While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall under the supervision of the director of case management (CM). CDI programs that report to CM face a number of challenges but may also take advantage...Read More »
When Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, accepted a CDI position in Texas, she’d planned the move to be closer to her family. When her husband received a promotion, however, plans changed. They decided to stay in North Carolina.
Although Love remained in the area, she found a brand-new...Read More »
How can we provide quality care for our patients if we do not have a clear picture of their clinical story? That has been a core question of mine for as long as I can remember, even before I heard the term “clinical documentation improvement...Read More »
In room 34 of the emergency department (ED) at Healthytown Municipal Hospital, a morbidly obese woman breathes with the aid of a face mask. A CDI specialist walks by and notices how the woman’s abdomen, not just her chest, rises and falls and decides to take a look at what the physician has...Read More »
After four years of studying the intricacies of the medical transcription industry, Gary C. David, PhD, associate professor of sociology and associate professor of information design and corporate communication at Bentley University in Waltham, MA, has turned his attention to CDI. David is in...Read More »
Even experienced and consistently accurate acute care hospital coders may not be familiar with pediatric diseases. Age is not a factor for some conditions (e.g., appendicitis). Others are age-specific or have age-specific diagnosis, healing, and treatment...Read More »
Q: Do you recommend carving out time for outpatient [documentation] review, or dedicating someone to this role?
A: We actually carve out time for outpatient review. We started with two initiatives in our ED. One was injections/infusions and documentation...Read More »
While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%, according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall under the supervision of the director of case management (CM). CDI programs that report to CM face a number of...Read More »
