Over the years, more than a few local chapters have opted to hold a joint event with either a neighboring ACDIS chapter for a bi- or tri-state event or with a component organization from an affiliated association such as the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American...Read More »
By Barbara A. Anderson, RN, MSM, CCDS
Does your daily mood or attitude as a CDI leader or CDI specialist have any effect on the workplace and your organization’s bottom line? What about the mood or attitude of others on your team?Read More »
When Susan A. Carrier, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CPC, went to school at Northeastern University in Massachusetts to become a nurse, the role of CDI specialist wasn’t even a far-off dream. She graduated, got a job working in pediatrics, and eventually moved into a sales position for a laboratory. Then...Read More »
By Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS
It’s that time of year again: I am perusing proposed rules, which always hold a few interesting potential changes for the upcoming fiscal year. However, as I read the proposed rule for the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee...Read More »
By Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS
I love the topic of this edition of the CDI Journal, “Innovations in CDI Education.” In this “Physician Advisor’s Corner,” I would like to give you three ideas to augment your CDI education of providers and CDI professionals.
Susan Edamala, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCRN (Alum), is a clinical nurse consultant II and a CDI specialist at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UIHHSS). She is also a member of the Illinois ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
There are a number of etiologies leading to pediatric respiratory failure, just as there are with adult patients. To begin with, pediatric patients can come to an acquired extrathoracic airway from an infectious source (e.g., retropharyngeal abscesses, Ludwig’s angina, bacterial tracheitis,...Read More »
