CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 4

Meet a Member: ‘Think in coding terms’

July 1, 2023
Education

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 »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Download the May/June 2023 edition of the CDI Journal!

May 1, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

FEATURES
5 Anatomy of a CDI project
13 Systemwide CDI leadership
17 Case study: Budgeting for education like a rock star
22 Top CDI...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

Note from the Product Coordinator: Last chance to submit a poster or nominate a colleague!

January 19, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

by Karla Accorto

There is just over a week left to submit a poster to be displayed at the 2023 ACDIS national conference in Chicago. This is your chance to make your mark on the conference and show your peers how you and your CDI program have flourished.

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CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Note from the associate editorial director: Addressing leaders’ unique needs

May 1, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Linnea Archibald
Though it’s still a relatively new offering within ACDIS, the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council’s membership roster has grown to 300 members for the 2022/2023 term. In my opinion, one of the reasons the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

News: Quality requirements under SDoH health measure mandatory in 2024

January 19, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

According to an RACmonitor ‘Monitor Mondays’ listener survey, most responders had not yet begun working on the quality requirements under the social drivers of the health (SDoH) measure despite its impending...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Anatomy of a CDI project

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Jess Fluegel
Starting a CDI program at a hospital or health system is a huge undertaking. Luckily, over the past few decades since the industry’s inception, frontrunners have become experts in decoding the DNA of a successful CDI program. From sharing example queries and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

News: Q3 Healthcare bankruptcy filings spiked 3 times higher than Q1 in 2022, research shows

January 19, 2023
News

Labor shortages, rising expenses, inflation, and the COVID-19 pandemic are all economic challenges that have contributed to an increase of large healthcare organization bankruptcy filings. In 2022, the number of fourth quarter large healthcare bankruptcy filings were nearly three times the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Guest column: Developing a mortality review process

May 1, 2023
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our CDI team at The Queen’s Health System has had quite the journey in developing a collaborative effort to review all inpatient mortalities. Being the...Read More »

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