Most beloved stories in human history have centered around the archetype of the quest. In Middle-earth, Frodo Baggins and his coterie sought to destroy the infamous One Ring to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and bring peace to the land; in a galaxy far, far away,...Read More »
In the CDI profession, departments often are asked to wear multiple “hats” to help their organization’s financial and quality goals. Similarly, within a CDI department, there are many responsibilities and roles needed to achieve the program’s goals outside of...Read More »
In most institutions and departments, staff meetings are seen as a time where the attendees are just supposed to attend, pay attention, listen to a report on their team’s progress, learn about new developments that will challenge...Read More »
Q: Does anyone have any proposal examples of inpatient CDI team expansion they'd be willing to share? I am working on putting one together, but it would be very helpful to see other leaders’ successful proposals. To further clarify, what we are trying to do is basically justify the...Read More »
Q: We are in the process of moving our CDI department to a remote work environment. The department is not new to this as we temporarily did this during COVID. However, we are looking at making this a permanent move. If you’ve gone remote, what hurdles did CDI teams and CDI leadership...Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maricus Gibbs, PhD, RN, CDI specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, answered these...Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Ashley Wells,MN, CMSRN, RN, CCDS, CDI consultant with Medovent Solutions in Dallas, Texas,...Read More »