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2015 Conference, Track 2: The Emergency Department: How CDI in the ED Is Crucial to a Successful CDI Program

Victor Freeman, MD, MPP explains the need for evidence-based diagnostic criteria in the ED, why sepsis, acute renal failure, and acute respiratory failure are so poorly documented in the ED, and why capturing these diagnoses is critical for ensuring/promoting diagnosis capture in the rest of the record.

 

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