Zachary S. Fainman, MD; Rebecca Hernandez, BSN, RN
This session includes Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s successful approach to building and strengthening its CDS and physician relations through data driven education. This session will include a review of tools and metrics...
Attendees will be inspired to develop or adopt the validated and reliable survey instrument showcased during this presentation to assess clinician engagement in their CDI program. Data and results will be shared. This instrument is in...
Joseph A. Cristiano, MD; Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-
This session informs CDI and leadership on differences in clinical medicine in the academic environment and how to stimulate collaboration, efficiency, and educational partnership in this setting. The session...
Nursing notes cannot be used for coding and billing purposes. This does not mean, however, that they’re worthless for CDI purposes. Often times,...Read More »
Q: If a consulting physician documents a diagnosis related to his or her specialty but the attending does not (instead simply documenting...Read More »
The following sample query was provided by Robert J. Stein M.D., FCCP, CCDS, and Jennifer Eaton, RN, MSN, CCDS, in conjunction with their webinar presented on March 21, 2016, titled "CDI’s Role in Respiratory Failure: Accurate Reimbursement and Quality Measure Reporting." To purchase the...