by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC
As of late April 2020 (roughly five months since the outbreak of the pandemic), there have been nearly a million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 55,000 deaths, resulting in a fatality rate of approximately 5.6%....Read More »
by John Zelem, MD, FACS, and Tabitha Hapeman, RN, BSN, RN-BC
Treating this CDI process like garbage is like littering in your own backyard. There are CDI folks, physicians, and executives who don’t understand or respect this process as it exists. Would you throw...Read More »
I’ve come to the conclusion that everything has a theme song. This is probably not a revelation. Generations have songs, era have songs, events have songs, couples have songs (“Ciao Baby” by TheCult, if anyone’s asking)....Read More »
At ACDIS our thoughts are with you, our members, at this time of national emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We know many of you are doubly impacted by the situation with both personal and professional concerns. We want you to know that we are monitoring the situation and adjusting programs...Read More »
Kristie Perry, MHSA, RN, CCDS, CCS, is the CDI manager/educator at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and she’s a core team member for the Tennessee ACDIS local chapter. She’s been in CDI since 2007.Read More »
