Local chapter update: Allow time for chapter business meetings

When planning a local chapter event, be sure to allow for 30 minutes or more if needed after the last educational presenter to have a chapter business meeting. This is particularly important in the early stages of the chapter’s inception as well as later when the group takes on ever more formality.

In the early stages, these meetings will help the volunteer leaders gauge interest in participation, assess information needs, identify meeting structure and frequency preferences, and allow the participants to simply get to one another better.

Later, these informational meetings will serve as a vital means toward ensuring transparency allowing all participants to understand the behind-the-scenes efforts of the volunteer leadership team.

During this meeting the leadership team can:

• Collect information regarding future volunteer hosts and presenters
• Identify attendees needs and educational interests
• Discuss any recent policy or procedure changes
• Review leadership activities for transparency
• Present related news and developments from national
• Review any related financial activities or use

An evaluation form can be passed out at the beginning of the meeting and collected during this time. A sample evaluation form is available from ACDIS and copies can be printed and brought to the event. These evaluation forms can be helpful to assess the success and opportunities for the team.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Carolyn Riel (criel@acdis.org).  

February:

• The New Orleans ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 7, 4-5 p.m., at Semolina’s Restaurant in Clearview. For information, contact Judith Dowling (Judith.dowling@ochsner.org).
• The North Carolina and South Carolina ACDIS chapters hold a joint meeting Friday, February 21, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, NC. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (ncacdis@gmail.com).
• The Kansas City ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 13, via webinar. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 14, 12-2:30 p.m., at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. For information and to RSVP, contact Keisha Downes (KDownes@tuftsmedicalcenter.org).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 15, 12-2 p.m., at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter and the CDI Educator networking group meet Friday, February 15, 12-1 p.m. mountain time, via webinar. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (ME.VanGelder@honorhealth.com).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 22, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Susan Fantin (susan.fantin@comcast.net).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 27, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Tim Lindquist (timothy.c.lindquist@healthpartners.com).
• The Oregon ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 27, 3:30-4:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Bonita Quinn (bgquinn@stcharleshealthcare.org)

March:

• The Heart of Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, March 21, 5-8 p.m., at Boone Hospital Center, Conference Center 1A, in Columbia. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets for their spring meeting on Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the atrium conference room on the fourth floor of Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond. For information, contact Fran DeLisser (Franchesca_Delisser@bshsi.org).
• The Missouri and California ACDIS chapters meet on Wednesday, March 27, at 2 p.m., eastern, 11 a.m. pacific, via webinar. ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas will be presenting on the state of the industry. Click here to register.
• The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 29, 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. For information, contact Sherri Clark (sclark@utmck.edu).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 29, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Piedmont Athens Hospital in Athens. For information, contact Jamie Doster (doster.j@icloud.com)

April:

• The Idaho ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 3, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise. For information, contact Susie Curtis (curtisus@slhs.org).
• The Central New York ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 5, 2-4 p.m., at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Dawn Burr (dawnburr@crouse.org).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 10, 2-4 p.m. central, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Saint Louis ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 10, 5:30 p.m. at Missouri Baptist in St. Louis. For information, contact Linda Canoy (linda.canoy@bjc.org).
• The Heart of Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 11, 5-8 p.m., at Boone Hospital Center, Conference Center 1A, in Columbia. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 11, 2-4 p.m., at Northern Westchester Hospital, conference room C, in Mount Kisco. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 12, 12-2 p.m., at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. Visit the Maryland page on the ACDIS website for the rest of the year’s lineup. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, April 13, 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Click here to download the agenda. Click here to download the registration form. For information, contact Leigh Wolff (lwolffcds55@gmail.com), Lee Walton (lawalton@ascension.org), or Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Hawaii ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 17, 12-3 p.m., at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. For information, contact Balbino Canoy (balbino.canoy@palimomi.org)
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 24, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Timothy Lindquist (timothy.c.lindquist@healthpartners.com).
• The Colorado ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 25, 3:30 p.m., at Interstate Kitchen & Bar in Denver. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Rachel Mack (rachel@iodinesoftware.com) and Janet Robinson (jrobinson@bch.org).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 25, 12-3 p.m. at Trinity Health Care, central business office in Bloomfield, Connecticut. RSVP by April 10 to Jessica Barberio (jessica.barbeiro@steward.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 26, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah. Please register by April 16 to the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The Ohio ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 26, 2:30-5:30 p.m., at ProMedica Wildwood Orthopedic and Spine Hospital in Toledo. For information, contact Maria Johar (mcojohar@gmail.com).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, April 27, 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Ascension Medical Building in Wauwatosa. Click here to download the event flyer and agenda. Please register by April 12. For information, contact Joan Korn (joan.korn@ascension.org).