Patricia Matson Vitasinski, RN, CCDS, is the manager of CDI quality improvement at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan, and has been a Michigan ACDIS chapter board leader for three years. She has been in the CDI field for 19 years.Read More »
Rani Stoddard, MBA, RN, CPHQ, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, is the CDI and HIM supervisor at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, California, and the secretary, board member, and newsletter editor for the California ACDIS local chapter. She has been in the CDI field since 2014.Read More »
Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations is a coming-of-age story, full of lively characters and an insightful exploration of themes such as wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the triumph of good over evil. At least that’s...Read More »
Heather Pautz, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, CDIP, is a CDI specialist at Children’s Wisconsin, and the secretary for the Wisconsin ACDIS local chapter. She has been in CDI for four years.Read More »
I just finished reading a book by the historian H.W Brands called The General and the President. It’s a tale of conflict between President Harry S. Truman and Douglas MacArthur, the American commander-in-chief...Read More »
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
patients were discharged accompanied by their spouse
All providers were documenting in their charts with care
In hope that no queries would soon be there
Kimberly Huff, BA, COC, CCDS, is a clinical validation denials coordinator for Providence Ministry (formerly known as Providence St. Joseph Health). She is a founding member and leader of the Arkansas ACDIS chapterRead More »
