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How is your CDI program structured? Take this ACDIS survey

Benchmarking tools are an important part of measuring your CDI program’s success. You need to know how you stack up against other facilities of the same size and structure as you. This rings particularly true you hope to expand your current clinical documentation improvement program or start one from scratch. Furthermore, as ACDIS continues to build and define these benchmarking reports we hope we’ll be able to identify some significant trends and best practices for our membership.

For example, as you can see from the chart below 73% of respondents so far said MCC/CC DRG optimization represents their program’s priority. We hope you’ll add your voice and experience to the survey to help us provide the best picture of CDI programs today. To take the survey, click here.

New ACDIS white paper available for download

Hi ACDIS members, I wanted to let you know about a new white paper available for download on the Helpful Resources section of our Web site. It’s called “Roll out an Engaging CDI Program,” and it’s part 2 of a 2-part series about how to sell your CDI program to physicians, and helpful tips and strategies to ensure their participation.

The ideas and best practices in this paper are based on a must-read white paper by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, “Engaging Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda.”

You can find instructions for downloading that free white paper on our Helpful Resources page as well.

If you have any comments on this paper, or if you have any suggestions for future white papers, please e-mail me at bmurphy@cdiassociation.com.

Thanks, and happy reading,

Brian

Free CDI white paper for download: Culture of quality

Hi ACDIS members, I hope you’re all doing well. I wanted to let you know about a new white paper that is now available for free download in the Helpful Resources section of our Web site. It’s called “Instill a culture of quality to ensure CDI success,” and you download it by clicking here.

We plan to continue to provide you with additional CDI-related white papers in the coming year. These are intended to provide an in-depth look at various issues in the world of clinical documentation improvement. We’ll also be using them to provide you with opinions of differnet thought-leaders in the field. Not all the opinions expressed in these white papers are necessarily shared by ACDIS, but we hope you find the information beneficial, useful, and thought-provoking.

If you enjoyed this white paper, or have some questions and/or would like to discuss what you read, please post it right here on CDI Blog.

If you’d like to make a suggestion for a future white paper topic, please e-mail me at bmurphy@cdiassociation.com.

Take care,

Brian