Septic patients can quickly deteriorate into severe sepsis cases if left unattended. “Once they have organ failure, it’s really hard to get those patients back,” Connie Chappelle, RN, MC, CLNC, risk management coordinator for Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC) in Kansas...Read More »
by Amy Czahor, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
Recently I was reviewing a data sample investigating the root cause of DRG discrepancies between CDI and coding. More than half of the cases with a discrepancy were attributed to a difference in principal diagnosis selection.Read More »
Penny Souder, RN, MS, CPC, works at Maui Memorial Medical Center in beautiful Hawaii. She joined the CDI team a year and a half ago, at the department’s inception. She belongs to the local ACDIS chapter, which is based on Oahu (a different island), so this presents her with a...Read More »
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6 Focus on growth in year of the rooster: ACDIS members share their priorities for CDI program efforts in 2017.
9 Resolutions for remote CDI effectiveness: Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, CDIP, provides insight on mitigating work-from-home headaches.
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In the first few months of ACDIS’ existence, no one really knew what to expect from the fledgling association. At the time, managing editor Brian Murphy took on the mantle of director and began holding conference calls with a hand-selected board of trusted advisors and new CDI specialists.Read More »
In its 2013 position paper, “Electronic Health Records and the Role of the CDI Specialist,” members of the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed several concerns related to challenges and opportunities emerging with the advent of electronic systems. Among them were how to handle copy-and-paste concerns...Read More »
The new year always represents a time to reflect on successes of the past and opportunities for the future. This year, according to the ancient Chinese calendar, is the year of the fire rooster, whose attributes include trustworthiness and a strong sense of timekeeping and responsibility at work...Read More »
I am not the first CDI consultant to recognize some essential changes needed in the current CDI program structure. I have had the privilege of being an active part of CDI evolution since 2010. Since that time, my understanding of CDI has...Read More »