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Northern Illinois CDI Network meets Nov. 5
Our friends in Northern Illinois have been gathering regularly for more than two years now, and
St. Alexius Medical Center is the site of tomorrow's IL meeting.
were a tremendous influence in the organization of the larger Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists.
I would be remiss if I didn’t give them a “shout out” about their meeting tomorrow. I am sure that the gathering at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, IL, will be just as successful as all the earlier Prairie State meetings.
- Donna Kennedy- Compliance issues affecting CDI process
- Jonathan Becker- Monitor/measuring CDMP program
- EHR- Electronic Health Record- Impact on CDI
- RAC- discovery of clinical documentation queries
- Linnea Thennes and Colleen Stukenberg-ACDIS local chapter
- Working process between CDS and Coders working from home
- Misc
Northern Illinois chapter to meet Thursday
A typical hospital couldn't hold such a stellar collection of CDI staffers!
Edward Hospital & Health Services bills itself as being “for people who don’t like hopsitals.” So all you hospital-loving CDI professionals heading there for the Northern Illinois CDS meeting this Thursday, April 30, will have to envision yourself meandering more typical healthcare halls as you make your way to the Edward Heart Hospital’s conference room.
From 12:30-3 p.m., the group will gather to share CDI heartbreaks as well as those tips and tricks that make a professional’s pulse quicken. Best of all ACDIS Board Member Robert S. Gold, MD, will be on the phone to talk about CDI quality assessment and the future of CDS programs. The agenda includes networking and a Q & A session so don’t miss out.
Birds of feather: ACDIS chapters start to soar
Let's get every state with the cardinal as its chosen mascot to start a CDI Chapter!
There’s been a number of additions to the roll of local ACDIS chapters. Most notably, we’ve received interest from Ohio and Virginia to meet with fellow members.
Imagine my surprise to find that both these states’ also call the cardinal their state bird. Look out North Carolina! As it turns out, seven states have the bright-hued aviator as the soaring emblem of their respective aviary prowess (and that’s not including state affinity for the bird associated with the names of sports teams St. Louis Cardinals nor the Arizona Cardinals).
Okay, so here’s a challenge. I put the call out to any clinical documentation improvement specialists from Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia (which all say the cardinal is their state bird, too) to start local ACDIS chapters in their neck of the woods. After all as the saying goes. . . birds of a feather. . . right?
Download this document for some tips for how to get a CDI chapter started including advice from state organizations which have been gathering for a few years now.
Click on this link to download a list of current local groups, meetings, and contact information.