CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 3

Meet a Member: Embrace change and celebrate small wins

May 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Angela Maxfield, RN, CCDS, is the interim director of CDI at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Before entering the CDI field 13 years ago, she worked as an ED nurse and in case management.

ACDIS: How did you get into this line of work? 
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CDI Blog - Volume 15, Issue 2

Journal excerpt: Experience on a resume

January 18, 2022
CDI Management

When looking at a resume for a CDI position, Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, senior healthcare performance analyst with 3M Health Information Systems based in Salt Lake City, Utah, says that she finds it important to differentiate the resumes from those with a clinical...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Download the March/April 2021 edition of the CDI Journal

March 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

FEATURES
6 Proving CDI’s financial ROI
10 Proving CDI’s quality ROI
18 Case study: Proving outpatient CDI success
23 CDI analyst roles
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CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 2

Note from the Associate Editor: Behind the scenes of the January/February Journal

January 14, 2021

by Carolyn Riel

If you read ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald’s, note in last week’s CDI Strategies, you know that the first edition of the CDI Journal...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Editor’s note: Data shows where you’ve been, where you’ll go

March 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Linnea Archibald
​Those on the ACDIS team know that I am a huge data nerd. Each month, part of my job is to analyze ACDIS’ website data to identify our membership’s needs and interests, helping us shape our offerings and better serve members’ needs. While talking to members one...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 2

News: 502k healthcare jobs lost in 2020

January 14, 2021
News

The healthcare sector shed 502,000 jobs in total in 2020 as a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown of nonessential services, HealthLeaders Media reported.

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CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Show me the money: Proving CDI’s financial ROI

March 1, 2021
CDI Management

by Carolyn Riel
While the CDI industry has evolved slowly away from strictly financial focuses to a more holistic record integrity approach that encompasses all aspects of the healthcare story, nearly 31% of CDI professionals still say that financial metrics take precedence over...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 2

News: Racial minority COVID-19 patients at higher risk of diabetic ketoacidosis

January 14, 2021
News

55% of Black patients with both COVID-19 and type 1 diabetes also presented with diabetic ketoacidosis—a serious condition that can lead to coma or death—according to a study published in the Journal...Read More »

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