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 »
by Linnea Archibald
The prevalence of higher education among CDI professionals is undeniably on the rise. Nearly 24% of respondents to ACDIS’ 2021...Read More »
FEATURES 6 Need-to-know basics 12 What CDI hiring managers are looking for 17 Record reviews: Finding what works for you 22 Recapping the 2021...Read More »
