Local chapter update: Getting a chapter started? Check out our Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit

In the beginning stages, ramping up a local chapter can be difficult and a bit overwhelming. But this is why ACDIS has a specific section of our Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit dedicated to this very problem!

Check out these items to help you plot along in your new and exciting local chapter journey:

1. First-year chapter guide, including information about finding chapter leaders, members, and speakers, hosting your first meetings, and surviving the first year
2. ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form
   1. This agreement form must be signed (either physically or electronically, e.g., ss://Jane Doe) by at least three core team volunteers from three different facilities annually
      1. Note: If three leaders from three different organizations cannot be secured, the existing leaders must complete the Memorandum of Understanding
   2. Core leaders who successfully complete one year of voluntary service are eligible for a discount on ACDIS national membership in the year following their service
3. Leadership types

Still have questions about starting a chapter or topic-based networking group? Reach out to the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org!

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.

June:

• The ACDIS Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, June 5, 4–6 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled "Applying Social Determinants of Health in a Pediatric Health System, Inpatient and Outpatient," presented by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, and Viji Anchan, RN, MSN, CCDS-O. For information, contact Jeff Morris (morris-jeff@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, June 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Cerebral Edema: Is It Clinically Significant?” presented by Karen Elmore, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Cindy Ballard (oceanangel28@yahoo.com).
• The Canadian ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 18, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “CDI Excellence Through Technology,” presented by Kimberly Myrick and Kathy Harkness from Solventum. For information, contact Jamie Podmorow (jpodmorow@canscribe.com).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 18, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Diabetic Wounds,” presented by Maralee Sherman, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, June 19, 1-3 p.m., via webinar. The presentations are titled “Understanding and Leveraging AI in Denial Management,” presented by Karen Lane, RN, MSN.ED, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, and “Building a Foundation and Showing Value in Ambulatory CDI,” presented by Jenny Peters, RN, BSN, and Kayte Wuelling, RN, BSN. For information, contact Shannon Tokarski (shannon.tokarski1@ascension.org).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 20, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Reconciliation,” presented by Donna Wheeler, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Florence Blough (fblough@umm.edu).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled "The Confusion About Encephalopathy," presented by Yasmin Aghajan, MD. For information, contact Alma Yap (alma.yap@cshs.org).
• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, June 28, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for an in-person meeting. For information, contact Patricia Lunardelli (patlunardelli@gmail.com).