by Jamie Johnson, RN, BSN, CCDS
Experienced CDI specialists know provider engagement can be challenging. Physicians often feel overburdened with administrative tasks and already have limited time for patient care. They can become resistant to participating in CDI initiatives,...Read More »
If a CDI department was going on an adventure through the forest, the CDI educator would be a crucial tool in the department’s pack: the Swiss Army knife.
In the tangled web of regulatory policy, and in the matted underbrush of compliance requirements,...Read More »
by Clare DiBella, RN, CCDS, and Sydni Johnson, BSN, RN, CCDS
The CDI educator role is dynamic, evolving to fit the ever-changing landscape of coding and CDI. In the beginning years of Banner Health’s CDI program, the program was mainly focused on reimbursement within the MS-DRG...Read More »
by Heather Briggs, MD, PhD, FACP, CHCHM-PHYADV, CCDS, and Rupesh Prasad, MD, CPE, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV
The electronic health record has expanded the role of clinical documentation beyond the description of a patient’s clinical course. Notes act as a communication tool for...Read More »
Since the profession’s inception, CDI work has never perfectly fit under one single department at most healthcare organizations. And with its evolution over the last couple of decades, the trends in CDI department reporting structure continue to change with it. In...Read More »
by Karen Puryear, RN, BSN, CCDS, and Mary Fortunato, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
CDI brings people together, and the two of us (Karen and Mary) have been friends for a long time. We met when we took jobs in the same CDI department in North Carolina, and we even studied and sat for the...Read More »
A conversation with a CDI professional regarding their experiences with surgeons typically elicits an eyeroll followed by a disheartened sigh or groan. Surgeons are often the toughest contingent of any medical staff with which a CDI...Read More »
Alicia Mitchell, MSN, RN, CCDS, is the director of clinical documentation improvement at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. She is a member of the Kentucky-Southern Indiana ACDIS local chapter.
ACDIS: How long have you been in the CDI field, and what did...Read More »
