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ACDIS tip: CDI specialists use legal, coding, and clinical knowledge

By Kathryn Fallah and Karla Accorto for ACDIS CDI Blog CDI is a mix of three categories blended into one, according to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist with ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. These three categories are: Legal Coding/billing Medical/clinical The legal category deals with query writing, ethics/compliance issues, and finances. Coding and billing…

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Busy ED Environment Breeds Documentation Lapses

By Elizabeth S. Goar for Becker’s Hospital Review When it comes to emergency department activities, documentation doesn’t jump immediately to mind. Far from it, in fact, but that doesn’t mean it’s not vital to an organization’s financial well-being. With emergency department (ED) visits climbing steadily, along with case acuity and complexity, it’s a service line…

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What if you had your choice of COVID-19 vaccine? Differences are small, but they do exist

By Elizabeth Weise for USA Today If you get the choice, which COVID-19 vaccine should you choose? For now, experts are clear: The best vaccine is the one about to go into your arm. But as the vaccine supply grows, Americans eventually might find someone asking, “Which vaccine do you want?” The answer for most…

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Which clinicians spend the most time in the EHR? 3 things to know

By Jackie Drees from Becker’s Hospital Review Primary care clinicians on average spend the most time using EHRs compared to medical and surgical specialists, according to a study published March 22 inJAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine collaborated on the…

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Molding Tomorrow’s HIT Professionals

By Susan Chapman, MA, MFA, PGYT for For the Record As the health care industry continues to evolve, an important question has come to the forefront: How is higher education addressing the demands and changes while also producing prospective employees who will become reliable contributors upon graduation? Addressing Industry Demands Peter Winkelstein, MD, Kaleida Health’s…

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8 women making moves in healthcare leadership

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review The following leadership moves by women have been reported since Feb. 26: Nwando Anyaoku, MD, was chosen as the first chief health equity officer of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services. Cristina Contreras was named CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in New York City. Stephanie Fendrick was named executive vice president…

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A primer on Dr. B, the site matching Americans with leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses

By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review Zocdoc founder and former CEO Cyrus Massoumi recently launched Dr. B, a platform that matches Americans seeking COVID-19 vaccines with leftover doses so they don’t go to waste, The New York Times reported March 9. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be administered within hours once they’re taken out…

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Majority of young nurses overwhelmed, exhausted over the last year: 5 key survey findings

By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review About 71 percent of young nurses said they felt overwhelmed over the past year, according to survey results published March 10 — just ahead of the March 11 anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s start. The American Nurses Foundation, the charitable branch of the American Nurses Association, collected responses from…

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Guest post: Identifying the source of truth

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Many are familiar with the scene from A Few Good Men where Jack Nicholson’s old-school marine tells Tom Cruise’s younger antagonist, “You can’t handle the truth!” My favorite application of that same line comes from Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks’ 2000-Year-Old Man: “You have some kind of thing…

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