Local chapter leaders do everything they can to keep members connected, especially during these times of social distancing. Many are holding virtual meetings in place of in-person ones, at times opening these events to any local chapter members even those from different states. Still, it can be...Read More »
Sepsis and its various disease progressions and complications result in nearly 270,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, a number of patients sick with COVID-19 have experienced an immune response called a ...Read More »
No matter the level of training and preparation you put into implementing a new technology, you’ll likely still encounter some struggles along the adoption journey. Inevitably, regardless of the project, there will always be a few troublesome providers, according to Vaughn Matacale, MD,...Read More »
When times get tough—and boy, they have been a bear these last few months—CDI professionals have a wonderful way of rising to the occasion. Our recent impact of COVID-19 on CDI departments...Read More »
During this time of national crisis, we have painstakingly deliberated over the fate of our upcoming ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference, taking into consideration expert guidance and everyone’s best interests. With those factors in mind, we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 ACDIS...Read More »
Starting a new profession is always difficult and becoming a CDI specialist is no different. While more jobs include new hire training programs—likely including some sort of lesson plan, and perhaps a designated educator—one of the most successful education tools is mentorship.
CDI professionals are often compared to investigators—searching through patient records for missing pieces and assembling the full picture of the patient’s condition through the query process. While that analogy stands, when I speak with CDI professionals...Read More »
Local chapters and networking groups should seek to obtain continuing education units (CEUs) for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) and CCDS-Outpatient (CCDS-O) credentials from ACDIS for their scheduled meetings. The application is...Read More »
