Table 1 Themes and subthemes

1. Enacting patient participation in practice

a. Accepting and promoting patient participation in practice

b. Adopting an individualised approach to participation

c. The EFS program is a tool to enable patient participation in nutrition care

d. Difficulty relinquishing control over information because of a lack of trust

2. Optimising nutrition care

a. Nutrition within the multidisciplinary team

b. The EFS program can improve nutrition-related documentation

c. The EFS program can improve information access and management to allow for more patient-centred nutrition care

3. Considerations for implementing the EFS program in practice

a. Helping patients overcome barriers to using the program

b. Managing change in workloads and tasks

c. Roles and responsibilities of staff in operationalising the program

d. Requirements of the program