Sharing CDI experiences helps

In the past few months, a number of facilities hosted members of the ACDIS team as we shook the office dust off our shoulders and ventured out for on-site visits to see firsthand how things are with a handful of nearby  programs. I enjoyed my visit with Patricia Barry, CDI manager for Cape Cod Health at Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts, and with the CDI team at my hometown facility of Beverly Hospital (shoutout to Cheryl Beaulieu, Debra Womersley, Kathy McDiarmid, and program manager Dale Stevens). The folks at Pen Bay Medical Center in Maine hosted ACDIS Editor Katy Rushlau and talked about their transition to Epic, physician education, and expanding reviews to service line–specific efforts. At Carolinas Healthcare, Andrea Johnson hosted ACDIS Associate Director of Membership and Product Development Rebecca Hendren, who was lucky enough to time her visit to coincide with CDI Week and the facility’s annual CDI celebration luncheon.