Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS) Program

This program is designed to give you the skills you need to become an effective Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist and help maintain quality healthcare records for all Canadians.

A certified Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Specialist performs detailed chart analysis to identify areas within clinical documentation that need further review or improvement. CDI Specialists act as liaisons and collaborate with coding teams and physicians to ensure that clinical documentation translates into coded data accurately. CDI Specialists will also educate by building training resources and tools to support the coding and clinical teams. CDI Specialists help medical staff better care for their patients by handling and optimizing patient records. CDI Specialists prepare written reports, discover positive and negative patterns in documentation processes using metrics, and make suggestions for improvement.