ACDIS Networking Groups

Announcements:

Please remember to fill out the ACDIS online membership roster by clicking here. Plus, chapter members who fill out the online roster will automatically receive a discount on national ACDIS membership at the conclusion of the roster form!

For those interested in discussing pediatric CDI topics, please visit the pediatric CDI discussion thread in the ACDIS Forum.

Upcoming events:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Wednesday, March 7, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Meconium Aspiration Syndrome,” and will be presented by Anjali Baji, MSN, RN. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).

Past events:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, January 18, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric and Neonatal CDI: SDOH,” presented by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN. Slides for this meeting can be found here. 
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 7, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Pediatric Shock: An Overview.” Click here to watch the recording (use code 9KgyCGkm to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, October 19, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric and Neonatal CDI.” Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code Dpei6Wjm to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 7, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Pediatric Outpatient CDI Primary Care - Nemours Children's Health System,” presented by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, and Viji Anchan, MSN, RN, CPN, CRC. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code iHAD55w3 to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 1, 2023, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Inpatient Pediatric APR-DRG CDI Benchmarking: A Children's Hospital Association Perspective,” and was presented by Amber Davidson, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, and James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code BnimVPn7 to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Hot Topics in Pediatric CDI,” and was presented by Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS. Slides for this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code RwJiAPV3 to access)
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3-4 p.m. EST, via webinar. The program was titled, “Working with Providers: Promoting CDI-Provider Relationships to Improve Documentation,” and was presented by Emily Densmore, MD, MS, and Carly Windt, PA-C, MPAS. Click here to watch the recording (use code pNWzRnf3 to access).

2022 events: 

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 1, 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled “Updates in Challenging Pediatric Diagnoses: Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C, heart failure and immunodeficiency” and was presented by Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD, and Sheila Snyder, MD. 
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 8, via webinar. The event was titled “Improving Coding Accuracy via Clinical Documentation Improvement Education,” presented by Theodore DeMartini, MD, assistant professor, department of pediatrics with Penn State Health Children's Hospital. Click here to watch the recording (use code pHCwZ2cj to access). 
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 2, via webinar. Slides from this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use code NpRqwRE4 to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 3, via webinar, for their first quarterly meeting. The event was titled “ENDGAME: A brief introduction to the concept of DRG reconciliation and reasons why you should perform DRG reconciliation” presented by Rebecca Willcutt BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, CCDS-O, director, CDI program, and Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS, clinical documentation specialist both with Cooper University Health Care. Click here to watch the recording (use code aQDvitM3 to access). 

2021 events:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, December 2, 3-4:40 p.m. ET. The speaker was Julian Everett from Orlando Health.
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 9, via webinar. The speaker was Dr. Nicole Fox presenting “Playing to Win,” which focused on physician engagement and strategies for communication and cooperation between CDI and physicians. Slides from this meeting can be found here. Click here to watch the recording (use password qV5MXc3e to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, June 3, for the quarterly meeting. The topic was CDI opportunities in the NICU in a presentation titled “Oh Baby!” by presenters from OHSU. Slides from this meeting can be found here and here. Click here to watch the recording (use password nPm5puwG to access).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, March 4, via webinar. Slides from this meeting can be found here and here. Click here to watch the recording (use password mDBbN3ab to access).

2020 events: 

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) met Thursday, September 10, via webinar. Click here to watch the recording (use password GnpfpYf6 to access). 

Materials:

• Click here to download the presentation on working with providers by by Emily Densmore, MD, MS, and Carly Windt, PA-C, MPAS
• Click here to download the video recording of the 4th Quarter APDIS Meeting and use the password '2WnNPken' to access.
• Click here to download the presentation on congenital heart defects by Karen Bridgeman, MSN, RN, CCDS, and Leah Savage, MSN, RN, CCDS
• Click here to download the presentation on present on admission conditions by Doug Campbell, MD, FAAP, MHA
• Click here to download the presentation on upcoming challenges in pediatric CDI by Melissa Rew, RN, MSN
• Click here to download the presentation on coding challenges related to pediatrics and neonates by Karen Bridgeman, MSN, RN, CCDS
• Click here to download the presentation on documentation of "history of" by Doug Campbell, MD, FAAP, MHA
• Click here to download the presentation on maintaining a CDI program in the NICU by Julian Everett, BSN, RN.
• Click here to download the presentation on the CDI program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by Amy Bush, RN, BSN, MJ.
• Click here to download the presentation on who owns the documentation in the record by J. Douglas Campbell, MD, FAAP, MHA.
• Click here to download the presentation on developmental history documentation in the EHR by Lori L. Fox, BSN, RN.
• Click here to download the presentation on present on admission status by J. Douglas Campbell, MD, FAAP, MHA.
• Click here to download the presentation on APDIS business by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, and Leah Savage, MSN, RN.
• Click here to download the presentation on ECMO coding changes by Karen Bridgeman, MSN, RN, CCDS.
• Click here to download the presentation on clinical validation by Douglas Campbell, MD, FAAP, MHA.
• Click here to download the presentation on CDI in EPIC by Karen MacArthur, RN, BSN, CCDS.
• Click here to download the presentation on congenital diaphragmatic hernia by Kathy Wilson, RN, BSN, BA, RNA, CDIS.
• Click here to download the presentation on newborn documentation reviews by Julian Everett, RN, CDIP.
• Click here to download the presentation on documentation of current conditions in the newborn nursery by J. Douglas Campbell, MD.