Within the constantly evolving healthcare landscape, physicians are under more and more pressure to not only provide exceptional patient care and correctly diagnose patients, but also undertake an increasing amount of administrative tasks. A recent study published in the...Read More »
Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CCDS-O, CCS-P, CRC, is a CDI professional at Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania. He has been in the CDI field for just over four years.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI?
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As mentioned in CDI Strategies, the ACDIS Advisory Board is working on a year-long project focused on tackling the CDI profession’s number one problem: physician engagement and education. To kick off the conversation—which will ultimately include a series of surveys, white papers, and...Read More »
Between 35% and 54% of doctors and nurses experience burnout, according to a report issued by the National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). The report found an estimated 60% of interns and...Read More »
Approximately 11 months ago, I accepted the role of the CDI manager in a facility where I formerly held a nurse executive position. Although I was new to the CDI world, I was given the role of manager based on my experience in leadership...Read More »
The holidays aren’t the only thing that’s right around the corner: The deadline to apply for the first-ever ACDIS CDI Scholarship program is Tuesday, December 31, 2019. The Scholarship Committee will reconvene in the new year to review applications and select recipients for the...Read More »
ACDIS members are invited to participate in the ACDIS Quarterly Membership Conference Calls throughout the year of 2020. The upcoming year’s calls are:Read More »
