News: CDI technology special report in partnership with Optum360, HealthLeaders Media

“Simply put, the advent of EHRs and e-queries changed how CDI specialists work—and the days of misplaced paper queries and incoherent penmanship are all but gone,” according to a special report out from ACDIS and HealthLeaders Media.

With that change comes new challenges but also opportunities. These new systems provide CDI programs the flexibility and supportive data to meet the needs of the healthcare systems they serve. All while increasing productivity. 

“With any new system, issues are going to have to be addressed,” Kathy McDiarmid, RN, CDI specialist at Beverly Hospital, a member of the Lahey Health System in Massachusetts, told the CDI Journal in December.

“There will be little things that physicians forget,” she says. Yet armed with intimate knowledge of  the programs chosen, CDI staff can help physicians  navigate  the  EHR  and  provide  real-time assistance once the programs are in use, says Colleen Stukenberg, RN, MSN, CMSRN, CCDS, director  of  resource  management  at  FHN  in  Freeport,  Illinois,  in  a  2016  CDI  Week  Q&A  for ACDIS.  

To read the entire report, click here.