Policies & Procedures

Editor’s Note: There are only 18 more days until the 10^th Annual ACDIS Conference! Over the past few...Read More »

The use of electronic health records (EHR) should be guided by ethical principles that put patient care at the forefront, according to a...Read More »

HIM Briefings, a sister publication of ACDIS,...Read More »

Q: If the acute respiratory failure is due to pneumonia and the respiratory failure resolves rather quickly, but the patient remains in...Read More »

CDI specialists likely know the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as the proverbial keepers of...Read More »

If at all possible, CDI programs should review all hospitalizations in a facility for documentation improvement opportunities. And all charts...Read More »

Q: If a patient is in a three-tiered DRG, but has a three-day length of stay (LOS), is it correct that the next review need not occur till...Read More »

Healthcare in America is in flux. Although tabled on Friday, March 24, the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the attempted replacement...Read More »

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Probably the most onerous duty physicians have is the preparation of the inpatient discharge summary, especially after a long or complicated...Read More »