Guest Post: Pediatric reviews: Know the rules before you play the game

December 1, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 59
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Even experienced and consistently accurate acute care hospital coders may not be familiar with pediatric...Read More »

Q&A: Incorporating CDI efforts in the outpatient arena

November 17, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 57
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Q: Do you recommend carving out time for outpatient [documentation] review, or dedicating someone to this role?

A...Read More »

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Case management/CDI relationships offer new ways to collaborate

October 11, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 46
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Melissa Varnavas

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%, according to the 2010...Read More »

CDI collaboration with CM/UR evolves

October 1, 2011
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 4
CDI Expansion

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall...Read More »

Guest Post: The art of clinical documentation improvement

September 20, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 44
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Linda Renee Brown, RN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP

I feel like saying a little bit about why we do what we do, or at least why I do...Read More »

2011 CDI Week Q&A: CDI Expansion

September 18, 2011
Q&As

As part of the first Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.

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Guest Post: Football analogy helps CDI efforts cross the goal line

September 8, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 43
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Shelia Bullock, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

If you are from the South, football is all that matters. I grew up in Alabama and now...Read More »

Tip: CDI programs find expanded role in ED documentation efforts

August 4, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 16
Education, CDI Expansion

JA Thomas expanded its CDI offerings to include the ED and other points of entry roughly two years ago, says Mel Tully, MSN, CCDS, senior...Read More »

Guest Post: CDI specialists can help lead the way in effective EHR implementation

August 1, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 33
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

By Karen Newhouser

Historically, the limitations of the traditional paper health record have made data extrapolation a difficult,...Read More »

Guest Post: Defining expertise, determining professional advancement

July 20, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 32
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion

by Donald A. Butler

I have a question for all of the CDI professionals who feel they have achieved a genuine level of expertise (...Read More »

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