1. The importance of clinical documentation improvement for Australian hospitals
- Author
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Julie Mortley, Jennifer Barker, Patricia Hay, Megan Cumerlato, and Kathy Wilton
- Subjects
genetic structures ,Leadership and Management ,Documentation ,Health informatics ,Financial management ,03 medical and health sciences ,Patient safety ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health Information Management ,Nursing ,International Classification of Diseases ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Diagnosis-Related Groups ,Reimbursement ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,Health Policy ,Medical record ,Australia ,Clinical Coding ,Financial Management, Hospital ,Quality Improvement ,Hospitals ,Data Accuracy ,Data quality ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is a recent initiative gaining increased momentum in Australia. The benefits surrounding its success internationally include improved quality and patient safety outcomes and increased reimbursement. The premise of CDI is simple: engage clinicians to improve the clinical documentation in the medical record in “real time” so that it is fit for reporting, analysis and reimbursement. Every country has differing healthcare systems and this article has focused on validating the relevancy of CDI for the Australian healthcare environment.
- Published
- 2019