The new ACDIS Career Center allows you to upload your resume anonymously, browse open positions and sign up for alerts about new jobs specific to your criteria. If you’re looking to hire, we have job posting options (discounted for ACDIS members) as well as the ability to browse our resume...Read More »
If you are an active user of CDI Talk—now the ACDIS Forum—you’ll know that the older version allowed users to set up notification e-mails with the latest conversations and responses. Well, the new forum has this feature, too, and the steps below will help...Read More »
Q:If a patient is extubated post-operatively but continues to be treated with supplemental oxygen, when is a query for acute respiratory failure appropriate?
A: To determine if this represents acute respiratory failure, the values for...Read More »
Those working in the healthcare field really value their credentials. The letters after a person’s name open many professional doors for an individual. When I worked as a nursing manager, if an applicant held AACN certification that simple...Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should take steps to reduce the number of Medicare appeals and strengthen oversight of the appeals process, according to a report released by the GAO...Read More »
A temporary suspension of initial reviews for Medicare reimbursement of short-term patient stays in hospitals could stretch through the end of July, a CMS spokesperson said Tuesday. Two companies have been contracted to conduct the reviews: Annapolis Junction, MD-based Livanta and Harrisburg, PA...Read More »
Q: Do you have any information about mortality rate, observed/expected, or can you direct me to where I might get additional information to better understand this metric?
A: The mortality index is defined by the number of patient deaths in a hospital...Read More »