Local Chapter Updates: Find a chapter near you by attending an upcoming event

It’s been an exciting week for local chapter activities so far. More than 100 CDI-related professionals from the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota joined ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas via webinar to discuss career ladder opportunities and productivity expectations on Wednesday.

On Friday, the Alabama ACDIS Chapter meets in Tuscaloosa welcoming nearly 60 professionals at its networking event. Furthermore, the South Carolina and North Carolina ACDIS Chapters meet Friday, as well. They’re expecting more than 120 attendees and have presentations with well-known speakers including Don Butler, Cheryl Ericson, and Fran Jurcak.

Good luck and have fun everyone!

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@hcpro.com) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@hcpro.com).

February

• The Alabama ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, February 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. For information, email acdisalabama@gmail.com or contact Jeffrey Wayne Morris at jwmorris@health.southalabama.edu.
• The North Carolina and South Carolina ACDIS chapters join forces for a group event on Friday, February 24, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia. Presentations feature former ACDIS Advisory Board members Fran Jurcak on preparing for the CCDS exam, Cheryl Ericson on the future of CDI profession, and Don Butler on the role of physician advisors in CDI efforts. The program also features a presentation on CDI specialists place at interdisciplinary rounds with Holley Pegram, Sandie Pressely, and Kay Blue. For information, contact the NC ACDIS Chapter at ncacdis@gmail.com.

March

• The pediatric networking group APDIS meets Thursday, March 2, via webinar. For information, contact Leah N. Savage, at Leah.Savage@nortonhealthcare.org. 
• The Indiana ACDIS Chapter Spring Conference takes place Saturday, March 4, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. For information, contact Lee Walton at LAWalton@stvincent.org.
• The Kansas City Missouri ACDIS Chapter meets Tuesday, March 7, at 2-4 p.m., at Liberty Hospital. For information, contact Christine Schattenfield, cneuman@saint-lukes.org.
• Tennessee ACDIS Chapter co-leader Sherri Clark, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, CCS, heads to Knoxville Convention Center on March 8, where she participates on a panel discussion titled 'The powerful impact of CDI & Coding on Quality Reporting: Core Measures, PSIs, Outpatient CDI.” For more information, visit http://thima.org/annualmeeting/.
• The Connecticut ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, March 9, 1:30-3 p.m., at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. For information, contact Nancy Napolitano napolitanonancy@hotmail.com.
• Leaders of the Washington ACDIS Chapter will head to Spokane to join the Washington AHIMA leaders for its annual conference event March 16-18 at Red Lion at the Park. For more information, visit http://www.wshima.org/annualmeeting/.
• The Arizona ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, March 22, 5:30-8:00 p.m., at Mimi’s Café at Desert Ridge in Phoenix, to discuss end stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy. For information, contact Alma Yap at rnalmay@gmail.com.
• The Ohio ACDIS Chapter meets March 23 at the University Hospitals’ customer service center in Highland Heights. For information, contact Lisa McLuckie at lmcluckie@wchosp.org.
• The Massachusetts ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, March 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. The is at capacity but the team is currently taking a waiting list. If you previously RSVP’d but cannot attend please notify leadership to make room for others. For information, contact Joyce M. Williams, at JWilliams@Lifespan.org.

Save the date

• The St. Louis Missouri ACDIS Chapter meets April 19, 6:30-8 p.m., at St. Luke’s. Outside food/drink is against hospital policy, so no pot luck this time. For information, contact Michael McKelvey, michael.mckelvey@bjc.org.
• The California ACDIS Chapter holds its third-annual conference Friday, September 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. For information, contact Rani V. Stoddard at stoddardrv@henrymayo.com.  
• Missouri’s three ACDIS local chapters join for a full-day conference event on October 14, at the University of Kansas Hospital. For information, contact michael.mckelvey@bjc.org.