CDI has become indispensable for many organizations after many years of proven success in the inpatient acute care space. As healthcare organizations continue to feel the financial pinch—a lingering reality from the COVID-19 pandemic years—they often turn to...Read More »
Expanding to a new setting or adding a new focus to your reviews takes time and resources to pull off. Many CDI professionals are familiar with the old chestnut saying that, since CDI is “already in the chart,” they can easily pick up a new...Read More »
by Penny Jefferson, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, CPHQ, and Mercedes K. C. Dullum, MD, FACS, FACC
The healthcare documentation landscape is rapidly evolving, placing an unprecedented emphasis on quality and accuracy. This shift has made CDI an indispensable...Read More »
Outpatient is like inpatient, but completely different.
That may sound like a contradiction, but here’s what it means: On the one hand, many of the same tools and titles are employed in the outpatient and inpatient settings. For instance, you will still...Read More »
The biggest obstacles to organizational change and improvement are often the people who are responsible for the decisions related to implementing improvement efforts. Why is there so much resistance to change? Change is always stressful and not always for...Read More »
Arguably one of the most exciting characteristics of the CDI industry is just how many untapped veins of gold there are to discover within it. Some settings and service lines remain largely untouched, but others, such as pediatric CDI, show great promise,...Read More »
The good word of CDI has spread across the nation over the last few decades, and more recently crossed borders to a friendly place known for its maple syrup and moose! While not everything CDI can be translated cleanly over national borders, our neighbor Canada...Read More »