Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, is chief clinical strategist at Iodine Software and a member of the Michigan chapter of ACDIS. She has been in the CDI field for 15 years and has been a repeat presenter at the ACDIS national conference.
by Linnea Archibald
Gone are the days when CDI departments largely confined their efforts to the inpatient acute care setting and considered anything else “cutting edge.” As payment methodologies and quality reporting programs expand and change, CDI programs prove their efficacy...Read More »
ACDIS celebrates CDI professionals annually with a full week of recognition for the profession through activities, education, and fun. This year’s CDI Week theme is Under the Sea-DI, celebrating the often underappreciated and unseen efforts CDI professionals contribute to their...Read More »
by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS
Most people cringe at the thought of either being audited or performing audits. However, in the world of CDI, audits are crucial to helping a CDI team stay up to date with the fast pace of medicine, the continual changes of coding guidelines,...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its first hot topic for 2022, which is focused on severity of illness comparison of a newborn with respiratory distress...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
One of a CDI leader’s biggest responsibilities is to ensure that their team operates at their greatest potential. That includes both the individuals and the department as a whole. It’s not easy to capture all the gaps and missed opportunities, however, especially...Read More »
by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
Some people can study very little for a test and still pass. Others spend weeks, if not months, preparing for a test and still never feel 100% ready. Well, I am in the latter group, and recently I was tasked with taking the CCDS-O exam so that I...Read More »
Hiral Patel, MHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She is a member of the Texas ACDIS local chapter and the ACDIS Furthering Education Committee. She has been in the CDI field for three years.
