CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: CDI Journal focuses on moving your program forward

May 6, 2021
CDI Expansion, Education

by Linnea Archibald

While I don’t fully agree with the old saying that “if you’re not moving forward, you’re falling behind,” there is something to be said for moving in a direction instead of standing still. Many CDI departments begin their journeys reviewing for primarily CC/...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

News: EHR usability gets a failing grade, according to nurses

May 6, 2021
News

A study of 8,638 nurses published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that the mean useability score of electronic health records (EHRs) was 57.6, or...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

News: FY 2022 IPPS proposed rule

May 6, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

Hospitals that successfully participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program and are meaningful EHR users could see a 2.8% payment increase, if the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

News: Machine learning reveals kidney disease through EHR analysis

May 6, 2021
News

Machine learning has the ability to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) and identify undetected chronic kidney disease, according to a study published by npj Digital Medicine.

According to the study, patient...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

Q&A: Sepsis appeals

May 6, 2021
Ask ACDIS, Denials & Appeals

Are institutions appealing sepsis denials if the patient meets sepsis-2/super systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria, but not sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) criteria? We have one hospital in our system that uses only sepsis-2 as their criteria, and many of them have...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

ACDIS update: Introducing the Physician PRO

May 6, 2021
Education, Physician Queries

At the end of 2020, we introduced our ACDIS Pocket Guide online resource tool, ACDIS PRO, allowing CDI specialists to take the latest Pocket Guide anywhere, virtually.

...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

ACDIS update: How to favorite an article on the ACDIS website

May 6, 2021

Re-finding your favorite article can be a difficult task. It doesn’t have to feel like banging your head against a wall, though. If you’re logged into the ACDIS website, you can actually “favorite” articles and access them all from one spot when you want to return to them.

Simply follow...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

ACDIS update: Two keynote speakers for ACDIS Online

May 6, 2021
Education

For the first time, our June virtual event ACDIS Online: CDI Summer Retreat will feature two keynote presenters.

Day one starts with noted author and Tedx speaker Bruce Pulver presenting “...Read More »

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