ACDIS update: Leadership Council report on optimized comprehensive CDI programs report out now!

What does it mean to have an optimized CDI program?

How can CDI programs healthily expand to new areas in an organization?

The ACDIS Leadership Council in partnership with 3M Health Information Systems recently conducted a survey to precisely answer these questions. Click here to read more about what survey respondents had to say about optimized comprehensive CDI programs.

Here are a few key takeaways from the survey results:

• 75% of the survey respondents, having an optimized CDI program means the program is fully staffed and able to reach target chart review percentages.
• Under 33% have a mission statement specifically for their CDI department.
• 35.06% of respondents, their productivity standards have increased in the last five years, while 33.07% said they have remained the same. 
• The most common metric for internal CDI use is CDI-coder DRG mismatches (48.21%), followed by new/re-review chart reviews per day (47.01%).
• For three-quarters of the survey respondents, having an optimized CDI program means the program is fully staffed and able to reach target chart review percentages, followed by 73.31% who said it means physicians are engaged and the CDI education “sticks” and 66.93% who said it means they have the latest technology to increase their reach and efficiency.

Hear what others have to say about their CDI programs by clicking here!