This week’s guests are Wendy Arafiles, MD, pediatric hospitalist and medical director of the CDI program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Lucinda Lo, MD, pediatric hospitalist and physician advisor for CDI and Care Management at the Children’s Hospital of...Read More »
Join ACDIS in celebrating Revenue Integrity Week, a celebration hosted by our sister association, the National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI)! This year’s theme is “Your Career in Bloom” and we can’t wait to see...Read More »
We’ve all been there: the lights are dimmed; the crowd is banging on their seats; the room buzzes with anticipation, waiting for their favorite performers to get back on stage—the people know what they want. An Encore.
At ACDIS, we know what our audience wants, and we’ve got to...Read More »
ACDIS Chapter Advisory Committee members serve as the advisors (as the name suggests) for all local chapter and networking group leaders on the common issues they face daily. While some of their guidance is published and updated annually in the Chapter Leadership Toolkit (available under the...Read More »
by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS
In the intricate landscape of healthcare documentation, malnutrition stands out as a nuanced yet pervasive issue that warrants attention from CDI teams. Beyond its clinical implications, malnutrition documentation does hold “...Read More »
According to a recent study published in the American Heart Association Journal, an increase in referrals for noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT) was not associated with improved outcomes for lower-risk patients with acute myocardial injury already ruled out for their chest pain. The...Read More »
About 750,000 deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be prevented every year through available vaccines, water and sanitation, and infection control methods, experts estimate in a series of four papers in The...Read More »
