Local chapter update: Close out 2025 with your local CDI community!

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 Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, December 11, 3:30–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Transforming Outpatient CDI: Harnessing AI and Physician Engagement for Value-Based Care,” presented by Jake Aleckson and Amy Robbins, MD. For information, contact Cindy Ballard (Dsharma55@gmail.com).
• 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 (oceanangel28@yahoo.com).

January 2026:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 21, 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).