By Brian Murphy

Today is the last day you can vote in the 2018 ACDIS advisory board election. Let me repeat—today is the last day you can vote in the ACDIS advisory board election!

If you do nothing else as an ACDIS member today, I urge you to go cast your vote now.

Voting won’t take more than five minutes—maybe a few more if you are agonizing over who to vote for. There are 10 excellent candidates and we can only take four.

ACDIS has discounted hotel room blocks at three area hotels for your convenience. The cut off for all the hotel options is Friday, April 20.

Over the past two weeks, we’ve shared tips for chapters holding monthly and quarterly meetings. This week, let’s take a look at biannual and annual meetings.

The decision to implement electronic queries can be complex, and requires input from many deci­sion-makers.

Though remote work is on the rise and seems to be working well for the majority of people, this doesn’t mean the transition is an easy one.

Q: I’ve heard that an increase in the volume of surgical cases can increase a facility’s overall CMI and that when the volume of surgical cases is flat, movement in the CMI represents increasing complexity of patients cared for in that facility. Could you explain these concepts a bit more for me? 

During the session, stakeholders were asked to provide their feedback in order to develop policy proposals for upcoming notice and comment rulemaking.

A new study published in JAMA found that usability issues surrounding EHRs may be contributing to incidents of patient harm in Pennsylvania.

A federal judge asked the AHA for ideas on how the HHS can work through its Medicare billing appeals backlog.