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Physician Engagement

A Week Back on the Wards

Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford January 19, 2023
Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford reflects on her recent time working clinically and how it illustrates potential challenges with clinician engagement.

A Tale as Old as Time: Heart Failure & Fluid Overload

Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford November 28, 2022
In a daring (yet pedantic) exploration, Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford wants to dig deep into the coding rules around heart failure and fluid overload.

What does clinical engagement look like in practice?

Qun Catherine Li July 19, 2022
The term of clinical engagement came to me very early in my safety and quality (S&Q) endeavour, my very first S&Q role almost 11 years ago. Two..

Our New Healthcare Heroes: The Next Generation of Clinical Documenters

Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford February 11, 2022
It’s a frenetic time in Australian hospitals. After two years of COVID-19 suppression strategies, our borders, our country, and our lives, have..

How to have productive clinical discussions

Nicole Draper July 5, 2021
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is about having effective clinical discussions that change behaviours – it is NOT about telling doctors what..

Junior doctors: paperwork lackeys or key allies for CDI? Part 2

Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford June 4, 2021
Junior doctors occupy a unique and sometimes strange position within the hospital. We are doctors. We’re called when people are sick and..

Junior doctors: paperwork lackeys or key allies for CDI?

Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford May 20, 2021
It’s 6:30am on the general surgical ward. Three residents are preparing for the round. We’re looking up results, printing lists, and creating ward..