ACDIS volunteer boards and committees are the cornerstone of our organization, serving the ACDIS community through best-practice guidance, celebration and appreciation programs, advocacy of other members, and much more.
Volunteers also have personal opportunity to widen their own personal...Read More »
Each year, four new Advisory Board members step forward to lend leadership to the ACDIS membership, and four trusted members take a step back from their roles. These board members shared their thoughts on the growth of ACDIS and the CDI profession as a whole during their three-year tenure on the...Read More »
As some of you may know, ACDIS is working on a CDI staff training manual. The book (due to publish prior to the 2014 conference) will help program managers train their new staff on CDI basics.
But what should those individuals who are thinking about making the leap from either the nursing...Read More »
We all have those tough days to be sure. Some days are tougher than others. But when a physician writes, “Duh! It’s a no brainer!” in response to a query you’ve just asked, it can be a little tough to take. Thankfully, CDI professionals have a committed network of their peers by way of the ...Read More »
In 2004, the Coordination and Maintenance Committee created a definition of sepsis that became the basis of ICD-9-CM’s Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and was used in a number of AHA’s Coding Clinics. That definition included...Read More »
Six years ago I left a position as the director of education at a large hospital and took on the role of CDI specialist. I was not sure what the role entailed or how I was going do it but knew that with more than 20 years in nursing I had the...Read More »
