Karen Elmore, BSN, RN, CCDS

Documentation Quality Coordinator, BJC HealthCare

Karen Elmore, BSN, RN, CCDS, is a documentation quality coordinator at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, Missouri, where she focuses on second-level and mortality reviews, clinical denials, CDI/coder reconciliation, and developing CDI policies and procedures. Elmore also educates and supports CDI staff, CDI leaders, physicians, and ancillary staff. She is the president of the Heart of Missouri ACDIS chapter, a co-leader and founder of the Missouri state ACDIS chapter and its annual Show Me State Conference, and a member of the ACDIS Chapter Advisory Board. Elmore also sits on the ACDIS Leadership Council and the ACDIS National Conference Committee.