At Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA, CDI Specialist Patty Spry, RN, snuck in a little physician education for congestive heart failure (CHF) by including important clinical standards on the reverse side of the facility’s standard CHF query form.
Although AHIMA’s October 2008 practice brief “Managing an Effective Query Process” clearly states that the agency intended the article as guidance...Read More »
In our second Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) membership survey, we take a look at CDI specialists’ compensation, their program structure, and their relative experience, education, and geographic locations. In 2008, a total of 132 individuals completed the...
