“You can’t imagine how it feels to go from that first meeting, which essentially was just a gathering of sorts,to where we are now,” says Eileen Pracz, RN, CCDS, clinical documentation specialist at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, who led the chapter in 2010. “This has...Read More »
It is hard to believe that the first-ever Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Week is now little more than a pleasant memory for most. It was definitely something to be marked in the annals of ACDIS’ history. The first CDI Week may be over, but the days of recognizing this unique, vital...Read More »
The first annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week was celebrated September 18–24, 2011. A work group organized and supported by ACDIS convened over several months to plan and organize the event and to develop resources and promotional events, including an industrywide survey and a series...Read More »
While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall under the supervision of the director of case management (CM). CDI programs that report to CM face a number of challenges but may also take advantage...Read More »
By the time you’re reading this note, the first-ever Clinical Documentation Improvement Week will be in the record books. I hope you made the most of it.
Almost since the start of ACDIS back on October 1, 2007, our members have been asking (“clamoring” might be a better word) for a week...Read More »
Documentation of both malnutrition and body mass index (BMI) affects MS-DRGs’ assignment as CCs or MCCs and can clarify the patient’s SOI as well as the complexity of care required to treat him or her. Understanding the interrelationship between BMI and malnutrition as well as the clinical...Read More »
It did not take Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of the CDI department at Emory Healthcare, Inc., in Atlanta,long to realize that staff physicians were not quite chomping at the bit to answer her team’s queries. To raise awareness, she quickly created a multifaceted educational approach and...Read More »