Physician engagement ranks as one of the top challenges ACDIS members face, according to ACDIS’ annual membership survey. Industry surveys have showed a promising upward trajectory concerning physician engagement, but the pandemic certainly was a setback to this...Read More »
ACDIS polls are a great way to get a snapshot of data that you can leverage to benchmark your CDI efforts, answer a pressing question, or identify an area of potential expansion. In many cases, the polling questions you see on our website homepage are...Read More »
ACDIS is always looking for folks from the CDI community to contribute to the CDI Journal, but currently we’re specifically looking for submissions to our July/August edition of the Journal, which will be focused on clinical and coding concerns relevant to CDI. The deadline for...Read More »
Even with plenty of advanced planning, local chapters and networking groups planning events may run into roadblocks when it comes to speaker recruitment. If you’re experiencing this problem, here are a few ways you can leverage ACDIS’ existing offerings for meeting topics without having to...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that the 2022 ACDIS national conference has already come and gone. A week ago, the ACDIS team was closing up shop at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and getting ready to return to our respective homes...Read More »
Hospitalists coded a significantly higher proportion of Medicare beneficiaries as high severity compared to non-hospitalists, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...Read More »
The National Quality Forum (NQF) rejected an appeal of its decision to endorse the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (or SEP-1) measure for treating sepsis. The NQF originally endorsed the measure in 2013, and it was first...Read More »
The Leapfrog Group conducted an analysis of 2,844 United States hospitals, and one-third of the facilities earned an “A” grade for patient safety,...Read More »
