Local chapter update: Find a local chapter to join in on fall festivities

It’s hard to believe September has come and gone already. Local chapters around the country held big, all-day events and CDI professionals everywhere celebrated CDI Week together. Though we’re just catching our collective breath from September, October has arrived and local chapter events are still in full swing.

The first two weeks of October hold all-day and half-day events nationwide. The first full-day event happens Friday, October 6 in Anderson, South Carolina with a jam-packed day of presentations. Then, next week, the three Missouri chapters combine forces for their annual full-day conference on Saturday, October 14. On the same day, the Michigan chapter also holds an all-day event in Flint.

Also in the next two weeks, the Central Pennsylvania and Westchester/Hudson Valley chapters each hold half-day events on Friday, October 6, and Thursday, October 12, respectively. And, on Saturday, October 14, the Michigan chapter meets for a full-day event too!

There are many other chapters meeting in October, so this list is ongoing. Next week, we’ll give a preview of the meetings taking place in the second half of October.

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 (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).

October:

• The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, October 6, 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at AnMed Health in Anderson. For information, contact Karen Bridgeman (bridgema@musc.edu).
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, October 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Reading Hospital in West Reading. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact acdiscentralpa@gmail.com.
• 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 Michigan ACDIS Chapter meets on Saturday, October 14, 7 a.m.-5 p.m., at McLaren Hospitality House in Flint. For information, contact Patricia Nemeth (pnemeth@clarohealthcare.com).
• 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).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS Chapter meets Saturday, October 21, 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wheaton Franciscan Medical Building Conference Center in Racine. To download the flyer, click here. For information, contact Teri Ryan (teri.ryan@aurora.org).
• The Virginia ACDIS Chapter meets on Saturday, October 21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Stafford Hospital in Stafford. For information, contact Shelly McBrayer (shelly.mcbrayer@chesapeakeregional.com). 
• The Texas ACDIS Chapter meets on Saturday, October 21, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. For information, contact Jennifer Cooper (jlcooper0729@gmail.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, October 25, 1-2 p.m. CST, via conference call. For information, contact Faye Bakke (Faye.Bakke@essentiahealth.org).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS Chapter meets on Thursday, October 26, 12-3 p.m., at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Please RSVP by October 13. For information and to RSVP, contact Lara Faustino (lara.faustino@bmc.org).
• The Maryland ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, October 27, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m., at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. For information, contact Candace Blankenship (Candace.Blankenship@medstar.net).

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 Suffolk County Long Island ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, November 3, 2-5 p.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook. Please RSVP by Friday, October 27. To RSVP and for information, contact scacdis@gmail.com.
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, November 3, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A timeline and agenda will be sent out as the event nears. For information, contact Cynthia Raymond (cynthia.raymond@rcchealth.com).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter holds its fall conference on Friday, November 10, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Carolinas HealthCare System CDI Department at the David H. Murdock Research Institute. Please register by Friday, November 3. To register, click here. For information, contact ncacdis@gmail.com.
• The Minnesota ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, November 22, 1-2 p.m. CST, via conference call. For information, contact Faye Bakke (Faye.Bakke@essentiahealth.org).
• The Illinois ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, November 30, 1-4 p.m., at Prentice Women's Hospital at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. For information, contact Colleen Stukenberg (cstukenberg@fhn.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).