Maria Gracia (GiGi) Donohue, BSN, RN, CCDS, is the CDI manager at Lakeland (Florida) Regional Health, and a member of the Florida ACDIS chapter and of ACDIS national.Read More »
Though 2018 is quickly coming to a close, there are still CDI events happening on a local and national level this year. Here’s a list of what you can expect this week. We hope you’ll join in on the CDI fun!Read More »
What do physicians need to learn about CDI? Just about everything—up to a point. If you are joining a new CDI program, physicians likely need to learn what a CDI program is, how it functions, and how it can help them.Read More »
The necessity for submitting a query to the provider for the specificity of heart failure seems to remain one of the leading reasons to query year after year, despite the efforts of CDI specialists to provide robust education around...Read More »
When trying to effect change through CDI in home health or hospice care, one of the more difficult areas to address is external sources, such as the physician, the hospital, and the wound clinic, since these entities are not typically part of the...Read More »
