Healthcare institutions categorize and manage admission types, specifically urgent versus elective admissions, in various ways. To better analyze institutional practices, challenges, and innovations in admission type determination, the ACDIS Regulatory Committee is circulating...Read More »
By using the Local Chapter Leadership Request Form, chapter leaders can request multiple different services from ACDIS national to boost their chapters! This includes requesting a book or webinar resource, an updated local...Read More »
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you have likely heard me say that I am an introvert by nature. Us introverts know that it doesn’t mean we dislike people, but it does mean a public role—particularly one that involves the dreaded public speaking...Read More »
The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) increased from 2000 to 2022 from one in four to one in three, and heart failure was the most common complication linked to it, according to a recent study published in BMJ....Read More »
Use of a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) prompt reduced the empiric use of extended-spectrum antibiotics in adults hospitalized for urinary tract infections (UTI) or pneumonia, according to a new study published in ...Read More »
Q: A patient presents with sepsis due to acute pyelonephritis (E. coli). She had a previous kidney transplant at age 10 due to polycystic kidneys (removed), has chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3b, and is immunosuppressed due to drugs. How would this scenario be reported in ICD-10-...Read More »
