CDI Expansion

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters.Read More »

CMS requested input on their potential pediatric alternative payment model...Read More »

HealthGrades, the online healthcare provider rating service, released its widely read list of...Read More »

CDI specialists depend on clinical indicators to support queries. Hospitals and physicians need clinical indicators to support the validity of...Read More »

Take a look through this edition of CDI Journal and note how many of CDI programs focused on quality also aim to capture some of the...Read More »

About 41% of CDI programs currently review medical records for quality improvement items, according to an online ACDIS membership poll. Although...Read More »

Septic patients can quickly deteriorate into severe sepsis cases if left unattended. “Once they have organ failure, it’s really hard to get those...Read More »

Penny Souder, RN, MS, CPC, works at Maui Memorial Medical Center in beautiful Hawaii. She joined the CDI team a year and a half...Read More »

by Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP

You may be wondering why so many CDI departments are expanding their review processes to...Read More »

by Melissa Varnavas

My husband swears he had SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It happened on an extended weekend trip to...Read More »