BC Advantage - 2018 Issue 7
CDI Facilitators in Communication of Patient Care
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Article Overview
This article discusses the changing mission of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) and its role in supporting accurate communication across the patient record. It draws on a physician documentation position paper and frames CDI as a facilitator of care continuity, documentation quality, and broader healthcare teamwork. The piece is aimed at CDI professionals, hospital documentation leaders, and coding or revenue cycle audiences interested in documentation quality and its impact on care delivery.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers understand how CDI can support clinical communication, care coordination, and documentation quality in addition to reimbursement and coding accuracy.
Article Sections
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Reasonable Starting Point
Introduces the foundational purpose of the medical record and frames the article’s broader discussion of CDI priorities. It also references a physician documentation position paper and its themes related to electronic clinical documentation.
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Two Key Points
Discusses the article’s central ideas about CDI as a partner in communication of patient care and documentation improvement. It emphasizes care continuity, record clarity, and the progression of documentation across the encounter.
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Let's Do the Right Thing!
Summarizes the author’s call for CDI to broaden its mission and focus on documentation quality that supports care delivery. It closes with a transformation-oriented message about CDI’s role in patient-centered healthcare.
What You Will Learn
- How CDI is being framed as a communication-focused function in addition to a reimbursement-focused one
- Why documentation quality matters for care coordination and continuity
- How broad clinical documentation goals connect to hospital, physician, and patient interests
- What themes from a physician documentation position paper are used to support CDI priorities
Who Should Read This
- Clinical documentation integrity professionals
- Hospital coding and reimbursement teams
- Revenue cycle leaders
- Physician documentation improvement staff
- Healthcare compliance and quality improvement stakeholders
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