More than half of the 626 health systems in the United States have only one or two hospitals within the system, but the largest systems have 18 or more hospitals.Read More »
ACDIS likes to be invited to its local chapter’s leadership planning meetings. It offers the national administration an opportunity to serve as a resource to the chapter’s volunteers and offer insight into the ways other chapters perhaps have handled an event or educational session in the past...Read More »
While the data gleaned from the polls shows up in a variety of ACDIS offerings—from social media graphics, to CDI Journal articles—the data can also benefit you, the ACDIS members.Read More »
Q:We are struggling with finding a good balance between having CDI attend multi-disciplinary rounds and conduct concurrent CDI work. At this time, we attend twice per week, faithfully and then also attend if the CDI...Read More »
The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter held their most recent meeting on Friday, November 3. The meeting featured the CDI presentations from expert speakers, breakfast, lunch, and networking time. The leaders also incorporated a slightly more creative piece to their meeting.Read More »
While outpatient CDI has become the hot topic for the industry as a whole, other areas present ready opportunities for CDI intervention. OB-GYN is one such area.Read More »
By Janie L. Brown, RN
CDI came on the healthcare scene relatively recently, and at its inception, reimbursement was king—the principal aim of such programs was to capture additional money by moving the CC/MCC and CMI needle.Read More »