staff to focus more on resident care rather than paperwork.
Can DigitalRD provide remote consulting services?
Yes. DigitalRD offers online dietitian consultation services via secure video conferencing and digital collaboration tools for facilities where on-site visits are limited or unavailable.
What is included in the dietitian consulting packages?
Consulting packages can include kitchen sanitation audits, tray accuracy assessments, test tray evaluations, annual mock surveys of dietary services, quality assurance oversight, staff training, and compliance support—customized to each facility's needs.
What kind of outcomes have facilities seen with DigitalRD?
Facilities that implement DigitalRD's complete system have seen up to a 40% reduction in significant weight loss events among residents, along with improved compliance and reduced administrative burden on clinical staff.
