Local chapter update: Tell us your 2025 Spring/Summer plans!

To all our local chapter, it’s springtime and summer is right around the corner! So, please, tell us what your plans are!

Remember: as you plan your upcoming events and make leadership changes to keep us in the loop!

To have your new leadership information and newsletters updated on the ACDIS website, add meetings to the website and CDI Strategies, and apply for CEUs, use the ACDIS Local Chapter Request Form. If you have questions about leadership transitions or need assistance, contact 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.

May:

• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, May 28, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Aspiration Pneumonia: Aspirating Everything from Soup to Nuts," presented by Natalie Negro, MPH, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Jisha Chacko, MSN, RN. For information, contact AnneMarie Vannurden (vannurdena@centracare.com).
• The ACDIS CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, May 30, at 10 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).

June:

• The ACDIS Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, June 5, 3–4:30 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 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 programs are titled, "Understanding and Leveraging AI in Denial Management," presented by Karen Lane, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, RN, and "Building a Foundation and Showing Value in Ambulatory CDI," presented by Jenny Peters, BSN, RN, and Kayte Wuelling, BSN, RN. For information, contact Shannon Tokarski (shannon.tokarski1@ascension.org).
• 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 Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 25, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “All-Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Groups," presented by Lisa Goettlich, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC, COC. For information, contact AnneMarie Vannurden (vannurdena@centracare.com).