When times get tough—and boy, they have been a bear these last few months—CDI professionals have a wonderful way of rising to the occasion. Our recent impact of COVID-19 on CDI departments...Read More »
During this time of national crisis, we have painstakingly deliberated over the fate of our upcoming ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference, taking into consideration expert guidance and everyone’s best interests. With those factors in mind, we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 ACDIS...Read More »
Starting a new profession is always difficult and becoming a CDI specialist is no different. While more jobs include new hire training programs—likely including some sort of lesson plan, and perhaps a designated educator—one of the most successful education tools is mentorship.
CDI professionals are often compared to investigators—searching through patient records for missing pieces and assembling the full picture of the patient’s condition through the query process. While that analogy stands, when I speak with CDI professionals...Read More »
Local chapters and networking groups should seek to obtain continuing education units (CEUs) for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) and CCDS-Outpatient (CCDS-O) credentials from ACDIS for their scheduled meetings. The application is...Read More »
As we’re diving into the start of summer, it’s the perfect time for local chapters and networking groups to finalize meeting plans for the rest of the year. Whether you plan to have an in-person meeting later this year or host a webinar within the next few weeks, ACDIS national...Read More »
One of my principal roles here at ACDIS is working with our conference committee to solicit, review, and select presentations for the national CDI podium. The committee reviews nearly 200 proposals annually,...Read More »