Success is personal. What drives you as an individual to be better, do more, and work harder, both personally and professionally? Your individual ideals, values, education, lifestyle, and experiences (your “YOU”) frame how you define and...Read More »
Creating a new recipe of your own can be many things at once: exciting, challenging, rewarding, and, at times, a bit frustrating. Just because you’ve made a dozen kinds of dessert doesn’t mean you won’t be out of your element baking the perfect soufflé without...Read More »
Most CDI professionals have worked in a clinical field prior to embarking on the journey of CDI. We utilize the knowledge, experience, and skills obtained from caring for our patients to build the foundation for our CDI career,...Read More »
At the dawn of the human race, people used their fingers to perform calculations; in the age of the ancient Greeks, it was the abacus; then, long-form calculations on scrolls; then, Turing machines in the early 20th century; then, massive IBM calculators; then,...Read More »
by Kathleen Romero, MSN, RN, CCDS-O, EBP-C, Cynthia Beal, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, and Blanca Arguello, MSN, RN
Inpatient and outpatient CDI programs share a common set of objectives centered around ensuring clear and comprehensive clinical documentation. These efforts are ultimately...Read More »
Whether it is to acquire new staff or merely to avoid reductions in the department, CDI—though it is a critical component of a health system’s infrastructure—must always be able to consistently demonstrate its value to key stakeholders.
When I began my career as a CDI professional, I learned that if there is conflicting documentation in the health record, the documentation of the attending physician supersedes that of any other provider. It is something I have taught to...Read More »
Striking the balance between meaningful and measurable when setting an expectation is much more comparable to a trapeze act than a walk in the park. Quantifiable efforts are the easiest to track and measure for impact, but often the more qualitative efforts...Read More »
