Health Journalism 2011

A record 625 people attended this year’s conference!

We were proud to welcome new members and old friends to Health Journalism 2011 for the dozens of panels, workshops, field trips, newsmaker briefings, receptions and more.

New:

• Tip sheets & presentations from the sessions

• Watch Dr. Lemole’s keynote speech
  (Excerpt: Lemole describes medical procedures performed on Giffords)

• Stories about individual panels:

• Panelists share stories from the frontlines of military trauma care 
• From pee wee to pro: Head injuries in sports
• Can the FDA ensure food safety?
• Future of nursing: Blueprint for health care reform
• Experts dubious about an HIV vaccine 
• End-of-life planning a ‘fertile area’ for storytellers 
• What editors wish writers knew
• Experts weigh in on ethics in clinical trials
• Debate over health reform continues
• Going mobile: The new telemedicine  
• Is enough being done about health care-associated infections?  
• Localizing national health care investigations
• What you need to know about accountable care organizations
• Best practices in blogging and social media
• Officials, reporters offer conflicting advice on getting public documents
• Berwick debuts website featuring health data
• Reporting on effectiveness of autism treatments
• Collins focuses on molecular basis for diseases to develop therapeutics
• The intersection of highway safety and health
• Panelists suggest stories about health reform implementation
• Neurosurgeon reflects on time in the media spotlight
• Slide show from day one of the conference
• More coming soon …

Conference coverage:

• Contact Sports and Concussions: A Real Threat to Student Athletes, Robyn Abree, The Grady Journal
• Autism in journalism, Toni Lapp, Spectrum Connection
• State bill aims for athletic concussion protection, prevention, Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
• Is Enough Being Done about Healthcare-Associated Infections?, Maura Crossen-Luba, ECRI Institute 
• Health Care Journalists visit ECRI Institute 
• HIV Vaccine Dubious, Tracey Zhu, The Epoch Times
• Trauma Center is Key to Survival, Constance Alexander, Murray (Ky.) Ledger & Times
• The Health Show, WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
• Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view, The Associated Press
• Ford safety, or lack thereof, Dr. Judy Stone
• Postcards from Philly: April 14 | April 15 | April 16, Loretta Sword, The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain
• Safety effort seeking to reduce hospital errors, Andy Miller, Georgia Health News
• Surgeon describes details of Gabrielle Giffords’ trauma care, Tinker Ready, Boston blog
• Mobile devices, technology are changing medicine, Amber Smith, The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard
• Editors’ Roundtable: Science Conference Reports podcast, Christine Gorman & Robin Lloyd, Scientific American
• The word of the day is: FOOD, Laura Smith, University of Georgia Health & Medical Journalism Graduate Program
• How nanotechnology may revolutionize the detection of traumatic brain injury using a sensor that changes color, Pieter Droppert, Biotech Strategy Blog
• Tips on blogging & social media success from Health Journalism 2011, Pieter Droppert, Biotech Strategy Blog
• Lessons from Massachusetts Healthcare Reform, Pieter Droppert, Biotech Strategy Blog
• Is there a crisis in the drug development pipeline? Pieter Droppert, Biotech Strategy Blog
• Health care reform in one state may be a harbinger for national effort, By Robin Lloyd, Scientific American
• Blog post on Politics, Science, and Other Assorted Musings, Dr. Judy Stone
• Caution urged as smartphone technology expands into medicine and health, Jane M. Von Bergen, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Wireless Medicine’s Promise: Less Cost, Better Care, David Gorn, California Healthline
• Surgeon Who Treated Gabrielle Giffords Talks About Dealing with Media, Emily P. Walker, MedPage Today
• Hail, Queen Leona, Constance Alexander, Murray (Ky.) Ledger & Times
• Infections: a stadium-sized problem, Chelsea Conaboy, The Boston Globe
• Electronic health records face human hurdles more than technological ones, Robin Lloyd, Scientific American
• Tapping into the e-patient phenomenon, Joy Robertson, KOLR- Springfield, Mo.
• Charles Ornstein’s coverage from Storify
• 10 things I learned at the Association of Health Care Journalists Meeting, Brian Reid, WGC World
• Experts Look to Mass. for Health Care Lessons, George Lauer, California Healthline
• Delicious bookmarks from the conference, thanks to Emma Gallegos
• The Future of Healthcare Journalism Looks Bright and Data-Driven, Helen Phung, Practice Fusion EHR Bloggers
• Highlights of Health Journalism 2011, Saerom Yoo
• Chipping Away at Health Reform, Trudy Lieberman, CJR,org

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Post-conference material

• Conference recap
• Session presentations and tip sheets
• Stories about sessions
• Stories since the conference

Spotlight speakers

Among the dozens of expert speakers and instructors who joined us this year:
• G. Michael Lemole Jr., the neurosurgeon who operated on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in Tucson, will be the keynote speaker.
• Brian Deer, the British reporter who exposed the weaknesses in a study that led parents all over the world to withhold vaccines from their children
• Walt Bogdanich, investigative editor for The New York Times and former 60 Minutes producer.
• Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, and Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, spoke in separate Newsmaker Briefings.
• David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Session titles will be posted in the weeks to come. In the meantime, take a look at last year’s schedule for an idea of the wide range of topics and speakers you can expect.