title: Clinical documentation improvement: focus on quality.
abstract: Accurate clinical documentation is necessary for healthcare organizations to achieve quality improvement and accurate payment. Physician buy-in is essential to a successful clinical documentation improvement program. The program should not focus on revenue enhancement or a particular tool, but should encourage critical thinking by physicians.
authors.affiliation: The Claro Group, LLC, Chicago, USA. sbreuer@theclarogroup.com
authors.forename: Shari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: Venanzio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arquilla
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006739:Hospital Administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States