It’s easy for elderly skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients with dehydration and urinary tract infection (UTI), or dehydration and asymptomatic bacteriuria to be misappropriated as having sepsis. This misdiagnosis can result in the patient being admitted...Read More »
When I first entered the CDI field, I received feedback from someone who left this specialty expressing that her reason for leaving was that CDI was “too sad.” Her rationale was that as a CDI specialist, you might be reviewing a chart...Read More »
Sona Buchanan, MBA, BSN, RN, CPHQ, CPC, CRC, is the system HIM manager—CDI and TV IRF-PAI, at St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, a member of the Idaho ACDIS local chapter, and a member of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council.Read More »
Identifying sepsis is a complex process that takes more thought than checking off clinical indicators from a list regardless of what criteria is used to qualify the diagnosis. It takes critical thinking and oftentimes, collaboration with...Read More »
No matter the level of training and preparation you put into implementing a new technology, you’ll likely still encounter some struggles along the adoption journey. Inevitably, regardless of the project, there will always be a few troublesome providers, according to Vaughn Matacale, MD,...Read More »
Huma Ahmed, MBBS/MD, MBA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is an area director of CDI at Kindred Healthcare in Pearland, Texas. She was a practicing physician before entering the CDI field seven years ago.
