by Kim Conner, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
The pandemic has shown us many pain points in our healthcare system, and over the past three years, organizations have had to adapt and think outside the box regarding delivery of care. Hospital beds continue to be at a premium, and acute care...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
After careful deliberation, you have decided your CDI program now needs a physician advisor (PA) to take it to the next level. Alternatively, your existing CDI PA may have taken a new position elsewhere or perhaps simply retired....Read More »
Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, is chief clinical strategist at Iodine Software and a member of the Michigan chapter of ACDIS. She has been in the CDI field for 15 years and has been a repeat presenter at the ACDIS national conference.
As you may have seen, ACDIS published its 2021 CDI Salary Survey last week. From a strictly academic standpoint, the data is interesting, but...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Gone are the days when CDI departments largely confined their efforts to the inpatient acute care setting and considered anything else “cutting edge.” As payment methodologies and quality reporting programs expand and change, CDI programs prove their efficacy...Read More »
by Jennifer A. Boles, BS, COC, CRC, CCDS-O
Many healthcare systems are looking at where to expand next in the outpatient and ambulatory medical group settings. Outpatient CDI is often focused on hospital emergency department (ED) and observation settings. Ambulatory CDI is viewed...Read More »