Looking to get more involved in the CDI community? ACDIS’ volunteer boards and committees contribute to the association’s best-practice guidance, plan celebrations and appreciation programs, review materials for publication, vote for awards, advocate on behalf of all ACDIS members, and more....Read More »
If the key to success in CDI work is continuing education, the door of success is who you learn it from. While it’s impossible to capture all the rich learning that occurred at the 2022 ACDIS conference, ACDIS members can now access the materials...Read More »
Summer is heating up and local chapter events with it. As the temperatures rise, chapters and networking groups are booking more meetings—some in-person and some virtual—to connect with their members and provide education over the vacation months.
If you’ve never joined a chapter before,...Read More »
Back in October 2021, I was having major FOMO, as the kids these days like to say. Or maybe have already stopped saying, but I’m too out of touch to know. FOMO stands for fear of missing out, and that’s how I felt in October 2021 when I was unable to attend the...Read More »
Rabia Jalal, MBBS, MSHIM, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, RHIA, is a CDI specialist II/senior clinical analyst with Optum360 working at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California. She is a member of the California ACDIS local chapter’s newsletter committee, the ACDIS Diversity...Read More »
Did you know that ACDIS has a whole section of available free resources? Simply go to the ACDIS website and hover over the “Resources” tab and you’ll see “Free & Sponsored Resources” on the list. Click there to access all the free resources...Read More »
Chapter newsletters allow leaders to communicate updates, meeting recaps, and chapter needs to their members easily and in a centralized place. If you plan on sending out a chapter newsletter, you can also have that newsletter posted to your chapter page on the ACDIS website to increase its...Read More »
It’s hard to believe a month has passed since my introduction to ACDIS and the CDI profession. Starting this job, I expected the welcome challenge of writing about a subject I’ve never heard of. But I certainly didn’t expect to enter a whole new reality—and even...Read More »
