by Melissa Varnavas
By the end of January 2021, the total number of deaths associated with the pandemic neared 450,000, according to John Hopkins’ coronavirus tracker. That’s the official count. Most in healthcare understand that...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
One of the main aspects of the CDI role is provider education. But unlike query impacts—both financial and quality related—proving an ROI for educational efforts can be exceptionally difficult. There are no quality scores or rankings, no DRG changes, no concrete...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
So, your organization has a CDI program. How do you know if it’s any good? What positive impact is it having on your facility? Is it achieving everything it can? These questions can be answered only if you have performance data to...Read More »
Elisa Sninchak, M.Ed, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is the education manager at Novant Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, the co-leader for the ACDIS CDI Educators Networking Group, and a member of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council. She has been in the CDI field for five years.Read More »
FEATURES 6 The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force 12 Foreign-trained physicians in CDI 20 Advocating for yourself 27 Case study: Overcoming...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
This past year has brought to light many of the ills of our society, highlighting needed changes on almost all levels of healthcare, societal norms, and issues of social justice. Together, we look in the rearview mirror with a collective sigh, a sadness and...Read More »
By Carolyn Riel
The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force has been an active group within ACDIS since the summer of 2020. When creating this task force, it was important to choose a name that rightly reflected ACDIS’ mission, striving not only for diversity, but also inclusivity....Read More »
