New to CDI
Hello CDI tak Group!
Was wonderig if anyone could give me some pointers towards becoming a sucessful CDI personnel. I am new to this profession and I am very interested in learning everything I can about CDI. If you have any samples/policies you would like to share, I would greatly appreciate it.
I am working on starting a new CDI prgram here at my facility and need all the help I can get. I do have several questions to ask but I want to start from the beginning. So can you tell me what is the most important part about being a CDI?
If you would like to respond please send me an email to ckitterman@pmh-ok.org or ckitt2001@yahoo.com. I appreciate any insight that you would be willing to share.
Thank-you and have a blessed day!
Christina Kitterman
Was wonderig if anyone could give me some pointers towards becoming a sucessful CDI personnel. I am new to this profession and I am very interested in learning everything I can about CDI. If you have any samples/policies you would like to share, I would greatly appreciate it.
I am working on starting a new CDI prgram here at my facility and need all the help I can get. I do have several questions to ask but I want to start from the beginning. So can you tell me what is the most important part about being a CDI?
If you would like to respond please send me an email to ckitterman@pmh-ok.org or ckitt2001@yahoo.com. I appreciate any insight that you would be willing to share.
Thank-you and have a blessed day!
Christina Kitterman
Comments
You are entering a fabulous field of learning. Your best resources are ACDIS membership, ACDIS web site and cdi talk. Check out the CDI materials HCPro offers for getting started.
CDI talk is a great place to post questions and receive answers. The prior post's are all available for perusal.
Welcome again and enjoy your new quest.
Charlene Thiry RN, BSN, CPC, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Quality Resources
Menorah Medical Center
I also started our program 5 years ago now!
Read your query practice brief and everything you can on ACDIS!!
Their elearning is helpful also...
You will do great!
Tina Simpson, BSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Denial Management Coordinator
WRMC, Batesville, AR
Check out the conference in May as well.
Karen
Karen McKaig, BSN, RN, CCM, CPUR, CCDS
Case Manager
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Baxter Regional Medical Center
Mountain Home, AR 72653
870-508-1499
kmckaig@baxterregional.org
Juli Bovard RN CCDS
Rapid City Regional Hospital
Rapid City, SD
Diane Draize RN, CPUR,CCDS
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Ministry Door County Medical Center
diane.draize@ministryhealth.org
920-743-5566 ex 3143
We earn trust by working together as One Ministry to keep PATIENTS FIRST in everything we do
resources and one of the great ones is CDI talk.... I started our
program over one year ago and have learned so much! I still am learning
and have a long ways to go but that is what makes this job GREAT! If I
can be of assistance please feel free to call.
Jamie Dugan RN
Baptist Health System
Jacksonville, Florida
Office 904-202-4345
Enjoy!
Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Laurie L. Prescott RN, MSN, CCDS
lprescott@morehead.org
Sharon Cole, RN, CCDS
CDI Specialist
Providence Health Center
254.751.4256
Sharon.cole@phn-waco.org
Now that the rush of the morning is over, I want to add a few things for you as a new CDI member!
NEVER get down on yourself, or think that you are not "picking up" or "learning" fast enough! It is a process, and requires the same mentality we had when we graduated from nursing school and started working on the floor. At about a year, for most of us, there was an "AHAA" moment! For myself, and my office CDI staff, we felt more "comfortable" with processes after a year, but we have and "AHAA" moment EVERYDAY! We all agree that if we were to go back to the floor for staff nursing, that having done this job, we would be SO much better at our assessment skills, time management and recognizing clinical issues more readily!
If you find a resource, fact sheet, or issue that you feel you are weak in; study it, copy it, recite it. Use one another! In my office, we bounce issues off one another all day long. (we have the luxury of being in the same office). NEVER think there isn’t anything else to learn-because there always is-even in something small.
Because this is such an up-and-coming and new industry, we all are learning, growing and implementing processes that can be of benefit to someone else. What my institution uses as a query or policy, may not work for another institution....but keep looking and asking, because SOMEONE out there has had the same issue as you-almost guaranteed! So share what you learn, use or know-some days if only to get an issue off your chest!
Be excited, be honest, be humble, be eager. Learn, read, explore, educate, and again, give yourself time! Some days there are not the accolades given or seen, as with other nursing positions. Some days you are not as visible or in a position where you seem to be liked or well received. Some days you will bang your head against the wall and ask, "why am I doing this, or why can't the providers see that this is good for them and the institution". KNOW, in the end, this position is JUST as important as hanging a medication, starting an IV, talking with a family member or changing a dressing. It is important in a different way, but important none-the less!
Congratulations on your position, and welcome to a great field, and a great group of people! You have the benefit of being at the forefront of a growing population!
Juli Bovard RN CCDS
Rapid City Regional Hospital
Rapid City, SD 57703
If not- if you can afford it on your own- sign up at least for a CDI Boot Camp. It will give you a foundation from which to build.
I would do that before spending the $$ to attend any conferences. Get the "why's" & 'What for's" out of the way first.
NBrunson,RHIA,CDIP,CCDS
-Jane