ACDIS Networking Groups

Announcements:

Please remember to fill out the ACDIS online membership roster by clicking here. Plus, chapter members who fill out the online roster will automatically receive a discount on national ACDIS membership at the conclusion of the roster form!

For those interested in discussing pediatric CDI topics, please visit the pediatric CDI discussion thread in the ACDIS Forum.


Upcoming events:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, December 5, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Hot Topics Episode 6 - Coding RDS and Respiratory Failure: Friends or Foes,” presented by Kara Lawrence-Layman, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).

Past events:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, October 24, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics: Episode 5,” presented by Kara Lawrence Layman, RN, CCDS. Slides for this meeting can be found here.
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 5, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Decoding AKI- Mastering KDIGO Guidelines and Its Application,” presented by Anjali Baji, RN, MSN. Slides for this meeting can be found here.
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, July 18, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric and Neonatal CDI:  Episode 4,” presented by Kara Lawrence, RN, CCDS. Slides for this meeting can be found here.
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 6, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Brain Compression & Cerebral Edema,” presented by Amy Sanderson, MD, and Lucinda Lo, MD. Slides for this meeting can be found here.
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Meconium Aspiration Syndrome,” presented by Anjali Baji, MSN, RN. Click here to watch the recording
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, January 18, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric and Neonatal CDI: SDOH,” presented by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN. Slides for this meeting can be found here

2023 events:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 7, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Pediatric Shock: An Overview.” Slides for this meeting can be found hereClick here to watch the recording (use code 9KgyCGkm to access). 
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, October 19, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric and Neonatal CDI.” Slides for this meeting can be found hereClick here to watch the recording (use code Dpei6Wjm to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 7, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Pediatric Outpatient CDI Primary Care - Nemours Children's Health System,” presented by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, and Viji Anchan, MSN, RN, CPN, CRC. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code iHAD55w3 to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 1, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Inpatient Pediatric APR-DRG CDI Benchmarking: A Children's Hospital Association Perspective,” and was presented by Amber Davidson, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, and James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code BnimVPn7 to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric CDI,” and was presented by Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code RwJiAPV3 to access)
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3-4 p.m. EST, via webinar. The program was titled, “Working with Providers: Promoting CDI-Provider Relationships to Improve Documentation,” and was presented by Emily Densmore, MD, MS, and Carly Windt, PA-C, MPAS. Click here to watch the recording (use code pNWzRnf3 to access).

2022 events: 

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 1, 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled “Updates in Challenging Pediatric Diagnoses: Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C, heart failure and immunodeficiency” and was presented by Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD, and Sheila Snyder, MD. 
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 8, via webinar. The event was titled “Improving Coding Accuracy via Clinical Documentation Improvement Education,” presented by Theodore DeMartini, MD, assistant professor, department of pediatrics with Penn State Health Children's Hospital. Click here to watch the recording (use code pHCwZ2cj to access). 
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 2, via webinar. Slides from this meeting can be found hereClick here to watch the recording (use code NpRqwRE4 to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 3, via webinar, for their first quarterly meeting. The event was titled “ENDGAME: A brief introduction to the concept of DRG reconciliation and reasons why you should perform DRG reconciliation” presented by Rebecca Willcutt BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, CCDS-O, director, CDI program, and Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS, clinical documentation specialist both with Cooper University Health Care. Click here to watch the recording (use code aQDvitM3 to access). 

2021 events:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 2, 3-4:40 p.m. ET. The speaker was Julian Everett from Orlando Health.
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 9, via webinar. The speaker was Dr. Nicole Fox presenting “Playing to Win,” which focused on physician engagement and strategies for communication and cooperation between CDI and physicians. Slides from this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use password qV5MXc3e to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 3, for the quarterly meeting. The topic was CDI opportunities in the NICU in a presentation titled “Oh Baby!” by presenters from OHSU. Slides from this meeting can be found here and here. Click here to watch the recording (use password nPm5puwG to access).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 4, via webinar. Slides from this meeting can be found here and hereClick here to watch the recording (use password mDBbN3ab to access).

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