Local chapter update: Chapter leadership agreement

Earlier this month, local chapter and networking group leaders should have received an email from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director, Melissa Varnavas, with the local chapter agreement contract which must be filled out annually. Leaders should be sure to read over the agreement contract, sign, and return it by the end of January.

To submit a completed agreement, send a signed copy of the contract to Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) with ACDIS Associate Editor, Carolyn Riel (criel@acdis.org), CC-ed as well.

Local chapter leaders are invited to an open Q&A/roundtable session with other leaders Wednesday, January 27, at noon, eastern. For information, email mvarnavas@acdis.org.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

January:

• The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 22, 12 p.m. CT. For information, contact Kristie Alexander (kristiealexander@texashealth.org)
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 22, via webinar. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu), Courtney Spangler (cspangler@wellspan.org), or Branda McCowan (bmccowan@susquehannahealth.org).
• The CDI Educators networking group and Arizona ACDIS chapter meet Friday, January 22, 12-1:15 p.m., MST time, via webinar. The topic is “OIC Malnutrition Audits--Time for CDI to Up Their Game,” with James Kennedy, MD, president CDIMD Physician Champions and Derek Braun, MD, physician advisor at Banner Health. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com) or Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM)
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 27, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (Jera.VanDamme@EssentiaHealth.org).

February:

• The Indiana and Michigan ACDIS chapters meet Thursday, February 11, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Leigh Wolff (LWolff@beaconhealthsystem.org).

March:

• The CDI Educators networking group and Arizona ACDIS chapter meet Friday, March 12, 12-1:15 p.m. MST, via webinar for a Lunch-and-Learn event. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com) or Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM)

May:

• The CDI Educators networking group and Arizona ACDIS chapter meet Friday, May 7, 12-1:15 p.m. MST, via webinar for a Lunch-and-Learn event. information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com) or Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM).