Kim Conner, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, is a CDI education specialist for ACDIS at HCPro, a division of Simplify Compliance LLC, in Middleton, Massachusetts. She serves as a full-time instructor for HCPro’s CDI Boot Camps and PROPELCDI advisory services. She is a subject matter expert for ACDIS and frequently writes for ACDIS publications and speaks at ACDIS events. Conner has 20 years of clinical experience as a surgical ICU/burn trauma nurse at large academic medical centers. During her career, she has been responsible for initiating CDI programs in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, developing ongoing education across the continuum of care.