Research

Priorities

The Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation has identified the top three research priorities, thanks to the dedicated work of the Research Roadmap Task Force. This is NFEF's first-ever research agenda, a new document that outlines the research priorities that will shape our work as we pursue our new mission.

The three research priorities adopted by the NFEF are:

NFEF Research Priorities

Studies & Webinars

The Foundation has conducted two research studies: Understanding Healthcare Foodservice, in partnership with Technomic, and a proprietary study assessing the impact of CDM, CFPPs. The results of our research studies were featured in short two-minute Industry Insights videos and featured in two one-hour webinars. More than 10,500 complimentary continuing education hours were awarded to CDM, CFPPs from these two webinars. 

Online Research Tool

This Online Research Tool is a dashboard that highlights national statistics where registered users can take a deeper dive, and compare their facility to others nationally or in their state. This tool contains three years of inspection data for all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services facilities.

Registration to use the tool is open and FREE! The tool contains three years of inspection data for all CMS facilities.

Register Here

Would you want to know the most common citations issued in your state before your inspection? Have you wondered about those nursing home star ratings and how your facility stacks up against like facilities? You can investigate this kind of data and more using the research tool!

Tutorial Videos