The end of last week brought news of a lawsuit that appears to have broad and deep ramifications for the CDI profession. Providence Health & Services, a 34-hospital system headquartered in Renton, Washington, has been hit with a $188.1 million lawsuit for...Read More »
The 30-day hospital readmission rate for stroke patients declined by an annual average of 3.3% from 2010 to 2014, MedPage Today reported. According to national data on more than two million stroke hospital discharges,...Read More »
Certain decision support alerts built into hospital EHR systems can lower costs, readmissions, and complications for patients, according to a new study published in the...Read More »
Live onsite scoring for the CCDS exam began again last Monday, August 13. This is welcome news for those waiting—whether patiently for exam results or to schedule their credentialing test until onsite scoring became available.Read More »
Jaime Baker Sherman, RN, BSN, CCDS, is a CDI Quality Oversight Specialist, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) in Iowa City.Read More »
