Local chapter update: Structure your local chapter with these leadership guidelines!

Is your ACDIS local chapter a bit too loosey goosey? Could it use some molding and/or structure? No problem!

Check out our guide on Local Leadership Roles, available in the Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit. In this document, you will find information relating to:

• General leadership responsibilities
• Leadership roles
• Leadership models
• Committees and subcommittees
• Role rotation

As well as a set of sample roles.

Check it out today and solidify your local chapter!

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.

December:

• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, December 5, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of an Advanced CDI Program in a Clinical Validation Denial Appeals Process,” presented by Tamara Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O, Joseph Anthony Cristiano, MD, FACP, CCDS, CHCQM-PHYADV, and Joy Bombay, RN, MSN, MHA, CCDS. For information, contact Diksha Sharma (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 6, via webinar for its fourth quarterly meeting. For information, contact James Doster (james.doster@atriumhealth.org).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, December 5, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Hot Topics Episode 6 - Coding RDS and Respiratory Failure: Friends or Foes,” presented by Kara Lawrence-Layman, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Northwest ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 11, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Common Chronic Conditions in the Outpatient Setting,” presented by Taylor Wiggins, DNP, RN, CCDS-O. For information, contact Jenny Taylor (baumertj@slhs.org).