If you have been in a leadership position, you may have had the opportunity to write a mission statement for your CDI department. But before that, you must develop your personal mission statement—this is step 1. While the principles are the same, your personal mission statement is unique. Think...Read More »
Robin Jones, RN, BSN, MHA/Ed, CCDS, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, BSN, CCDS, will present “Work in Progress: Revitalizing a CDI Program,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Jones is a division director of CDI at Florida Hospital/Advent Health and Higgins is a division manager there. ...Read More »
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, Stephanie Hawley, RN, BSN, ACM, and Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
Historically, CDI specialists transition to CDI from case management or HIM/coding due to the lack of experienced CDI specialists in the world. Today, those who do...Read More »
To maximize the staff’s ability to focus their attention on the records with documentation improvement opportunity, most CDI programs have implemented creative methods to identify which records to review each day. Many programs attempt to prioritize records for review by leveraging clinical...Read More »
As leaders get to know their chapter members better, they should seek out those who may have past experience on other boards and committee either professionally, with participation in nursing, case management, or coding/HIM associations, or personally, serving on student associations, parent-...Read More »
Great leaders in the CDI industry have immense passion and are crystal clear on the overriding purpose of their organization’s work. We are naturally drawn to leaders who are both energized and serious about their work.
