Becker's Healthcare May 4, 2022
Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) has a direct effect on patient care, and as documentation requirements become more complex, CDI departments are challenged by workforce shortages that are likely to persist.
During the Becker’s Hospital Review 12th Annual Meeting, in a session sponsored by Iodine Software, Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Strategist at Iodine, led a roundtable discussion about the high demand for CDI specialists, and solutions to finding, recruiting, and retaining them.
Three key takeaways:
- Documentation accuracy is imperative in healthcare’s highly competitive market. Accuracy is essential due to health systems’ need to account for the full scope of patients’ medical records. This is required to ensure quality of care, minimize authorization denials and compliance risks, maximize reimbursement,...