ACDIS is proud to welcome its new CDI Education Director, Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN. In this role, Ericson will be teaching core CDI skills in HCPro’s popular CDI Boot Camp and forthcoming ICD-10 for CDI Boot Camp. She will also be lending her years of expertise and experience in CDI to the...Read More »
Physicians resist change. They fear it. Although comfortable reading medical literature, and comfortable improving patient care with new techniques and medications, having CDI professionals “educate” physicians about improving their documentation habits...Read More »
Mary Lindenboom, RN, BSN, CCDS, (at the time of this article's original release) CDI specialist at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla., sent these photos along with a break-down of her facility’s CDI Week festivities back in September. The team decorated their offices with CDI tips and...Read More »
ACDIS formed the CDI Roadmap Committee in September 2011 to help define some of the core foundations and structures of the CDI profession. The committee’s work includes defining the broad goals and objectives of CDI, outlining staffing and productivity considerations, developing goals for mature...Read More »
The 5th Annual ACDIS Conference early registration cutoff date is next Friday, March 9. This year's conference will be held at the Manchester Grand...Read More »
The ACDIS quarterly conference call is scheduled for today, Thursday, February 16, from 1-2 p.m. ET. ACDIS members should have received dial-in instructions via e-mail. If you did not receive instructions, e-mail ACDIS Member Services Specialist Penny Richards at...Read More »
The CDI Roadmap is intended to help establish baselines for hospitals starting up a new CDI department,either for the first time or in a “reboot.” Established CDI programs should find these documents beneficial as well. One of the documents I’m most pleased with is the “Goals and objectives of...Read More »
