“One of the key components for a successful CDI program is the ability to review records concurrently […] Since the documentation takes place so rapidly in the outpatient world, though, concurrent review is difficult,” said Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, director and lead nurse planner...Read More »
Summer can be a hectic time. This often leads to a lull in productivity and education. With more and more people going on vacation, it’s easy to lean back and relax for a couple months. The ACDIS Forums, however, show a different story for the CDI community. Even with vacations, etc., the CDI...Read More »
As we did with the 10th annual ACDIS conference in May, we’ll take some time leading up to the first ever ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI to meet a few of the speakers. Today, we talked with Laurie L....Read More »
Recently, some of the members of the Local Chapter Advisory Board put together some suggestions for starting a local chapter and some tips to keep the flame alive. Here’s a few pieces of their advice.Read More »
Eventually, the ACDIS Conference was going to get so big that we couldn’t give every CDI topic justice or the full coverage it deserved. Outpatient CDI was one of those topics. Enter the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI...Read More »
Community is a huge component of ACDIS. Part of what it means to be in community is sharing resources with others—something that’s always been a hallmark of the ACDIS membership experience. This past week, following the July 12 episode of...Read More »
For those of you who’ve visited the CCDS pages on the ACDIS website before, you likely did a lot of reading. To keep the the information on the pages is correct, current, and comprehensive, the ACDIS team recently gave the CCDS pages a facelift.Read More »
Local chapter leaders sometimes struggle with knowing just when their members want to meet. ACDIS encourages chapters and networking groups to meet at least four times per year but the scope and format of those events can change to meet the need to the local membership.Read More »