CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Physician advisor’s corner: Got data?

March 1, 2021
CDI Management, Education

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
So, your organization has a CDI program. How do you know if it’s any good? What positive impact is it having on your facility? Is it achieving everything it can? These questions can be answered only if you have performance data to...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Meet a Member: “Show up with a service-oriented mindset”

March 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance

​Elisa Sninchak, M.Ed, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is the education manager at Novant Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, the co-leader for the ACDIS CDI Educators Networking Group, and a member of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council. She has been in the CDI field for five years.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 15, Issue 1

Journal excerpt: Communication is the key

January 11, 2022
CDI Management

The ability to communicate effectively with staff, the C-suite, providers, and other organizational entities is arguably the most important soft skill for a good leader.

“You can’t succeed as a manager if you can’t communicate your goals, your department’s mission, and your impact on the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 1

Note from the ACDIS Editor: First 2021 CDI Journal focuses on diversity, inclusion in CDI

January 7, 2021

by Linnea Archibald

This past year has brought to light many of the ills of our society, highlighting needed changes on almost all levels of healthcare, societal norms, and issues of social justice. Together, we look in the rearview mirror with a collective sigh, a sadness and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Download the January/February 2021 edition of the CDI Journal

January 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, Education

FEATURES
6 The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
12 Foreign-trained physicians in CDI
20 Advocating for yourself
27 Case study: Overcoming...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 1

News: CMS planning price transparency compliance audits, hospitals pushing back

January 7, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures

This month, CMS begins auditing a sample of hospitals for compliance with price transparency rule. The rule, effective January 1, 2021, requires all United States hospitals to provide publicly available charge information about services offered. While there has been much pushback from hospitals...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Editor's note: Building a better ACDIS, a better CDI world

January 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Linnea Archibald
This past year has brought to light many of the ills of our society, highlighting needed changes on almost all levels of healthcare, societal norms, and issues of social justice. Together, we look in the rearview mirror with a collective sigh, a sadness and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 1

News: Microvascular brain injury seen in COVID-19 pathologies

January 7, 2021
News

While researches found no detection of the COVID-19 virus in brain tissue samples, they did find abnormalities in 10 of 13 deceased patients studied, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study found damage...Read More »

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