The annual cost of physician burnout is conservatively estimated at $4.6 billion, research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows.Read More »
The AUA recently issued a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), which emphasizes the importance of cultures and antibiotic stewardship.Read More »
Average hospital readmission rates associated with individual PCPs show almost no variation, so incentivizing PCPs to change practice to lower the rates may not make sense.Read More »
Q: I’ve been told that in most cases codes for viral causative organisms, B95-97, will not add a CC or an MCC. However, I thought that identifying a causative organism often does add a CC/MCC. Could you clarify this for me? Read More »
Each year, after the conference has come and gone, the ACDIS team makes PDFs of the PowerPoint presentations and the poster presentations available on the website for ACDIS members. For those who may have missed it, all the 2019 materials have been...Read More »
ACDIS would not be the association it is today without the tireless work of our many boards and committees. While in year’s past, we’ve put out individual calls for our ACDIS boards and committees, beginning in 2019 we are putting forward volunteer calls on a bi-annual basis in January and June...Read More »
From Facebook, to Twitter, to Instagram, to LinkedIn, it’s never been easier to connect with the ACDIS team and the broader CDI community worldwide.Read More »
Day 2 of the ACDIS conference is always state pride day, on which chapter leaders from all over the country are encouraged to decorate tables and host state-specific lunchtime gatherings. This year, as in years’ past, the volunteer leaders went all out. From Florida’s inflatable palm trees and...Read More »
