CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Case Study: Career switch results in two-year program growth

April 1, 2010
CDI Management

He spent 10 years as an emergency department nurse, three years working in surgery, and several more years working nights in the ICU. With nearly 20 years of nursing experience, Steven Brush decided he had had enough. He needed a change from long hours and odd shifts. After all...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 2

Tip: Use January as benchmarking time

January 21, 2010
CDI Management
Most organizations evaluate performance by looking at calendar year data, so set aside some time in January to run some reports and analyze your program. If you’re not the data manager for your program, make an appointment to sit down with your data person/report developer/manager to review...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

HIM, CDI programs require 'TEAM' approach

April 1, 2010
CDI Management, Alabama

by Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC-A

There is a poster that I’ve seen in several hospital departments around the country: “TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More.” The problem, as I see it, is that developing a team takes more than just a poster. It takes collaboration, patience, and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Advice from the ACDIS advisory board: Six tips to bridge the HIM-CDI divide

April 1, 2010
CDI Management, ACDIS Guidance

The rift between CDI and HIM professionals can sometimes feel too great to cross.

Nevertheless, documentation improvement is not “an us versus them concept; it’s a we concept,” says Colleen Stukenberg, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CCDS, a member of the ACDIS advisory board and clinical...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Weigh benefits, challenges of OB/GYN and pediatrics review

April 1, 2010
CDI Expansion

CDI programs are maturing, moving beyond review primarily of acute care Medicare patients. Two areas some hospitals have chosen to explore are OB/GYN and pediatrics.

All physicians benefit from CDI education, and all specialties need to document severity of illness with appropriate ICD-9-...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Tip sheet: Seven OB/GYN documentation needs to keep at hand

April 1, 2010
Education, CDI Expansion

Use the following checklist as a quick reference to help you communicate documentation requirements to OB/GYN physicians.  Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Keep pediatricians' documentation risk list at the ready

April 1, 2010
CDI Expansion

Use the following checklist to communicate documentation requirements to pediatricians.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

St. Cloud says review records for moms and newborns, too

April 1, 2010
CDI Expansion

Karolyn Skudlarek, RN, and the CDI staff at St. Cloud (MN) Hospital have performed reviews of OB/ newborn documentation since they started the CDI program in February 2008.A 489-bed facility (average daily census of 307 beds), St. Cloud employs three CDI reviewers.

Although it hasn...Read More »

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