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title: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Your HIM and CDS Teams
description: Strong cohesive relationships will significantly enhance the success of your CDI program.  The key relationship is that between your CDS' and your HIMs.
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# [The Symbiotic Relationship Between Your HIM and CDS Teams](https://www.cdia.com.au/videos/himcdssymbiosis)

 Written by [Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford](https://www.cdia.com.au/videos/author/dr-felicity-sinclair-ford) | Oct 13, 2022, 1:44:34 AM

Strong cohesive relationships will significantly enhance the success of your clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program.   Learn more from Dr Felicity Sinclair-Ford as she explores Henry Ford's famous quote and how it epitomises how clinical documentation specialists (CDSs) and health information managers (HIMs) can work together to deliver a successful CDI program.

 

 

 

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