Table 1_Digital technologies in inpatient foodservice and nutrition care: a systematic scoping review of intake, plate waste, measurement, and implementation.docx

Background<p>Digital technologies increasingly support inpatient meal ordering, dietary intake recording, automated measurement, decision support, and foodservice workflows, but evidence across technical, service, nutritional, and clinical outcomes remains fragmented.</p>Objective<p>To map digital technologies embedded in hospital foodservice and nutrition care, separate technical-validation, service process, and patient outcomes, and identify implementation and translational gaps.</p>Methods<p>PubMed, Embase, Web of Science Core Collection, and Scopus were searched from inception to 30 June 2026.

Two reviewers independently screened records and appraised included reports; one reviewer charted data and a second checked all entries. Findings were synthesized descriptively without meta-analysis or certainty grading.</p>Results<p>Twenty-five reports published between 1996 and 2026 were included; most were single site, nonrandomized, or early stage validation studies. Technical-validation studies reported improved completeness or agreement for some digital measurement tools, but artificial-intelligence performance varied and no artificial-intelligence system had independent external validation.