ACDIS update: Holiday cheer, CDI style

To spread some holiday cheer, the CDI Leadership Insider, the eNewsletter sent to ACDIS CDI Leadership Council members, asked members to rap about the best gift they've received from their CDI team this year. Read on for their festive reflections.

From all of us at ACDIS, best wishes for a joyful holiday season! 

• “Their engagement. When I arrived in Tampa to begin leading this team, there was much disengagement, lack of process, and little vision for the CDI program. After almost two years together, we have shown division leadership what CDI success can do for the organization. This team believes in themselves, and the engagement is high. I am so proud!” —Robin Jones, RN, BSN, MHA/Ed, CCDS, CDI director, West Florida division, AdventHealth
• “I received a beautiful fall bouquet and chocolate along with a gift card for Boss’s Day in October, but I would have to say the best gift I have received from my team is the challenges they throw my way. When they come up with a question that stops me in my tracks, I know I better get busy researching and get the best answer for them.” —Janie Brown, RN, CCDS, director of clinical documentation accuracy, Community Health Network, Indianapolis, Indiana
• “Growing eagerness and willingness to learn how to be more proficient in their daily work.” —Chinwe Anyika, PhD, RN-BC, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O, manager, CDI and data operations, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
• “Being the person who is blessed by my team’s knowledge, dedication, and advocacy for our patients. I get to move some extremely talented CDI team members into positions to allow them to showcase their strengths. It is my biggest blessing as a manager.” —Lori Ganote, RN, MSN, CCDS, system CDI manager, Baptist Health, Louisville, Kentucky

What’s the best CDI gift you’ve received this year? Tell us about it! We’d love to help share the holiday cheer.

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