Nancy Rae Ignatowicz, RN, BS, MBA, CCDS explains how one hospital system chooses specific CDI data, to present depending on the specific audience (administrators, providers, etc.), and used it to obtain the resources and support needed to drive improvement. This presentation will include...
Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, and Michael Yanuck, MD, FAAFP will chronicle their EHR journey to illustrate how electronic notes quickly snowballed, detracting from new information while becoming unreadable to other physicians. Best practice solutions and approaches with specific...
Vicki Sullivan Davis, RN, Clinical Documentation Improvement Manager at Cone Health System at Alamance Regional in Burlington, N.C., provides participants with the tools to achieve excellence while confidently managing their CDI team. Davis outlines qualities a good leader should possess and...
Nancy A. Entwistle, MPA, RHIT, CCDS, CCS, ACE, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Manager, Documentation Improvement and Clinical Coding Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., helps the new CDI specialist understand the components needed to effectively code the record, identify what he or she...
CDI programs still seem to “run the gamut” in terms of structure, productivity expectations, focus, and function, according to the recent results of an ACDIS survey featuring more than 500 responses of facilities of all sizes.
The road to ICD-10 has been a long one, and we still have many miles ahead of us. Organizations have invested a significant amount of time and...Read More »
First came the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system. Next staff implemented an electronic query/CDI system. Finally there was a move...Read More »
When training new hires, managers need to understand a person’s strengths and weaknesses and work to establish the best learning strategies for...Read More »
