Today’s guest is Lori Ganote, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDI director at Baptist Health System in Kentucky and Indiana. Ganote was the 2023 recipient of the CDI Professional of the Year ACDIS Achievement Award. Today’s show is part of the “Conversations with Karla” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Kozak will be joined by a guest who’s behind one of our most popular and exciting ACDIS educational offerings to share their expertise.  

Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive.

Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at [email protected].

Today’s sponsor:

Today’s show is brought to you by the 2024 ACDIS Pocket Guide, which is now available for pre-order! Find out more and order your copy today! (https://ow.ly/IIL050OS9UM)

CEU info:

Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEUs which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication.

To receive your 0.5 CEUs, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation.

The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Friday, June 23, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEUs for this week’s episode.

ACDIS update:

Apply to serve on one of ACDIS’ committees by June 30! (http://ow.ly/Vk1g50OGM5s)

Apply to speak at the 2024 ACDIS national conference, ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, or physician advisor pre-conference event by July 24! (https://app.keysurvey.com/f/41638681/52dc/)

The ACDIS office will be closed for the Fourth of July holiday weekend on July 3 and 4!