Rita Fields, RN, BSN, clinical documentation specialist at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, KY, is a member of the Kentucky/Indiana ACDIS...Read More »
The bane of many CDI specialists’ existence is trying to get physicians to buy into good documentation practices. But a recent notice issued by...Read More »
Courtesy of Ina Corley, clinical documentation specialist for Tulane Medical Center, this device associated infection documentation flowchart provides tips for accurate and consistent documentation.
This educational poster created by Rebecca "Ali" Williams, RN, BSN, CCDS, manager of documentation integrity at Spartanburg (SC) Regional Medical Center & Village Hospital, explains that in order for coders to accurately capture intracerebral hemorrhage physicians will need to specify the...
There are a number of ways to get CDI information into the hands of your facility’s physicians. The following list offers a number of suggestions...Read More »
It did not take Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of the CDI department at Emory Healthcare, Inc., in Atlanta,long to realize that staff physicians...Read More »