Local chapter update: Fall brings chapter meetings galore, let ACDIS help get the word out!

The approach of the fall season brings many things—changing leaves, a new school year, soups and cozy meals, bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils all spring to mind. Autumn also brings an influx of activity for our local chapters and networking groups.

If your chapter is planning an event this season, ACDIS would love to help you spread the word and gather more participants. All you have to do is submit your event details via the Online Leadership Request Form. From there, ACDIS will include your event in the list below in every week’s CDI Strategies publication as well as on your chapter’s page on the ACDIS website.

You can also use the Request Form to submit an application to offer ACDIS CCDS/CCDS-O CEUs for your event, but we do require 30 days’ notice before your meeting date to ensure we can review, approve, and process the request in a timely manner for you. If you are submitting a CEU application, there’s also a checkbox that will indicate that you’d like us to go ahead and add your event to the event list/chapter page—two birds, one stone!

Click here to submit your event or CEU application today!

If you have any questions about the process of using the Request Form, please feel free to reach out to the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org.

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.

September:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, September 4, 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Topics in ECMO,” presented by Christin Carroll, MD, MS, FAAP. For information, contact Jeff Morris (morris-jeff@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 17, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Hidden Gems: Do Not Sleep on These Risk Variables,” presented by Amy Kratochvil, CCDS, CDIP. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).
• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, September 19, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Hospital Acquired Conditions/Patient Safety Indicators,” presented by RN, BS, CCM, CCDS. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 26, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in person, for their annual conference.  For information, contact Diksha Sharma (indianaacdis@gmail.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 24, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Quality: An Autopsy of a Mortality Heart Failure," presented by Michael Haarstad, MD, ACPA-C. For information, contact Ginger Katke (Ginger.Katke@EssentiaHealth.org).

October:

• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, October 8, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Malignancies from a CDI perspective,” presented by Megha Gupta, MD(FMG), MBA, CCDS. For information, contact Keri Miller (kerimiller2010@gmail.com).

November:

• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, November 6, 12-1:15 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Shock,” presented by Dawn Valdez, RN, CDIP, CCDS, CRC. For information, contact Amanda Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com).