Local chapter update: Help the Chapter Advisory Board serve you better

The Chapter Advisory Board requests that all chapter leaders take a moment to respond to a brief, 20-question survey. The results will help the Chapter Advisory Board better understand the needs of local chapters and plan events for leaders in 2018..

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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 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. to3 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. to3:45 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 Utah ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, November 2, 5:30-8 p.m., at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake. For information, contact uacdis@gmail.com.
• 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 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. to4 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 Georgia ACDIS Chapter meets on Friday, November 17, for their fourth quarter meeting at Columbus Regional Healthcare in Columbus. More details to follow. Click here to see the save-the-date!
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 22, 1-2 p.m., 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 meets 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).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, December 8, 12-3 p.m., for their holiday meeting at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. There will be a pot luck from 12-1 p.m. For information, contact Candace Blankenship (candace.blankenship@medstar.net).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets on Thursday, December 14, 12-1 p.m. PST, via webinar. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (ME.VanGelder@honorhealth.com).

Save-the-date:

• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, January 11, 2-4 p.m. More details to follow. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 17, 12-1 p.m. CST, via webinar. For information, contact Colleen Stukenberg (cstukenberg@fhn.org).
• 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).