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As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Johanne “Jo” Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS, the manager of clinical documentation integrity program at Roper Saint Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina, a member of the South Carolina chapter of ACDIS, and a member of the 2018 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. Contact her at johanne.brautigam@ropersaintfrancis.com.

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As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Karin Killenberger, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist for Baylor Scott and White (BSW) based in Howell, Michigan, and a member of the 2018 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. Contact her at karinkillenberger@gmail.com.

As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, director of HIM coding and CDI initiatives at NYU Langone Health in New York, a member of the New York City/Five Boroughs chapter of ACDIS, and a member of the ACDIS Advisory Board, answered these questions on CDI and technology. Contact her at Irina.zusman@nyumc.org.

CDI is a diverse field, involving multiple disciplines both directly in a CDI professional role and indirectly through interdepartmental collaboration. That’s what the 2018 CDI Week theme is all about—“CDI Mosaic: Creating a Collaborative Portrait.” This year’s Industry Overview Survey bore out that theme in data as well, showing more expansion, more collaboration, and more diversity than in years past.

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