Q: I enjoyed listening to the ...Read More »
By Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS
In my senior year of college the physician teaching our pathophysiology class gave the...Read More »
by Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS,CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, C-CDIS, CCDS The No. 1 struggle most CDI specialists face is getting...Read More »
by Wendy Whittington, MD, MMM Physicians are grappling with understanding what all of the changes in healthcare mean for their...Read More »
by Robert S. Gold, MD
Determining when to seek clarification regarding patients with altered mental status can be tricky business...Read More »
Q: For some reason, I was under the impression that a query could be answered by any healthcare provider, even one just doing a...Read More »
Q: What are the ramifications of leading queries? Who is monitoring whether a query is leading?...Read More »
The attached HIM Query Policy and Procedure was donated by Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., and was reprinted and adapted with...Read More »
Over and over again, CDI specialists ask: “How do you obtain physician buy-in?”
At Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., physician...Read More »
Attached is the powerpoint presentation "The Art of Communication in CDI and Beyond," by Colleen Stukenberg, MSN, RN, CCDS, CMSRN, Clinical Documentation Management Professional at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, IL.