If you search for Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90 (Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite) in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Version 7.0 software released in October 2017, you won’t find it.
As we approach the end of 2018, ACDIS is looking back over its webinar offerings from this year. Starting in January, ACDIS has offered nine webinars covering a wide variety of CDI topics (and we’re planning one more for December on the new malnutrition criteria with Richard Pinson, MD, and...Read More »
To help CDI professionals in this central piece of their work, the ACDIS Advisory Board has published a new white paper titled “How to conduct a medical record review.” The paper defines a recommended process for medical...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that we’re already nearing the holiday season and the end of the year, but there are still lots of local chapter events coming up this fall and into the winter.Read More »
One of the best parts about ACDIS membership is that it gives members a platform for connection—with others in the CDI profession nationwide, and with those in other adjacent departments (physicians, coding professionals, case managers, etc.).
Physicians are increasingly discouraged about their profession, largely because of electronic health records (EHRs) and value-based reimbursement, according to a...Read More »
The number of upcoded cases for patients who underwent gastrointestinal (GI) surgeries increased over a 10-year period, according to a retrospective study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University...Read More »
