Articles for January 1, 2017

CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

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January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News, Education

FEATURES
6 Focus on growth in year of the rooster: ACDIS members share their priorities for CDI program efforts in 2017.
9 Resolutions for remote CDI effectiveness: Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, CDIP, provides insight on mitigating work-from-home headaches.
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CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Note from Associate Editorial Director: ACDIS prepares for 10th anniversary year

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

In the first few months of ACDIS’ existence, no one really knew what to expect from the fledgling association. At the time, managing editor Brian Murphy took on the mantle of director and began holding conference calls with a hand-selected board of trusted advisors and new CDI specialists.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Note from the ACDIS advisory board: Watch for fluctuations in query responses

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Physician Queries

In its 2013 position paper, “Electronic Health Records and the Role of the CDI Specialist,” members of the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed several concerns related to challenges and opportunities emerging with the advent of electronic systems. Among them were how to handle copy-and-paste concerns...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Focus on CDI growth in the year of the rooster

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

The new year always represents a time to reflect on successes of the past and opportunities for the future. This year, according to the ancient Chinese calendar, is the year of the fire rooster, whose attributes include trustworthiness and a strong sense of timekeeping and responsibility at work...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

2017 CDI goal: Transformation of healthcare

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion

By Jocelyn E. Murray, RN, CCDS

I am not the first CDI consultant to recognize some essential changes needed in the current CDI program structure. I have had the privilege of being an active part of CDI evolution since 2010. Since that time, my understanding of CDI has...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Resolutions for making remote CDI efforts effective

January 1, 2017

After more than four years working remotely for UASI, Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, CDIP, has learned a thing or two about the difficulties and opportunities of working remotely. When asked about her 2017 New Year’s resolutions, she responded with a plethora of tips for those...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Dust off query efforts to comply with industry changes

January 1, 2017
Physician Queries

Okemena Ewoterai used to take a folder off a shelf and peer through the papers inside looking for hints—scraps of stories that could lead her to a better understanding of why a particular patient needed to be in her hospital. When she found them, Ewoterai would pull out a piece...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Query practice changes through the years

January 1, 2017
Physician Queries

by Sylvia Hoffman, RN, CCDS, C-CDI, CDIP

Queries are definitely not what they used to be. When I first started as a CDI specialist, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, the query process was a muddy exercise in creative writing.Read More »

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