This morning, healthcare futurist Joe Flower took the stage to kick off this year’s ACDIS conference in San Antonio by sharing a robust vision of healthcare’s future—from technological innovation that leads to integrations of care from providers to payers to patients.
Every year, ACDIS celebrates the achievements of exceptional CDI professionals. Nominations come from peers in the industry. The ACDIS Conference Committee then reviews applications and chooses the final winners.Read More »
One of my favorite cartoons that pertains to CDI shows a gentleman in a hospital bed shouting at the nurse. She is standing at the foot of his bed holding a clipboard. (Remember when we used to leave patients’ personal information on...Read More »
You hear it all the time: “We only use SIRS,” “I like sepsis-3 because that’s the way I learned it medical school,” “one of our commercial insurance companies only pays for sepsis-3,” “CMS tells us to use sep-1”. For some unexplainable...Read More »
Now that the pre-cons are wrapping up, the ACDIS team is preparing to welcome the 2,000+ attendees to the main conference. As you’re preparing for the next two and a half days of fun and CDI education, we have a few reminders for you.Read More »
Erin Head, MBA, RHIA, CHDA, CHRS-TR, will present “CDI and Quality: Sharing Knowledge and Working Together to Improve Patient Outcomes,” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Head is the director of HIM and medical staff services at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Florida. ...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that in just a couple of days the ACDIS staff will step onto a plane bound for San Antonio. It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again. And yet, this same time next week, we’ll be packing it all up and heading back home again....Read More »