by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
When you work in the CDI program of a medical facility, you are continually thinking of ways to elicit improved documentation from the medical staff. You also spend a fair amount of time lamenting why some physicians or service lines...Read More »
Lawrence J. Berthold, RN, BSN, who goes by Larry to most, Larry Joe to some, and Lawrence to few, has worked for PENN Medicine his entire nursing career, even going back to his first clinical rotation. Currently, he oversees the CDI teams across the PENN health system. He participates in both...Read More »
Last night, I stopped to pick up a few things at Staples. At the checkout counter, the clerk ran into a couple of challenges. None of these interruptions in my checkout experience were this individual’s fault and she handled them while keeping a shy smile and...Read More »
By Melissa Varnavas
Perhaps we’re looking at the problem of physician engagement through a lens darkly. Engaging physicians is at the core of a CDI specialist’s job. The whole query process aims to get physicians more engaged in the documentation and coding side of healthcare, to...Read More »
By Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS
I can teach CDI to anyone. Just get the providers in a room with me; they don’t even have to be willing participants. While I have heard many times that physicians only listen to other physicians, I believe my success has less to do with the...Read More »
