Question

Community Hospital implemented a clinical document improvement (CDI) program six months ago. The goal of the program was to improve clinical documentation to support the quality of care, data quality, and HIM coding accuracy. Which of the following would be the best approach to ensure that everyone understands the importance of this program?
a. Request that the CEO write a memorandum to all hospital staff
b. Give the chairperson of the CDI committee authority to fire employees who don t improve their clinical documentation
c. Include ancillary clinical and medical staff in the process
d. Request a letter from the Joint Commission

Answer 1

Answer:

c. Include ancillary clinical and medical staff in the process

Explanation:

The best way to achieve goal i.e. improve clinical documentation to support the quality of care, data quality, and HIM coding accuracy will be to include the clinical and medical staff in the process since it will train them and motivate them which is the best approach to make everyone understand the importance of the program.