Expanding to a new setting or adding a new focus to your reviews takes time and resources to pull off. Many CDI professionals are familiar with the old chestnut saying that, since CDI is “already in the chart,” they can easily pick up a new...Read More »
The biggest obstacles to organizational change and improvement are often the people who are responsible for the decisions related to implementing improvement efforts. Why is there so much resistance to change? Change is always stressful and not always for...Read More »
Q: Are you using contingency staffing in your inpatient programs? If so, do you require any pre-testing to evaluate competency? What has you experience been with using these temporary workers?
Response #1: We currently have more than 10...Read More »
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 »
