Capturing the whole truth: Using the Elixhauser Comorbidity Index to understand a patient’s story
Improving readmission outcomes: Advice from the 2025/2026 Quality Mastermind
‘A perfect marriage’ of quality...Read More »
If I’d realized back in university that there was a whole healthcare department with roles focused on using data to promote communitywide change, not just the high-stakes, patient-facing jobs I saw in hospital dramas, maybe even my bookish self would have been...Read More »
Quality and population health are often discussed together because both focus on improving patient outcomes rather than increasing the volume of healthcare services. They are fundamental components of healthcare's transition from a fee-for-...Read More »
By nature, humans are complex beings. There’s always more to each of our stories than one characteristic or event. The CDI world is no stranger to this, and CDI professionals face the challenge of capturing the full truth for each patient. The Elixhauser...Read More »
One of the things I enjoy most about leading our CDI program is that no two days are exactly alike. Some days are spent discussing challenging clinical scenarios. Others focus on physician education, documentation improvement, coding...Read More »
An AI tool can now flag a potential diagnosis before a human ever reviews the chart. Does that count as a query, and does it have to follow the same compliance rules as one written by a person?
The readmission rate at a healthcare organization represents how often a discharged patient returns to inpatient care within the first 30 days, and a high rate is associated with lower quality of care, lower patient satisfaction, and higher healthcare costs. This...Read More »
Emergency department (ED) documentation occupies a uniquely difficult position within CDI. Unlike inpatient encounters, where documentation can be queried and refined over the course of a multiday stay, ED documentation is...Read More »
