Springtime is a season for renewal and fresh outlooks. As temperatures rise here in Massachusetts and more people receive their COVID-19 vaccines, offering a glimpse of light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, I can’t help but feel hopeful.
A new report written by researchers at the Urban Institute found that differences in the quality of hospitals that Black and white patients have...Read More »
Telehealth accounted for 24% of outpatient consultations among privately insured, working-age adults during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, up from 0.3% for the same period in 2019,...Read More »
A Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) report has found that because of the year-long battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals have found themselves in “survival mode.” Contending with...Read More »
What are your thoughts on mentoring or allowing outside individuals to job shadow CDI staff at your facility? We were recently approached by a young nurse who heard about CDI and has set her sights on joining the profession once she has enough experience.Read More »
Did you struggle to keep up with CMS’ constant updates to COVID-19 guidance over the past year?
HCPro’s PROPELMedicare Watchdog service spent the last year tracking all Medicare guidance changes throughout the pandemic, and now we’ve compiled this information in an easy-to-...Read More »
CDI educators provide an invaluable set of resources to CDI organizations who invest in them and give CDI professionals with a propensity toward education a logical next step in their CDI careers. Some organizations opt to employ a full-time educator for staff training, others to provide...Read More »
