by Linnea Archibald
Though it’s still a relatively new offering within ACDIS, the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council’s membership roster has grown to 300 members for the 2022/2023 term. In my opinion, one of the reasons the...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
Starting a CDI program at a hospital or health system is a huge undertaking. Luckily, over the past few decades since the industry’s inception, frontrunners have become experts in decoding the DNA of a successful CDI program. From sharing example queries and...Read More »
by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our CDI team at The Queen’s Health System has had quite the journey in developing a collaborative effort to review all inpatient mortalities. Being the...Read More »
by Tamara A. Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O
Hybrid work models ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the public and private healthcare sectors struggled to meet patient care needs with limited staffing and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. CDI...Read More »
by Jenny K. Esper, RHIT, CCS, CDIP
If CDI programs wore a pedometer, boy, would we be getting our steps in! Just look at the ground that we've covered! I am not even talking about the CDI specialists who are at a facility really covering the physical ground. Our busy day already...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
“Often I hear from other CDI programs something like, ‘Look, look, we got the new Nimbus 2000!’ ” says Analyn Dolopo-Simon, MPH, LSSBB, RN, ACM, CCDS, CDI director at UC San Diego Health in California. “My program meanwhile has good CDI software,...Read More »