by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our CDI team at The Queen’s Health System has had quite the journey in developing a collaborative effort to review all inpatient mortalities. Being the...Read More »
by Tamara A. Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O
Hybrid work models ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the public and private healthcare sectors struggled to meet patient care needs with limited staffing and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. CDI...Read More »
by Jenny K. Esper, RHIT, CCS, CDIP
If CDI programs wore a pedometer, boy, would we be getting our steps in! Just look at the ground that we've covered! I am not even talking about the CDI specialists who are at a facility really covering the physical ground. Our busy day already...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
“Often I hear from other CDI programs something like, ‘Look, look, we got the new Nimbus 2000!’ ” says Analyn Dolopo-Simon, MPH, LSSBB, RN, ACM, CCDS, CDI director at UC San Diego Health in California. “My program meanwhile has good CDI software,...Read More »
by Sarang Shah, CCDS
Most CDI programs seem to be getting involved in mortality reviews these days, and Methodist Health System’s (MHS) CDI department is no different. To give you a bit of context, our CDI team consists of 18 CDI specialists led by the CDI director. Like other...Read More »
As CDI professionals work tirelessly on a tight budget, often with limited staffing resources available, they’re frequently faced with overwhelmed providers. To safeguard the bottom line and secure adequate resources to care for their patient population, many organizations are leaning on their...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
In the 2022 CDI Salary Survey, 49% of respondents reported that their CDI program plans to hire additional staff in the next 12 months, almost exactly the same amount as the year previous. In their...Read More »