Local chapter updates: Keep ACDIS in the loop during your event planning

Fall is one of the busiest times for ACDIS’ many local chapters. With school starting again, it seems the educational CDI events are keeping stride with those back-to-school schedules.

In order to keep ACDIS’ event information up-to-date on the chapter pages and help get the word out, please remember to keep ACDIS in the loop as you plan your next great event.

Once you have an event in the works, please send the following information to Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org):

• The date and time of your event
• The event location
• The contact person and email for your event (should be one of the principal local chapter leadership team)
• The type of meeting (e.g. quarterly; if applicable)
• Any relevant agenda items and speaker information to include (e.g., Halloween theme, etc.)
• CEU information (if applicable)

If you do plan to offer CCDS continuing education credits, remember to send in the application and relevant information to Penny Richards (prichards@acdis.org) at least 30 days in advance of the event. Please also CC Linnea Archibald on all CEU application emails. To download the Local Chapter CEU application, click here.

ACDIS wants to help you publicize the events you worked so hard to plan, but we need your help. Please remember, when in doubt, communicate. We’d love to hear from you!

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas and Linnea Archibald.  

September:

• The Pediatric ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, September 7, 3-4:30 p.m., via WebEx. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The Connecticut ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, September 14, 1:30-3 p.m., at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. For information, email napolitanonancy@hotmail.com.
• The New York City/Five Boroughs ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, September 14, 5-7:30 p.m., at NYU Langone Medical Center. For information, contact nyc5b.acdis@gmail.com.
• The California ACDIS Chapter holds its third-annual conference Friday, September 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. To register, click here. For information, contact Rani V. Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Alabama ACDIS Chapter holds an all-day fall event on Friday, September 15, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Baptist Shelby in Alabaster. For information, contact Jeffrey Morris (jwmorris@health.southalabama.edu).
• The Indiana and Kentucky ACDIS Chapters hold a meeting on Friday, September 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Ivy Tech Conference Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. For information, contact Leigh Wolff (lwolff@beaconhealthsystem.org).
• The Central New York ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 22, 2-4 p.m., at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. For information, contact Dawn Burr (dawnburr@crouse.org).
• The next Colorado ACDIS chapter meeting will be Thursday, September 28, 4-6 p.m., at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette. For information, email Rita.Kolberg@sclhs.net.
• The Maine ACDIS Chapter holds its next meeting on Friday, September 29, 12-4 p.m., at Maine General's Alfond Center for Health, conference room 2, in Augusta. For information, contact Valerie Parent (vparent@emhs.org) and Denise Worcester (denise.worcester@mainegeneral.org).

October:

• The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, October 6, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at AnMed Health in Anderson. For information, contact Karen Bridgeman (bridgema@musc.edu) or any other member of the chapter's leadership team.
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, October 12, 2017, 2-4 p.m., at St. Luke's Cornwell Hospital-Newburgh campus in the Drake Conference Room. Please RSVP by Friday, September 22. For information and to RSVP, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• Missouri’s three ACDIS local chapters join for a full-day conference event on Saturday, October 14, at the University of Kansas Hospital. To register, click here. For information, contact Michael McKelvey (michael.mckelvey@bjc.org).
• The Oregon ACDIS Chapter holds its fall conference on Friday, October 20, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the McMinnville Grand Ballroom in McMinnville. For information, contact Molly Siebert (msiebert@lhs.org).

November:

• The Kentucky ACDIS Chapter meets on Thursday, November 2, 1-4 p.m., at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter holds its fall conference with Carolinas Healthcare System Northeast on Friday, November 10. For information, contact Linda Rhodes (Linda.Rhodes@nhrmc.org).

December:

• The Maine ACDIS Chapter holds a meeting on Friday, December 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. For information, contact Valerie Parent (vparent@emhs.org).

Save-the-date:

• The Kentucky ACDIS Chapter meets on Thursday, February 1, 2018, 1-4 p.m., at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).