Institutional Food Mgmt. EXAM 1
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What other certification programs or credentials might you see in foodservice
managers? - ✔✔- ServSafe
- CDM, Certified Dietary Manager
- CFPP, Certified Food Protection Professional
CDM
Certified Dietary Manager - ✔✔- part of a national group
- have to take an approved class and pass a national exam
- continuing education is necessary to maintain credentials
- dietary managers who haven't taken the national exam may call themselves "Dietary
managers, DM"
CFPP
Certified Food Protection Professional - ✔✔- part of the dietary managers association
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,- "They are trained and qualified to administrate menus, food purchasing, and food
preparation; and to apply nutrition principles, document nutrition information, ensure
food safety, manage work teams, and much more."
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ✔✔- act passed in 1996,
compliance mandated by October 2002
- issue arose because of electronic transactions such as billing and scheduling patients
where personal information is transmitted
- in foodservice, pt's information should be kept private, limiting personnel who need to
work with the information
coded menu titles for pt's name
cover sheet over tray placed at pt's table in LTC
employees should not discuss food preferences, special
food needs of a pt outside of the kitchen (DM, gluten
free, etc.)
HIPAA Privacy Rule - ✔✔- establishes national standards to protect individuals'
medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans,
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, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health
care transactions electronically
- the rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health
information
- sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such
information without patient authorization
- the rule also gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to
examine and obtain a copy of their health records and to request corrections.
Organizational Charts - ✔✔- help identify lines of authority
- move to a team approach
- single line authority organizational chart
- team authority organizational chart
- circular organizational chart
Separating the clinical nutrition component from foodservice in an organizational chart
- ✔✔seldom seen anymore
was used on a team authority organizational chart
Circular Organizational Chart - ✔✔- promotes a focus on teams
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What other certification programs or credentials might you see in foodservice
managers? - ✔✔- ServSafe
- CDM, Certified Dietary Manager
- CFPP, Certified Food Protection Professional
CDM
Certified Dietary Manager - ✔✔- part of a national group
- have to take an approved class and pass a national exam
- continuing education is necessary to maintain credentials
- dietary managers who haven't taken the national exam may call themselves "Dietary
managers, DM"
CFPP
Certified Food Protection Professional - ✔✔- part of the dietary managers association
100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
,- "They are trained and qualified to administrate menus, food purchasing, and food
preparation; and to apply nutrition principles, document nutrition information, ensure
food safety, manage work teams, and much more."
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ✔✔- act passed in 1996,
compliance mandated by October 2002
- issue arose because of electronic transactions such as billing and scheduling patients
where personal information is transmitted
- in foodservice, pt's information should be kept private, limiting personnel who need to
work with the information
coded menu titles for pt's name
cover sheet over tray placed at pt's table in LTC
employees should not discuss food preferences, special
food needs of a pt outside of the kitchen (DM, gluten
free, etc.)
HIPAA Privacy Rule - ✔✔- establishes national standards to protect individuals'
medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans,
100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health
care transactions electronically
- the rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health
information
- sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such
information without patient authorization
- the rule also gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to
examine and obtain a copy of their health records and to request corrections.
Organizational Charts - ✔✔- help identify lines of authority
- move to a team approach
- single line authority organizational chart
- team authority organizational chart
- circular organizational chart
Separating the clinical nutrition component from foodservice in an organizational chart
- ✔✔seldom seen anymore
was used on a team authority organizational chart
Circular Organizational Chart - ✔✔- promotes a focus on teams
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