Q:I am a case manager on a cardiac step-down unit. Our work focuses primarily on specific disease management and patient contact/education and nurse mentoring/chart reviewing, patient rounding, etc. We are very clinically focused. We don’t do utilization review (UR) or...Read More »
It’s hard to believe this is our last edition of the CDI Leadership Insider (CLI) for 2020. Actually, it’s hard to believe we’re at the end of 2020 at all. This year has been extraordinarily difficult for everyone and I know those in the...Read More »
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an 800-bed academic medical center in Boston affiliated with Harvard Medical School; Brigham Faulkner Hospital is a 150-bed community hospital located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
CDI-free weekend doesn’t mean you should close your laptop and go play. Of course you should be reading the latest ACDIS Blog post! I’m teasing of course.Read More »
Okay, I know there are ton of other acronyms that clinical documentation improvement specialists need to know, not the least of which include CC, MCC, DRG, POA, HAC, CHF, CKD, ARF, (don’t forget about the biggy—CMS!) and so on...Read More »
