Local chapter updates: Summer-time meetings offer opportunities for quick insight

Local chapter leaders sometimes struggle with knowing just when their members want to meet. ACDIS encourages chapters and networking groups to meet at least four times per year but the scope and format of those events can change to meet the need to the local membership.

For example, summer is a great time to hold a shorter, one-hour, web-based or teleconference-based event. As difficult as it can be to keep up with daily workloads and try to squeeze in some beach and family time, adding in time for CDI education can be tough. Consider asking volunteers to read through a recent edition of the CDI Journal or one of ACDIS’ many position or white papers and sharing the salient points with the members and then opening the meeting up for targeted questions related to the topic.

Just last week, for instance, the Central New York ACDIS Chapter leadership each took a section of the new leadership white paper and shared their summaries of the most salient points with the more than 30 listeners who participated.

ACDIS is all about community and sometimes we learn best when we share what we know.

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 Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).  

July:

• The Missouri-Kansas City ACDIS Chapter meets on Tuesday, July 25, 2-4 p.m., at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. For information, contact Christine Schattenfield (cschattenfield@kumc.edu).
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, July 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Hanover Hospital in Hanover. For information, contact Amy Sterner (sterner@hanoverhospital.org).

August:

• The Massachusetts Chapter meets on August 11, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza in Newton. The event is in collaboration with New England state AHIMA and ACDIS component organizations. To register, click here.
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, August 11, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga. For information, contact Kristie Perry (kristie.perry@erlanger.org).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS Network holds a meeting on Monday, August 14, 12-12:30 p.m., pacific, via conference call. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (ME.vangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The California ACDIS Chapter meets on Tuesday, August 15, 12 p.m., pacific, via conference call. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Texas ACDIS Chapter meets on Wednesday, August 16, at 12 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Amy Czahor (amyc@recordsone.com).
• The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter holds its summer conference on Friday, August 25, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wilson Memorial Hospital (Duke Lifepoint Hospital). For information, contact Linda Rhodes (Linda.Rhodes@nhrmc.org).
• The Florida ACDIS Chapter meets Saturday, August 26, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. A meet-n-greet time will be held at a local restaurant (place to be determined) on the Friday night prior to the event. For information, contact Deb Dallos (Deb-Dallos@smh.com).

Save-the-date

• The Maine ACDIS Chapter holds its next meeting on Friday, September 8, 12-4 p.m., at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. For information, contact Valerie Parent (vparent@emhs.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 (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Alabama ACDIS Chapter holds an all-day fall event on Friday, September 15, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Baptist Shelby in Alabaster. For information, contact Jeffrey Morris (jwmorris@health.southalabama.edu).
• The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, October 6, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at AnMed Health in Anderson. For information, contact Karen Bridgeman (bridgema@musc.edu) or any other member of the chapter's leadership team.
• Missouri’s three ACDIS local chapters join for a full-day conference event on Saturday, October 14, at the University of Kansas Hospital. For information, contact Michael McKelvey (michael.mckelvey@bjc.org).
• The Oregon ACDIS Chapter holds its fall conference on Friday, October 20, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the McMinnville Grand Ballroom in McMinnville. For information, contact Molly Siebert (msiebert@lhs.org).
• The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter holds its fall conference with Carolinas Healthcare System Northeast on Friday, November 10. For information, contact Linda Rhodes (Linda.Rhodes@nhrmc.org).
• The Maine ACDIS Chapter holds a meeting on Friday, December 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. For information, contact Valerie Parent (vparent@emhs.org).