Nearly one in five adults who are infected with COVID-19 go on to develop long COVID, according to leaders of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The long COVID studies currently underway by the organization were funded by Congress in 2021 to predict, diagnose, treat, and prevent long COVID...Read More »
A recent medical record review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that between October 1, 2021, and January 31, 2022, providers used ICD-10-CM...Read More »
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has launched a write-in campaign, urging stakeholders to contact their representatives in Congress and press them to enact before year's end five bills promoting the nation's nursing workforce,...Read More »
As a benefit of membership in the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails to Council members with questions from other members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to...Read More »
Question: When the patient is admitted with a diagnosis of sepsis, and the history describes a urinary tract infection related to a foley catheter, with documentation also indicating pancreatic cancer, anemia, and dehydration, “History describes a urinary tract infection related to a...Read More »
