Today’s guest is Kelly Rice, MSHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS. Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Director Rebecca Hendren.

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 info@acdis.org.

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CEU info:

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

To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free 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. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/clinical-deep-dive-sepsis-0)

Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization’s spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form.

The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week’s episode.

Today’s sponsor:

Today’s show is brought to you by ACDIS Encore: Clinical & Coding Online, a special virtual event featuring sessions recorded live during the 2025 ADCIS conference—the entire Clinical & Coding track, happening August 12-14, 2025. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3SKItN6

ACDIS update:


Read more about our recent sepsis-related articles and resources! (http://bit.ly/3TZ4bO9)
Submit an article for the September/October edition of the CDI Journal, focused on how CDI impacts all areas of healthcare, by Friday, August 1! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDI-journal)
Apply to join the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2025/2026 term by August 31! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025-2026-Council-application)
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