CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 53

Local chapter update: Leverage ACDIS resources, expertise for your meetings

November 30, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Did you know that your local chapter can receive two free ACDIS products to better facilitate local ACDIS events?

Not only that, but if you are looking to find a speaker for an upcoming event to present ACDIS data, or an expert ACDIS instructor to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

Note from the ACDIS Team: Have a very happy Thanksgiving!

November 23, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the ACDIS office will be closed today and tomorrow (November 23–24) and reopen on Monday, November 27. Our CDI Strategies newsletter is a bit shorter as well, as we hope you take time this week to be with loved ones.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

News: SDOH risk factors linked with lower-limb amputations, study finds

November 23, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News

As of 2021, there were more than 150,000 lower-limb amputations (LLA) that occurred throughout the U.S. The most common causes for these LLAs were diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, neuropathy, and trauma. In fact,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

Q&A: CDI shift length

November 23, 2023
Ask ACDIS, Education

Q: At our institution, we currently operate under an eight-hour workday for five days a week. We are looking to change this status to possibly a 10-hour workday for four days a week. Are there any programs out there that currently operate a 10-hour workday for four days a week? Are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

ACDIS update: New ACDIS Podcast episode on pediatric CDI with extended CEU deadline

November 23, 2023
CDI Expansion, Education

If you’re in need of a relaxing, educational listen to get through your food coma this Thanksgiving, the newest episode of the ACDIS Podcast is now available! This week’s guest is Sheilah Snyder, MD, FAAP, a pediatric hospitalist and CDI...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

ACDIS update: One more week to apply for an ACDIS scholarship!

November 23, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Amidst the craziness and busy occasions of the holidays, don’t forget our 2023/2024 ACDIS CDI Scholarship application is still open for submissions! You have exactly one week from now until end of day November 30 to tell us...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 52

Local chapter update: Check out the last events of the year for your local CDI community!

November 23, 2023
CDI Expansion, Education

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 51

Note from the Director of Programming: 2023 is winding down—don’t miss the last member call of the year

November 16, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Rebecca Hendren

The curse of adult life is that we seem to spend all our time exclaiming that we cannot believe how fast the time is passing. Can you believe summer is over? Can you believe little Johnny is in college now? Can you believe that we’re in the fourth quarter of...Read More »

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