Jennie Kelley, RN, BSN, CCDS, is the CDI director at UMass Memorial Health in Massachusetts. She is also a member of the Massachusetts ACDIS local chapter.
ACDIS: How long have you been in the CDI field, and what did you do before entering the field?
While ACDIS local chapters help CDI professionals network with peers in their region, we know that’s not the only way to make connections. The CDI world is vast and varied, so a topic that may apply to you may not mean much to your neighbor! That is why ACDIS networking groups are formed. For...Read More »
The “Saving Limbs, Saving Lives” (SL2) project, recently announced by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), aims to reduce the number of leg amputations in the United States through providing access to a number of digital health tools....Read More »
From 2012 to 2019, the mean operating profits for nonprofit hospitals grew from $43 million to 58.9 million, according to a new study published by Health Affairs. During this time, the mean cash reserve...Read More »
Q: If a physician performs a lithotripsy on a stone in the ureter or removes a stone from the ureter through a transurethral approach, then performs a percutaneous nephrostomy and treats a stone in the kidney, would both procedures be reported?
Are you an explorer in your field? Does the discovery of the unknown excite you? Do you fancy yourself a teacher? Join us from April 8-11, 2024, in Indianapolis for the next ACDIS conference and share the horizons of your knowledge with the CDI community by...Read More »
