I recently had someone tell me how much they loved our white paper, “How to conduct a medical record review,” enough to use it as a baseline for a policy in their own organizational policy...Read More »
Acute care hospitals reduced c. diff infections by 13%, CLABSIs by 9%, and CAUTIs by 5% in 2017, according to the latest progress report on reducing healthcare-associated infections from the CDC.Read More »
Newsweek has partnered with a global market research and consumer data company, Statista Inc., to develop their own ranking of the top hospitals. Unlike the lists from ...Read More »
Q:A patient recently came in with SOB and was found to have a incarcerated ventral hernia. SOB was documented throughout the record. Can SOB be coded separately or is it integral to hernia?Read More »
It’s HIP Week! To celebrate the HIM professionals in your lives, ACDIS put together a list of suggestions to help you show your appreciation for your colleagues.Read More »
By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
The rollout of the clinical validation process should include an educational timeline complete with a roadshow of sorts in which the physician advisor, CDI administrator, and CDI staff explain the...Read More »
