As part of the fourth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
As part of the fourth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
As part of the fourth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
These days it seems the healthcare industry is all about quality. And no wonder: Underpinning healthcare reform is a fundamental shift from volume-based payment to paying for quality, patient centered outcomes, and demonstrable improvements in physician and hospital performance. Following is a recap of the survey results beginning on p. 7 and LeBlanc’s commentary.
The compliance date of ICD-10 is looming larger and larger. So how prepared are the nation’s CDI specialists for this impending change? Most are well underway with training, but the results still concern Clinical Documentation Improvement Week survey advisor Walter Houlihan, MBA, RHIA, CCS, director of health information management and clinical documentation at Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass.