Helpful links for CDI specialists
CDI Strategies, April 3, 2008
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Following are some Web-based resources that ACDIS members have recommended as being helpful for CDI specialists:
Journals/newsletters
- Journal Watch: http://www.jwatch.org/
- Modern Healthcare online (Daily Dose newsletter): http://www.modernhealthcare.com/
- AHA News: http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/getnewnow.jsp
- The Journal of the American Medical Association: http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Reference works
- Cecil Textbook of Medicine: http://www.amazon.com/Cecil-Textbook-Medicine-Two-Set/dp/0721696538/ref=sid_dp_dp
- Harrison's Textbook of Medicine: http://www.amazon.com/Harrisons-Principles-Internal-Medicine-15th/dp/0070072728
CMS list serves (click links to sign up)
- CMS list serves: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AboutWebsite/EmailUpdates/list.asp#TopOfPage
- Medicare Hospital Open Door Forum conference calls: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/18_ODF_Hospitals.asp
Additional resources
- AHIMA practice tools: http://www.ahima.org/infocenter/practice_tools.asp
- A tool for identifying sepsis: http://hpmp.tmfhqi.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=5vZGv%2Fbvlos%3D&tabid=521&mid=1247
- A subscriber-based Yahoo group for inpatient coders: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Hospital_Inpatient_Coders/
(Know any more helpful online resources? Please e-mail ACDIS Director Brian Murphy at bmurphy@hcpro.com)
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