by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Socrates tells us that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” We might do better than to take advice from a man so disliked by his fellow Athenians that he was forced to drink hemlock, and whose final words were an ironic request to sacrifice...Read More »
by Brian Murphy
CDI has come a long way from the days of DRG optimization. Today’s healthcare landscape is far more interconnected than it was a decade ago. Capitated payment models, bundled episodes of care, and pay-for-performance are slowly but inexorably taking more of the pie...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
In a healthcare environment that puts increasing emphasis on pay-for-quality models, it’s no surprise that nearly 92.5% of all respondents to the...Read More »
Tamara Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN, CCDS-O, is the director of clinical documentation excellence at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the social media coordinator for the North Carolina ACDIS local chapter, and she has been a...Read More »
FEATURES 6 Strategies for CDI new hires 10 Case study: CDI in Canada 17 Staff appreciation and retention 20 Case study: Leadership transitions...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
My first few days on the ACDIS team were filled with terms I’d never heard, abbreviations and acronyms I couldn’t decipher. As time went on, however, my knowledge incrementally increased, and I began “speaking the language” of CDI conversationally. It’s been...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
A robust orientation program marks a great start of any job. This is especially true for a career in CDI. It’s not uncommon for a new CDI professional’s first introduction to the industry to come with their new position since so many hail from the worlds of bedside...Read More »
