by Linnea Archibald
People seek out a career in CDI for a myriad of reasons. According to the 2022 CDI Week Industry Survey, nearly 45% of respondents said they entered the profession because they...Read More »
by C. Dawn Diven, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O
The existence of a career or corporate ladder is a common expectation across many professions. It often rewards an increase in knowledge and skills with additional compensation, responsibility, and authority. Historically for the CDI...Read More »
by Tiara Minor, RN, BSN, CCDS
Are you a CDI specialist transitioning to CDI manager? Maybe your hospital has a career ladder you’ve been climbing. Or maybe you are ready to take a leap of faith and seek a higher-level position outside of your current organization. In either...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
The success of a CDI department isn’t in any one person’s control, but a good CDI manager or team lead can go a long way. Sometimes leaders are hired for their position and other times leadership is simply dealt to them, but either way the best sort of leader will...Read More »
by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS
Most people cringe at the thought of either being audited or performing audits. However, in the world of CDI, audits are crucial to helping a CDI team stay up to date with the fast pace of medicine, the continual changes of coding guidelines,...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
One of a CDI leader’s biggest responsibilities is to ensure that their team operates at their greatest potential. That includes both the individuals and the department as a whole. It’s not easy to capture all the gaps and missed opportunities, however, especially...Read More »
by Marlene Goodwin-Esola, MSN, RN-C, CV
In my almost three years of CDI work, I’ve been both surprised and saddened at how often I am asked questions along the lines of:
by Carolyn Riel
While a team can simply mean a group of people doing independent tasks, its members should ideally work together and intertwine their responsibilities toward one central goal. Team mentality and unity do not generally develop on their own, especially when a day is...Read More »
