CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Guest column: Building and sustaining a hybrid CDI program

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Tamara A. Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O
Hybrid work models ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the public and private healthcare sectors struggled to meet patient care needs with limited staffing and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. CDI...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Systemwide CDI leadership: Build connections, communicate openly

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Linnea Archibald
According to the most recent data from the American Hospital Association, 3,483 of the 5,139 community hospitals in the United States are currently part of a healthcare system. In the past,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

Q&A: PSI for hip fracture

January 19, 2023
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: In this scenario, the patient has severe vascular necrosis and osteoarthritis/osteonecrosis of bilateral hips. She came in to have a right total hip arthroplasty (THA) and left hip core decompression. Day one after her surgery during physical therapy, she was standing and reached...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

ACDIS update: New episode of the ACDIS Podcast out now, CEUs available until Friday!

January 19, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The newest ACDIS Podcast episode is out now and focused on mortality reviews.

This week, our guest was Keisha Downes, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, MBA-HM, CDI director at Tufts Medicine health system in Boston, who answered questions on mortality reviews from ACDIS Editorial Director...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Guest column: CDI: Always on the move!

May 1, 2023
CDI Expansion, CDI Management

by Jenny K. Esper, RHIT, CCS, CDIP
If CDI programs wore a pedometer, boy, would we be getting our steps in! Just look at the ground that we've covered! I am not even talking about the CDI specialists who are at a facility really covering the physical ground. Our busy day already...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

ACDIS update: Volunteer on the ACDIS Advisory Board and impact your community

January 19, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

Do you consider yourself a subject matter expert on CDI topics? Do you have experience writing compliant policies and exercising innovative ideas in the CDI profession?

The ACDIS Advisory Board is a group of forward-thinking CDI professionals who provide leadership, expertise, and written...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Case study: Budgeting for education like a rock star

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Jess Fluegel
“Often I hear from other CDI programs something like, ‘Look, look, we got the new Nimbus 2000!’ ” says Analyn Dolopo-Simon, MPH, LSSBB, RN, ACM, CCDS, CDI director at UC San Diego Health in California. “My program meanwhile has good CDI software,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

ACDIS update: ACDIS committee applications open until February 10

January 19, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

So often, inspiring individuals in the CDI community go above and beyond their essential everyday work. In large part, it’s thanks to these volunteers that ACDIS can provide guidance, appreciation and recognition programs, celebrations, and support to its members.

ACDIS boards and...Read More »

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