Key Performance Indicators Revisited

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers understand why common CDI metrics may not fully capture documentation quality and why alternative measures may be more meaningful for assessing improvement efforts.

Article Sections

1. Current CDI Processes-The Necessity for Reengineering

   Discusses the limitations of reimbursement-centered CDI processes and the need to focus on broader documentation quality and clinical communication. It also references professional documentation principles and the role of progress notes in supporting patient care.

2. Encompassing Key Performance Indicator for Progress Notes

   Describes a quality-improvement study from multiple academic medical centers and introduces a documentation quality instrument as a possible performance measure. It also outlines broad characteristics associated with stronger progress note documentation.

3. Time to Rethink Our KPIs

   Concludes with a call to reconsider CDI performance indicators so they better reflect documentation quality and positive clinical communication outcomes. The section emphasizes the broader role of documentation in care quality and CDI success.