Note from the ACDIS Director: Vote in the 2026 Advisory Board elections
by Rebecca Hendren
The ACDIS Advisory Board provides our association with guidance and feedback, offering industry expertise through authoring white papers (for ACDIS membership) and position papers (for the CDI community as a whole). In addition to this advice, you can also hear from our Board Members in ACDIS Quarterly Member Calls, at the national conference, and as occasional guests on the ACDIS Podcast.
The Board’s membership is designed to represent the make-up of our association. Comprised of 12 individuals with diverse professional backgrounds, the Advisory Board includes:
- Eight clinicians or professionals with advanced clinical training or experience, which may include registered nurses possessing an RN licensure, physician assistants (PA) or nurse practitioners (NP), or foreign medical graduates (MBBS, etc.)
- Two individuals possessing HIM/coding certification
- Two physicians possessing an MD or DO licensure
Board members are elected for three-year terms.
For 2026, the ACDIS Board has vacancies for two individuals from a clinical background, one individual from an HIM background, and one individual from a physician background. There was only one qualified candidate for the HIM role and physician role, so the Board reviewed their applications and unanimously agreed that both met all requisite criteria. These candidates will be appointed to the Board for the new term beginning in May.
We received many applications for one clinical opening, and the Board has narrowed the qualified candidates down to five. ACDIS members can read the candidates’ bios and vote for their preferred representative here: https://acdis.org/2026-acdis-advisory-board
Please note that voting is only open to current ACDIS members. As a result, the candidates and voting will not appear if you are not logged into the ACDIS website. Voting will close on April 2, 2026.
Editor’s note: Hendren is the director of ACDIS. Contact her at rebecca.hendren@hcpro.com.