The following white paper demonstrates the importance of implementing a career ladder and/or incentive program for your CDI staff. It provides sample models of each that hospitals can consider and adapt for their own use.
During the 2015 Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) Conference, a national work group of experienced pediatric CDI specialists including pediatricians, pediatric hospitalists, pediatric critical care physicians, nurses, and coding specialists was formed to...
Q: At my facility, we are to “pull” bad or un-credible queries from patient charts and report the query to our manager. Is there any official...Read More »
The newly proposed Sepsis-3 definition has been the subject of great controversy and consternation since its publication in The Journal of the...Read More »
Debra Clark, RN, BC, CCDS
A common question among CDI programs is, “Does leadership within my organization understand the value of CDI?” This session will review the importance of implementing a CDI steering committee meeting and how this supports the growth and success of CDI...
