Implementation of Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs in the hospital setting has grown exponentially over the last few years as a key financial strategy to address and meet the tough economic ...

WAYNE, Pa., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Precyse Solutions, the leader in driving peak performance within Health Information Management (HIM) departments, has added even more depth to its already robust ...

Everything hospital executives need to know about the importance of clinical documentation improvement is summed up in one single fact: CDI fuels correct reimbursement and accurate quality reporting.

In an effort to achieve revenue gains, some hospitals have turned to improving clinical documentation. Putting in place a clinical documentation improvement program is a strategy that can lead to long ...

It’s a phrase that we all hear, and repeat, regularly, but it may be no truer than at rural and critical access hospitals. In these environments, the health information management (HIM) person may do ...

Clinical documentation is the written record of a patient-physician encounter. Before the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), these encounters were often inadequately documented. While this ...

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN) today announced that Cerner will incorporate Nuance’s clinical documentation improvement ...

Florida Hospital improved its case mix index, reduced mortality rates by 48 percent, achieved ICD-10 compliance and pulled in $72.5 million in increased reimbursement via a clinical documentation ...

Most providers associate clinical documentation improvement (CDI) with the transition to ICD-10 coding, however, CDI - a process in which care providers receive feedback from specialists who review ...

Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) are three buzz words in today's healthcare lingo that have come to signify a means of achieving better data quality that leads to more accurate reimbursement ...

Healthcare system survival pivots on many metrics, but the ability to generate revenue and to evidence high quality of care are two of the most essential. At the center of both metrics is the clinical ...

In a Healthcare Finance News report, Kevin Fuller lays out six tips for using clinical documentation programs to boost revenue cycle management, according to Paul Weygandt, vice president of physician ...