Council members should have received an email with the following information from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald on Friday, January 24, 2025, regarding her upcoming maternity leave starting in early February and running until May 2025. Read More »
by Dan Catalano, MD, FACOG
Is hypertension an important diagnosis in childhood? According to Nelson Pediatrics, 19th Edition, there is a less than 1% prevalence of infant and young childhood hypertension. Given this relatively low incidence, should we be concerned about capturing...Read More »
New York could become the first state to draft comprehensive measures regarding the identification and treatment of sepsis, according to a New...Read More »
Janet Emanuelson, RN, has been a CDI specialist at Dominican Hospital-Dignity Health in Santa Cruz, Calif., for nearly six years. She joined ACDIS in 2007 and became a member of the California ACDIS Chapter in 2010, helping the ACDIS national administration to better understand networking needs...Read More »
Improving patient experience and satisfaction topped the list of healthcare leadership priorities, according to a new survey by HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit. The survey garnered more than 800 respondents, 54% of...Read More »
by Wendy Whittington, MD, MMM
Physicians are grappling with understanding what all of the changes in healthcare mean for their patients and themselves, and CDI efforts are part of that equation.
I am privileged to be part of the faculty group that teaches physicians in the...Read More »
Across the country, 106 new Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began operation this month, according to a CMS Blog post by Jonathan Blum, CMS Acting Principal Deputy Administrator and...Read More »
by Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS,CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, C-CDIS, CCDS The No. 1 struggle most CDI specialists face is getting physicians engaged in CDI, to provide accurate, specific, consistent documentation in the record. Unfortunately, unless healthcare is reformed to the point...Read More »
