Local chapter update: Try our Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit!

September 28, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 44

Are you leading a local ACDIS chapter and need a little assistance?

Then check out the ACDIS Chapter Advisory Committee’s updated ACDIS Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit! We encourage all local chapter members to utilize these resources to get their local chapter off the ground and to flourish.

Inside the toolkit, you will find helpful information in topics such as:

  • Hosting your first meeting
  • Virtual meetings
  • Expanding participation
  • PowerPoint templates
  • Sample onsite volunteer duties
  • Sample meetings in a can
  • Vendor involvement
  • Soliciting and evaluating speakers
  • Leadership team building
  • Sample chapter bylaws
  • And more!

Check out the full list of resources available anytime listed beneath the map of the main local chapter page on acdis.org, or by clicking here. Don’t hesitate to reach out to the ACDIS team (info@acdis.org) with any questions.

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.

October:

  • The South Carolina ACDIS chapter is offering an on-demand webinar available from October 1 to December 31, 2023. The program is titled, “Social Determinants of Health - Quality of Care Implications,” and will be presented by Donicia Lee, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS. For information, contact Amy Truitt (amytruitt@hcahealthcare.com).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 13, 2023, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar, for their fourth quarterly meeting. For more information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler4@wellspan.org).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, "2024 Final Rule from CMS," and will be presented by Maralee Gray, BSN, RN, CCDS. For more information, contact Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas (jeneth.esquivel-salinas@eehealth.org).
  • The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, October 26, 2023, 1–3:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).

November:

  • The CDI Educators ACDIS networking group meets Friday, November 10, 2023, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Danielle Martin (dmartin@mercy.com).

December:

  • The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 1, 2023, at 9 a.m., via webinar for its fourth quarterly meeting. For information, contact Paula Rector (pcrector@outlook.com)