News for NADIO: March 2026

Winter is almost over (hopefully), and Spring is right around the corner! Pretty tired of snow at this point. Looking ahead there is a lot going on for NADIO and the DIO community.  

NADIO is hosting several upcoming webinars: 

Labor Relations in GME March 30 (4:00-5:00 pm ET) will include a general introduction to unions and unionization, do’s and don’ts during a unionization campaign and during negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, and the role of the DIO throughout the process. Hosted by Barbara Flory, DIO at Lancaster General Hospital with the DIOs from Penn and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia along with Penn’s labor attorney and HR representative. 

How DIOs Shape Safe, Meaningful AI Adoption in GME April 23 (5:00-6:00 pm ET) will provide DIOs with a practical framework for guiding AI adoption in GME, integration of AI into the GME office, and AI safety in the GME setting. Speakers include Woodson “Scott” Jones, DIO at UT Health, San Antonio and Hadar Duman, Senior Director for Accreditation and Digital Innovation at University of Washington Medicine.

Well-being for DIOs May 19 ( 12:00 pm – 1 pm ET) Each leader will briefly share their approach and perspective on DIO well-being, then have them as a panel respond to questions about maintaining one’s personal well-being as a DIO/ADIO. Panelists include Woodson Jones, MD, Linda Archer, and Michelle Thompson with Co- Moderators Agatha Parks-Savage, EdD, RN and Laura Hanyok, MD. 

Open Conversation with MedHub  March 16 (noon-1 pm ET)  Several NADIO members expressed concerns about MedHub and lack of responsiveness to these concerns by the company. Joe Valentino, Director of Sales for Medhub, and his colleagues will be available for an open discussion to discuss these concerns. 

Invitations to sign up for these sessions will be arriving soon. If you have suggestions for other webinar topics please contact Laura Hanyok, DIO at Johns Hopkins atlhanyok2@jhmi.edu. She is the Chair of the newly formed NADIO Virtual Education Committee (more info below). 

The ACGME Annual Education Conference was recently hosted in San Diego. I was unable to attend but “my sources” reported back that there was a lot of discussion about the Common Program Requirements which are in the process of being revised. It was announced that the ACGME Board recently approved the immediate deletion of about 10 CPRs that were determined to not be “value added”. An upcoming ACGME e-Communications, we are told, will detail these changes. Also discussed: “fear of retaliation” questions on the survey, inconsistencies in how different RCs utilize survey results, how the ACGME handles complaints, and other topics.  

Clearly, the ACGME leadership is listening to DIOs now more than ever before. Let’s keep up our NADIO engagement!  

NADIO responded to a survey from the ACGME on the CPRs after receiving input from each Council, the NADIO Requirements Committee, and the NADIO Board of Directors. NADIO will continue to respond during public comment opportunities to proposed revisions to CPRs, Sponsoring Institutional Requirements, and individual Program Requirements with our collective DIO perspective. Your input through your Council is vital to ensure NADIO’s comments reflect your views and opinions. Please also respond individually on behalf of your SI when these public comment periods open—the more input the ACGME receives, the more likely these revisions will include the valuable DIO perspective.  

NADIO Committees 

We have nearly completed a refresh of our committees. Thanks to all who have served as a committee member in the past and to all who volunteered to join a committee or continue serving on one. We had a great response to our call for volunteers for our committees, so for some committees we had more volunteers than available positions. Committee member welcomes will be coming out soon so if you were not put on a committee of your choosing this time, there will be plenty of opportunities to join in the future.  

The former Education Committee has been reorganized into a DIO Toolbox and Enduring Resource Committee, chaired by Kerry Jordan and a Virtual Education Committee, chaired by Laura Hanyok. I am also very pleased to share that Dominique Cosco will be the Chair and Cynthia Talley will be Co-Chair for the 2026 Annual Meeting Committee.  

Other committee chairs are Josh Goldstein (Membership), Gary Chien (Research and Survey), and Dan Castellanos (Communications). The new chair of the Requirements Committee is TBD.  

2026 NADIO Annual Meeting

Remember to put our 2026 Annual Meeting on your calendars. The meeting will take place December 6-8 in Las Vegas. The feedback you provided after the 2025 meeting will ensure that the 2026 meeting is even better!! 

Board Membership Opportunity

We will be opening a call for nominations for a NADIO Board of Directors Member at Large position, for a two-year term starting in January 2027. This is a great opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of NADIO. Keep an eye out for an announcement soon. 

NADIO Member Survey

Results of the membership survey which were shown during the 2025 Annual Meeting are now available for viewing in the Community Discussion Board under the DIO and ADIO General Discussion Board, located in the File Library. Please see the picture below for reference.