The annual ACDIS Achievement Awards were created to help recognize the innovative ways that individual lean into the CDI profession, not only to advance their own careers, but to help their colleagues and their organizations advance the mission of CDI. If one of your peers fits that description...Read More »
Speaking at an ACDIS event is a great way to take a step forward in your career, share your ideas, and bring forward breakthroughs of the past year. But where to begin? There are many routes you could take when speaking at an event, and it might not always be easy to know where to start....Read More »
Now that the craziness of 2020 has somewhat subsided, many local chapters are in the swing of planning both virtual and in-person meetings again. When planning a local chapter event, be sure to allow for 30 minutes or more if needed after the last educational presenter to have a chapter business...Read More »
By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic always produces surprises. Most people remember the day their first child was born, or the day they moved into their home. I remember the day we were allowed...Read More »
Inability to gain weight persisted for months after discharge for many hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published in the Clinical...Read More »
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the first in a series of new rules designed to protect patients from...Read More »
Our providers tend to use the term “RDS” in their documentation to describe all “respiratory distress,” “respiratory distress syndrome of newborn,” and “acute respiratory failure.” Often, we find ourselves querying to clarify/remove RDS when it is in fact respiratory distress and not respiratory...Read More »