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Director’s note 4
ACDIS launches bylaws committee.
 
Ask ACDIS           5
Pulmonary insufficiency after trauma/surgery vs. postop acute respiratory failure.
 
Lung cancer reviews       6
Helen Walker, MD, examines areas for CDI specialists to target. See her query samples on p. 7.
 
Sociologist to study CDI profession          9
Researcher seeks support from CDI specialists.
 
Adapting to electronic systems                  10
 Ideas for getting in on EHR implementation.
 
Underperforming service lines                  11
Trey La Charité, MD, presents the case for targeting physicians who have yet to embrace CDI program efforts.
 
Documentation for quality of care            14
Glenn Krauss offers tips for expanding documentation efforts into the ER and beyond.

 

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