There’s lots of strategies available to encourage participation, manage volunteers, and make handing off ownership to new local chapter leaders. over the next couple weeks, we’ll offer 10 ideas for you to try. Here are the first five.Read More »
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, reported in “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” that medical errors represent one of the leading causes of mortality in the United...Read More »
I’m excited to open the call for presenters for two parts of the Symposium that actively foster these idea exchanges. The first is the Lightning Round, where we combine four or five quick presentations into a one-hour session, and the second is our first poster...Read More »
“There are so many paths that [the CDI] profession has to offer—so many branches of interest, so many ways the CDI department can collaborate with others and assist in the overall quality of the medical record,” writes ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas,...Read More »
Please take a few minutes to answer this roughly 30-question survey covering the topics of CDI staffing, technology, physician engagement, quality, and outpatient CDI.Read More »
ACDIS requires three volunteers from three different facilities to serve as the core leadership team for each official local chapter or networking group. The roles and responsibilities of these leaders can vary, however.Read More »
In my family, July 4 usually comes with birthday-type celebrations due to the close proximity of my sister’s birthday on July 3 and husband’s nephew’s birthday on July 2. For the longest time, my sister had her children convinced that their city’s fireworks...Read More »