Note from the Advisory Board: Effective essentials needed first

by Mark LeBlanc, RN, MBA, CCDS 

Reading, writing, and arithmetic are the basic elements on which most primary school education focuses its efforts. For us in CDI, accurate, complete, and compliant documentation are the basic elements that
we focus on. This article will discuss the basics that many CDI initiatives were founded on and are struggling to maintain. But first, let’s discuss how CDI—throughout the industry—has changed.