The gyms are crowded this time of year. The first week of January, not so much. Second week of January, traffic picks up. Third week of January, the gym gets packed as people begin to realize that the month is almost passed them by and their get healthy, get thin, get more involved resolutions...Read More »
A new year often spells change for CDI programs looking to extend their influence in their organizations. With the rise of health systems over independent hospitals, many CDI teams find themselves reviewing records outside of the traditional acute care...Read More »
by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
I’m starting this missive the day after Super Bowl LIV, and my hometown Kansas City Chiefs have emerged from five decades of futility and brought home the win. So, it’s understandable that my Facebook feed is full of Chiefs-related content,...Read More »
by Amy Sanderson, MD
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex, progressive disease that affects both children and adults, and leads to significant morbidity and mortality. PH has been defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure . 25 mmHg when the patient is at rest (see references...Read More »
ACDIS is built by many hands outside of the full-time administrative team. There are 10 separate boards and committees of volunteers working behind the scenes to make ACDIS the best association it can be. Right now, ACDIS is currently looking for volunteers for four of those groups!
FEATURES 9 Taking your first step in outpatient CDI 15 Don’t let behavior health reviews psych you out 20 Go big, or go home health 27 CDI in skilled...Read More »
“Outpatient CDI isn’t just inpatient CDI in an emergency department or clinic,” wrote ACDIS Director Brian Murphy in an article regarding the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI in Austin, Texas. “It’s a different skillset, and it’s a different mindset.”
For some programs, the expansion into psychiatric units or facilities may be driven by the needs of the patient population, says Rhonda Mark, RN, BS, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach,...Read More »