Successful Collaboration in Healthcare

A guide for healthcare providers to forge alliances that will improve patient care, this book describes ways in which nurses and physicians can collaborate to enhance safety, quality, and treatment efficacy, and how this collaboration can have positive financial effects. It demonstrates how cooperation can meet the changing requirements of governing bodies and government regulations as well as technological advancements. It addresses the roles of direct patient caregiver, charge or team leader nurse, case manager, and clinical documentation specialist, and covers regulatory and financial topics such as Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) and Pay for Performance.

ISBN 1439812926   Pages 136 ISBN13 9781439812921 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 362 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Published in Portland Imprint Productivity Press   Height (mm) 229 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 152 Publication date 27 Jan 2010   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 362.1   Academic level Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

Ch. 1		Introduction
Ch. 2		Building Trust and Communication
Ch. 3		Impacts: Quality and Financial
Ch. 4		Clinical Documentations Specialist: Who Is Involved and What Is the Process?
Ch. 5		Clinical Documentation Specialist and Education
Ch. 6		Collaboration with Hospital Case Management
Ch. 7		Putting It All Together
Ch. 8		Final Thoughts
		Index

With the rising importance of health care information, this book provides a broad but detailed overview of the role of the clinical documentation specialist (CDS). ! The author, who has more than 20 years of nursing experience, portrays the role of nursing with accuracy and acumen. Her publication is unique, as evidenced by my literature search, which uncovered only two articles on the topic of the CDS. This book provides not only a comprehensive description of the CDS role, but also an excellent overview of the financial aspects of health care, especially coding and accurate diagnosis-related group (DRG) classification. ! Overall, this book is an excellent resource for all clinicians who relate to the issues in health care that affect safe and quality patient care, the key word being collaboration. --Donna L. Baker, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNOR, Medical Science Liaison Baxter Healthcare, in AORN Journal, Vol. 92, No. 6, December 2010 Colleen Stukenberg writes from the perspective of one who has been there and done that. She is a skilled teacher who shares lessons she has learned in the trenches. --Beth Gale, RN, BSN Colleen has successfully navigated the clinical and front-end-revenue cycle job market over the last 20 years. Her acute care nursing, case management, and long-term care experience has built a well rounded and solid foundation for our Clinical Documentation program. Her vast knowledge and know-how has actualized one of the more successful documentation programs in the industry with the financial gains in a rural hospital rivaling major urban medical centers. Colleen is definitely an authority on Clinical Documentation programs and has much to share with her peers. --Tamar Gorenyuk, MBA, RHIA, Director, HIM & Resource Management, Freeport Health Network Colleen is a recognized expert in the field of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI). Anyone interested in implementing a successful Clinical Documentation Improvement Program should read this book before starting the process. Never before has this valuable information been presented in one, all-encompassing reference. Theamaterial covered in this book will help executives make informed choices about whether or not to hire a consulting firm and if so, which firm will best meet their needs. Colleen's perspective and experience implementing a CDI program provides the reader with time-tested tools of the trade and advice that will help guide new CDI Programs to excellence while avoiding the common challenges faced by faltering CDI Programs. -- Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC-A, Manager, Precyse Solutions, LLC

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