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Advice from the ACDIS advisory board: Six tips to bridge the HIM-CDI divide

The rift between CDI and HIM professionals can sometimes feel too great to cross.

Nevertheless, documentation improvement is not “an us versus them concept; it’s a we concept,” says Colleen Stukenberg, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CCDS, a member of the ACDIS advisory board and clinical documentation management professional at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, IL.

“Our successes, our failures, all are ours together.” If your facility is just considering CDI program implementation, you have an opportunity to construct a solid bridge between the two groups right from the get-go.

 

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