The majority of education CDI professionals offer to physicians and other clinical staff is provided informally. On-the-spot education while interacting with the medical staff on the unit, often saves the physician time and...Read More »
"[Recovery Auditors] are doing a really good job at identifying the patients who don't have sepsis, and they're taking the money back," says ACDIS Advisory Board member Robert S. Gold, MD, CEO of DCBA, Inc., in Atlanta.
How nurses and doctors communicate—or don’t communicate—using health information technology is the focus of a multi-year study funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The life-and-death importance of nurse-physician...Read More »
Maintaining an organizational presence through the continued marketing of your CDI program is one of the most valuable steps you can take towards leveraging long-term success. Hospitals cannot afford to have their CDI program become an “out of sight, out...Read More »
When I started learning how to be an educator, I quickly learned the saying “seven times, seven ways.” The idea being we need to hear information repeatedly and receive it in a variety of ways before we are able to learn and...Read More »
A large number of hospitals across the country have some version of a CDI program in place. With ICD-10 implementation on our heels, it is recommended by AHIMA that all hospitals have a “mature” CDI program in place by October 1, 2014.
CDI professionals must educate facilities and physicians about the importance of accurately capturing the entire disease process because physicians, unfortunately, are frequently reluctant to document additional disease processes in the charts of patients who are obviously about to die.Read More »
As a reminder, you’re invited to join us on Wednesday, December 10, 1-1:30 p.m. Eastern, for a free vendor demo! An exclusive benefit for members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council and the NAHRI Leadership Council, Demo Discussions give attendees a chance to see...Read More »
