Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS, is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the principal of Brundage Medical Group, LLC (BMG). He has been a member of the ACDIS Advisory Board since 2011. He and his wife, Patty (a nurse practitioner who helps with CDI efforts of BMG), are...Read More »
Janet Emanuelson, RN, has been a CDI specialist at Dominican Hospital-Dignity Health in Santa Cruz, Calif., for nearly six years. She joined ACDIS in 2007 and became a member of the California ACDIS Chapter in 2010, helping the ACDIS national administration to better understand networking needs...Read More »
Medical schools exist to train physicians to care for sick people. I chose to be a hospitalist path because I see the value of managing issues found only in an acute care setting. I am the most professionally satisfied when I see a patient with a problem...Read More »
If you spend any time on the ACDIS networking group “CDI Talk,” you’ve seen Katy Good’s frequent commentary. She’s very active in CDI matters, both through ACDIS and at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center, where she is the CDI program coordinator. Now, you can get to know a little more about her in...Read More »
Who doesn’t love all those crafty ideas on Pinterest or home improvement projects on HGTV? For those CDI professionals working alone in small facilities, or just getting a program off the ground, creating your own physician education program can seem daunting. But crafting newsletters, tip...Read More »
It took more than 100 hours and four-plus months to create the 60-plus page UNC Healthcare Clinical Documentation: Handbook for Physicians and other Licensed Healthcare Providers, recently donated to the ACDIS Forms & Tools Library (www.acdis.org)....Read More »
Local chapter volunteers step forward to host and plan events, maintain membership contact information, apply for continuing education credits, research speakers and assess the educational importance of potential presentations. Furthermore, they nurture and mentor their local chapter networking...Read More »
