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 »
Kerri Swart, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, is the CDI director at Upstate University Health System and is associated with the ACDIS Central New York local chapter. She has been in the CDI field for four and a half years.Read More »
Q: What is the pathway for mortality cases at your organization? We review the mortality cases that have a risk of mortality (ROM) and severity of illness score of 4 or below, and to improve the observed to expected ratio (O:E). The workflow, however, is inefficient, and the CDI team...Read More »
Q: I’ve heard some facilities are beginning to incorporate ICD-11, even though it is not yet implemented in the United States. How can coders help their providers transition to ICD-11?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: At our institution, we currently operate under an eight-hour workday for five days a week. We are looking to change this status to possibly a 10-hour workday for four days a week. Are there any programs out there that currently operate a 10-hour workday for four days a week? Are...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 »
Q: How does one appropriately capture severity for mortality of a newborn when it has been determined prior to birth that the newborn will not survive?
A: As CDI continues to evolve and branch out, we are challenged on how to accurately...Read More »
