Thank you all for joining us for the last week of education, networking and fun! You make every year of the conference better than the last because of your enthusiasm.Read More »
The critical access hospital (CAH) was born out of the effort to protect access to healthcare in rural areas and ensure a hospital could remain viable despite the low and variable volumes that come along with the hospital’s location. A CAH is a hospital...Read More »
One of my favorite cartoons that pertains to CDI shows a gentleman in a hospital bed shouting at the nurse. She is standing at the foot of his bed holding a clipboard. (Remember when we used to leave patients’ personal information on...Read More »
You hear it all the time: “We only use SIRS,” “I like sepsis-3 because that’s the way I learned it medical school,” “one of our commercial insurance companies only pays for sepsis-3,” “CMS tells us to use sep-1”. For some unexplainable...Read More »
Now that the pre-cons are wrapping up, the ACDIS team is preparing to welcome the 2,000+ attendees to the main conference. As you’re preparing for the next two and a half days of fun and CDI education, we have a few reminders for you.Read More »
It’s hard to believe that in just a couple of days the ACDIS staff will step onto a plane bound for San Antonio. It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again. And yet, this same time next week, we’ll be packing it all up and heading back home again....Read More »
At a recent meeting, my facility coders discussed that our special care nursery (SCN) patients were an outlier for length of stay (LOS). This surprised CDI staff—the reputation of the unit was very good, so how could it be an outlier?Read More »
