Local chapter updates: Update your chapter contact info online

Being a member of ACDIS national doesn’t automatically enroll you in local chapter membership. The converse is also true. Being a member of your local chapter doesn’t mean that you’re automatically enrolled in the national organization.

On at least a quarterly basis, local chapter leaders remind their members to complete the online membership roster. The form asks for updated demographic information such as name, credentials, email address, etc. It also asks some simple but helpful questions aimed to increase participation and help the leadership teams facilitate education and networking events. While online forms can admittedly be a bit of a hassle, please do complete the online membership roster carefully and completely. Chapter leaders volunteer their time and energy to put these events together and a simple miss-keyed email address could mean bounce backs for them and missed meetings for you.

Finally, on completing the online membership roster you’ll receive the discount code available to local chapter members for national membership. Completing the online membership roster quarterly allows ACDIS to regularly provide this discount to our participating chapter members.

Why wait? Start your 2018 off right or give yourself an early holiday gift. Go ahead and update your information or join your local chapter today.

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).

December:

• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets on Thursday, December 14, 12-1 p.m., PST, via webinar. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (ME.VanGelder@honorhealth.com).

January:

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Penn State Health-Hershey. Please RSVP by Thursday, December 14, by clicking here. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, January 11, 2-4 p.m. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 17, 12-1 p.m., CST, via webinar. For information, contact Colleen Stukenberg (cstukenberg@fhn.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 26, 10-11 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).

February:

• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, February 1, 1-4 p.m., at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The South Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Palmetto Baptist Health in Columbia. For information, contact Mary Hopkins (mary.hopkins@hcahealthcare.com).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 23, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. For information, contact ncacdis@gmail.com.

Save-the-date:

• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter is tentatively planning to meet on Friday, April 6, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at PeaceHealth in Vancouver. For information, contact the chapter leadership (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The South Carolina ACDIS chapter tentatively plans to meet Friday, June 8, at MUSC in Charleston. For information, contact Mary Hopkins (mary.hopkins@hcahealthcare.com).