Despite the fact that sepsis is one of the deadliest and costly medical conditions for hospitals, doctors frequently fail to properly document this immune system response to infection that kills more than 250,000 Americans each year,...Read More »
Former ACDIS Advisory Board member Dee Banet, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, director of CDI at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky, is also the founder and past president of the southern Indiana/Kentucky local ACDIS chapter. A 17-year veteran on the CDI field, she joined the ranks...Read More »
Accused of misreporting malnutrition in a January 2017 OIG audit, Vidant Medical Center, a 909 bed acute care teaching hospital, fought back with a collaborative rebuttal of the findings published alongside the original audit results.Read More »
Unfortunately, the January/February edition of ACDIS’ CDI Journal has been delayed but not to worry, we expect to publish it shortly and know members will appreciate insights regarding CDI priorities for 2017, analysis of changes in physician query policies and procedures, tips for...Read More »
Since the advent of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, CDI professionals have known that physician copy and paste errors pose a threat to accurate documentation. Consequently, these errors can also negatively affect patient safety as well, according to a...Read More »
Three months from now the ACDIS team will head to our biggest event of the year—our national conference. And in case you haven’t heard it’s a milestone…our 10th. A big number and once again we are bringing the networking, the learning, and the fun.Read More »
