Bio

Charrington Morell, BSN, RN, CCDS HCA West Florida Division Director of CDI Charrington “Charlie” Morell was the original member of the Clinical Documentation Improvement team at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in 2009. Following a consultant led “boot camp”, Charlie joined the Florida Chapter of ACDIS serving as Vice President and joined National ACDIS. She has attended the National ACDIS Conference almost every year. She has previously served on the ACDIS Conference Committee as well as the ACDIS Leadership Council. Morell was a panelist at the 2021 ACDIS Virtual Summer Retreat on the topic of CDI Odyssey: Where Will Your Professional Journey Take You? Charlie’s 24 years of nursing experience encompasses ICU/CCU, telemetry, case management & home health care. In January 2013, Charlie was promoted to WFD CDI Manager. She was promoted to WFD Director of CDI in March of 2015. She leads a staff of twenty-three CDIs and a Division team of two, overseeing the CDI programs in 15 facilities in the West Florida Division of HCA. Charlie earned the Certified Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist credential in 2010. She graduated with her AAS in nursing from Pace University and earned her BSN at Western Governors University. She is currently enrolled in American Sentinel University for her MBA in healthcare and anticipates graduation in September 2021.