Local chapter: Mark your calendar with the last chapter events of 2024!

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters! Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

November:

• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, November 2, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in person, for their last quarterly meeting. For information, contact Edna I. Betances-Harold (betane@shands.ufl.edu).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, November 2, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Confusion About Encephalopathy,” and will be presented by Yasmin Aghajan, MD. For information, contact Liz Castellucci (lcastellucci@mgh.harvard.edu).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 12–1:15 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Myocardial Injury, Ischemia, and Infarction,” and will be presented by Shawn MacPhee, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP. For information, contact Dawn Butler (dbutler@honorhealth.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Version 42 Grouper APR-DRG/SOI/ROM Structure Updates,” and will be presented by Teresa Krepps, RHIT, CCS, CCDS. For information, contact Florence Blough (fblough@umm.edu).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in person, for their winter conference. For information, contact Kay Blue (Kayblue01@gmail.com).
• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Lessons Learned: How a Definition Defines Sepsis Outcomes,” and will be presented by Alexis Wells, MSN, RN, LSSYB, CCDS, and Stacie Gandee, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, LSSYB. For information, contact Amanda Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of AI in CDI: Questions and Answers,” and will be presented by Joshua Geleris, MD. For information, contact Dorothy Fanning (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Wounds,” and will be presented by Stefani Henry, BSN, RN, and Ann Dietrich, BSN, RN, RHIA. For information, contact AnneMarie Vannurden (vannurdena@centracare.com).

December:

• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 6, via webinar for its fourth quarterly meeting. For information, contact James Doster (james.doster@atriumhealth.org).