Our current list of local chapter and networking events for 2021 is looking a bit sparse with only a few meetings currently scheduled. We know that there is a lot still unknown about this new year and many of you are working towards figuring out when your meetings will be. Once you have those...Read More »
by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, and Lynn Shay, CPHQ
If you’re like us, the COVID-19 era has played havoc with your usual CDI metrics. Much of the difficulty is the sheer randomness of what the data shows. What does it mean if patient volumes are down, but case-mix index (CMI)...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Technology can offer great benefit to a healthcare organization, helping with everything from tracking key performance indicators to improving overall documentation and patient care. Though the benefits are numerous, smaller organizations often lack the budget to...Read More »
by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
In my years of teaching both nursing students and new nurses, I learned the value of critical thinking in daily practice. Now that I am teaching CDI specialists, I still see how important critical thinking is in every aspect of our...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
While technological solutions and EHRs have made leaps and bounds over the past years in the inpatient setting, there still seems to be much lacking on the outpatient side.
Outpatient services have a different timeline than inpatient, a different way of...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
If your organization isn’t reviewing all in-hospital mortality cases, you’re missing some tremendous opportunities. While many facilities have been doing mortality reviews for a decade or more, there are still many facilities that do...Read More »
Okemena Ewoterai, BSN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, is the associate director at Montefiore Medical Center, a part of Montefiore Health System in Bronx, New York. She is also a member of the ACDIS Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.
Because every chart is coded before being sent to payers, it’s important that CDI specialists have a working knowledge of code sets and coding rules. The...Read More »
