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Note from Associate Editorial Director
Growing a CDI garden

By Melissa Varnavas

Longstanding ACDIS members know I’m not one to shy away from a good extended metaphor. Today, is June 1. Spring has given up her blooms. The petals have fallen away from the tulips and the daffodil heads have dropped or been plucked by those dedicated gardeners among us.
 

ACDIS Picks
News: ACDIS 2017 physician query benchmarking survey sheds light on CDI trends
News: CDI technology special report in partnership with Optum360, HealthLeaders Media
News: Value-based purchasing initiatives require CDI focus on pre-bill reviews
Q&A: Understanding late effects
 

Membership Update
Membership update: ACDIS poll explores CDI education effectiveness

Data sheds light into complex topics and can help both ACDIS and ACDIS members evaluate their CDI efforts and industry trends. That data, however, has to come from somewhere. While full-length surveys offer a great, well-rounded approach to CDI data collection, ACDIS also uses polling questions for this end.
CDI Journal explores new horizons for CDI

Though CDI efforts traditionally focused on the acute inpatient side of the healthcare continuum, the spotlight has steadily been shifting and expanding to more settings. The May/June edition of the CDI Journal pulls from a wide variety of experiences and expertise in a range of settings to examine the frontiers of CDI—from the physician practice, to the inpatient rehab, to pediatrics.
Meet the ACDIS team

This year at the 10th annual ACDIS conference, the ACDIS team held their first ever meet-and-greet with attendees. This session gave the team the opportunity to introduce themselves and explain what they can do for the members.
Local chapter updates: Summer plans

As summer rapidly approaches and vacation plans become finalized, remember to keep ACDIS in apprised of your local chapter events.
 

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