The first quarterly call of 2021 was held on February 18 and featured three members of the ACDIS national team and two guests. ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas and Editors Linnea Archibald and Carolyn Riel were joined by Leadership Council member Brianna Brown, BSN, RN-BC, and...Read More »
At the end of every month, ACDIS Editor Carolyn Riel reaches out to local chapter leaders regarding updates such as new meeting schedules, newsletters, and more. But these monthly updates don’t have to be limited to just meetings and events. If at any point chapter leaders step down and new ones...Read More »
The difference between a plateaued or declining CDI department and a highly successful, growing one is not necessarily as great as you might think. In fact, they’re often doing the same work, perhaps even achieving the same results.
Between mid-2017 and pre-pandemic 2019, 774 hospitals have been penalized by the federal government for having high rates of patients with possibly avoidable medical complications, according to a hospital penalty “look-up” system by...Read More »
Regardless of if patients were asymptomatic or had severe infections, nearly 30% of COVID-19 patients had lingering symptoms six months after the infection onset, according to a research letter published in the...Read More »
If a patient is admitted with a gastrointestinal bleed (self-limiting, no treatment/procedures performed or medication changes) within four weeks of the myocardial infarction (MI), would a code from category I21, Acute MI, be coded?Read More »
ACDIS is always looking for folks to contribute their unique ideas, knowledge, and experiences to our publications including the CDI Journal and ACDIS Blog...Read More »
