It is safe to say that CDI as an industry using traditional approaches has fallen short of impacting the documentation practices of physicians in a sustainable manner. The goal of any organization and its severity reporting initiatives should be to empower providers to achieve independent proficiency at the point of care with appropriate clinical documentation that reflects specific clinical indicators, rather than attempting to mold every provider into a CDI subject matter expert.
The fix is actually easier than the industry has experienced, mostly because we are trying to solve a problem with the same mindset that created it. Join us to explore why we have been approaching it in the wrong way, and how data and other strategies can empower providers to optimize severity documentation on the patients they care for.