Local chapter update: Check out these local fall/winter events near you!

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 Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, December 4, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Pediatric Inpatient Mental Health: CDI Impact,” presented by Jorde Spitler, MHA, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, December 5, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Sepsis & Encephalopathy,” presented by Alicia Whiteford, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, and Renee Sorgi, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS, CCS. For information, contact Sheila Drew (sdrew@Brownhealth.org).
• The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 10, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “It's Complicated: Capturing Transplant Complication Codes,” presented by Penny Cassidy, ADN, RN CCDS. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@uhkc.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 12, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Under Pressure! Our Journey to Reduce PSI 3 and Improve Patient Outcomes,” presented by Jaime Bennett, BSN, RN, CCDS, Lydia Koepke, MS, APRN, RN-BC, CWON, and Sheila Wade, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. For information, contact Diksha Sharma (Dsharma55@gmail.com).

January 2026:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 12, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “More Than a Checkbox: Why CDI and Clinical Validation Define the Future of Defensible Documentation Abstract,” presented by Kimberly Conner, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).