“You are your own best teacher,” or so the old adage goes. Sure, goodies and gifts are great for recognizing high-quality documentation, but for CDI teams struggling to obtain physician buy-in, the best strategy may be found in their providers’ own records.Read More »
When Bernice Baker, RN, BS, CCDS, began working as a CDI specialist at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Georgia, just over a year ago, her hospital’s CEO had one request: “We need more education.”
Physicians were unhappy with the fact that the majority of the...Read More »
It’s an age-old question: How do you get physicians to support documentation improvement efforts?
“I first spoke on this topic 26 years ago,” says William Haik, MD, FCCP, director of DRG Review, Inc., in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. “The same points I might have made then are still...Read More »
The CDI Journal offers CE credits towards the ACDIS CCDS certification. To obtain your CCDS continuing education credits, you must successfully complete the online continuing education quiz. Please note: The expiration date for this activity is June 30, 2017. You must complete your online quiz...Read More »
Q:We are getting pressure from our othopods to send all queries to their nurse practitioner (NP). Our facility bylaws allow NPs to function independently and they are allowed to answer queries without co-signature, so we routinely send queries to NPs who are caring for...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year since I began my first day at ACDIS on January 5, 2015—and what a year it’s been. The day I started, the only “CDI” knowledge I had was from a quick Google search, which garnered translations like “customer data integration” and “capacitor discharge...Read More »
