Historically, CDI performance has been evaluated based on review and query rates. With the adoption of new CDI technology and best practices, Vanderbilt Health’s CDI team transitioned to an outcomes-driven, mission-focused program. Join Vanderbilt Health's Senior Director of Clinical...
Early nephrology consultations triggered by real-time machine-learning risk scores failed to prevent increases in peak serum creatinine among...Read More »
The ACDIS Leadership Council has been hard at work so far this year! On top of regular meetings, leadership-specific research initiatives, and...Read More »
Most clinicians report a positive electronic health record (EHR) experience but there are several ways leadership can further improve it,...Read More »
Even the best CDI teams can't realistically review every data point in every patient chart.
UAMS, McLaren Health, and Novant Health each figured out how to solve that problem in a way that actually worked for their teams — and it drove real financial results.
As the industry has matured and proved its worth for healthcare organizations, CDI departments are increasingly asked to take on more responsibilities, often with the same staffing they’ve always had. Fortunately, in many cases, the advent of technological systems has helped CDI teams do more...
As the CDI world has expanded, leaders in the industry have been tasked with increasingly varied responsibilities, often without a network of colleagues to help troubleshoot issues encountered along the way. Thus, they frequently must look beyond their organization to collaborate with peers and...
Reviewing every data point of every patient chart? Your CDI team is great, but that’s a humanly impossible task. That’s because there are 30,000 data points per patient chart and 156,000+ ICD-10 codes. Simply put — manually conducting an exhaustive review of every chart is impossible.
As the tide of denials continues to rise, and as the prospect of aggressive regulatory oversight comes into view, the need for accurate and efficient CDI practices couldn’t be clearer.
CDI has a critical role to play across all domains of healthcare, including compliance, quality, and...
