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Physician Engagement
Copy & Paste - Foe or Ally
October 21, 2024
The electronic health record can be the physician’s foe or opponent, depending upon how the record is used and the information charted. The benefits..
Is there such a thing as a perfect CDI program?
September 13, 2024
In the world of CDI, it often feels like all the stars must align for the perfect program to exist. After reading recent articles on the CDIA..
Required Components of an Effective CDI Program
September 9, 2024
Here’s a distilled and refined list of the top ten required components of an effective, high-performing Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI)..
Empowering Hospital Executives for CDI Success
July 11, 2024
Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) programs rely on many factors for not only successful outcomes, but also for sustainability. These factors..
A Week Back on the Wards
January 19, 2023
Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford reflects on her recent time working clinically and how it illustrates potential challenges with clinician engagement.
A Tale as Old as Time: Heart Failure & Fluid Overload
November 28, 2022
In a daring (yet pedantic) exploration, Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford wants to dig deep into the coding rules around heart failure and fluid overload.
What does clinical engagement look like in practice?
July 19, 2022
The term of clinical engagement came to me very early in my safety and quality (S&Q) endeavour, my very first S&Q role almost 11 years ago. Two..
Our New Healthcare Heroes: The Next Generation of Clinical Documenters
February 11, 2022
It’s a frenetic time in Australian hospitals. After two years of COVID-19 suppression strategies, our borders, our country, and our lives, have..
How to have productive clinical discussions
July 5, 2021
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is about having effective clinical discussions that change behaviours – it is NOT about telling doctors what..
Junior doctors: paperwork lackeys or key allies for CDI? Part 2
June 4, 2021
Junior doctors occupy a unique and sometimes strange position within the hospital. We are doctors. We’re called when people are sick and..
Junior doctors: paperwork lackeys or key allies for CDI?
May 20, 2021
It’s 6:30am on the general surgical ward. Three residents are preparing for the round. We’re looking up results, printing lists, and creating ward..