Resources
Health Journalism 2013: Speaker presentations
Currently being compiled.
THURSDAY |
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5:15 p.m. |
Kickoff: Welcome to Massachusetts! • Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick When experts disagree: The art of medical decision making • Jerome Groopman, M.D., Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; chief of experimental medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
Amphitheater |
12:45 p.m. |
Reporting on medical studies • Ivan Oransky, M.D., executive editor, Reuters Health |
Cityview 1 |
Tech tools to diversify your sources • Shuka Kalantari, health outreach coordinator, KQED-San Francisco |
Cityview 2 | |
FRIDAY |
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9 a.m. |
The growing complication of coordinating senior care • Terry Ellis, Ph.D., P.T., N.C.S., assistant professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University; director, Center for Neurorehabilitation |
Back Bay |
10:40 a.m. |
From compounders to drug shortages: Covering pharmacies and pharmacists • Michael R. Cohen, R.Ph., M.S., president, Institute for Safe Medication Practices |
Cityview 1 |
Promises of replacement medicine • Dany Adams, Ph.D., research associate professor, Tufts University |
Cityview 2 |
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The nanny state: Can government change our behavior? • Susan Kansagra, M.D., M.B.A., assistant commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Amphitheater |
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Freelance: Ideas that editors buy • David Corcoran, editor, Science Times, The New York Times |
Skyline |
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1:40 p.m. |
Lessons from Massachusetts in handling health care costs • Andrew Dreyfus, president and chief executive officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts |
Cityview 1 |
Covering end-of-life issues • Muriel Gillick, M.D., staff physician, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, professor of population medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute |
Amphitheater |
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Latest research into the mysteries of autism • Roula Choueiri, M.D., neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Center for Children with Special Needs, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center |
Skyline |
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4 p.m. |
Can technology-consumer interaction improve health behaviors? • Brian Jack, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center |
Cityview 1 |
Tracking, exposing prescription drug abuse in your state • John L. Eadie, director, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Center of Excellence at Brandeis University |
Amphitheater |
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SATURDAY |
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9 a.m. |
The drive toward earlier Alzheimer’s treatment • Gad Marshall, M.D., associate medical director of clinical trials, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital; assistant professor of neurology, Harvard Medical School |
Cityview 2 |
Local hospitals start paying price for readmissions • Susannah Bernheim, M.D., M.H.S., acting director of quality measurement, Centers for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine |
Amphitheater |
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10:40 a.m. |
Why is food still making us sick in the 21st century? • Will Daniels, senior vice president, operations and organic integrity, Earthbound Farm |
Cityview 1 |
Freelance: Road to security • Ilise Benun, founder & director, Marketing-Mentor.com |
Back Bay |
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3 p.m. |
Rich hospital, poor hospital: Stories of business survival • Alan Sager, Ph.D., professor of health policy and management, Boston University School of Public Health |
Cityview 1 |
4:40 p.m. |
Diabetes: Latest in diagnosis, treatment, prevention • David M. Nathan, M.D., director, MGH Diabetes Center and Clinical Research Center; professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School |
Cityview 1 |
SUNDAY |
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“How-to Sunday” sessions |
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9 a.m. |
Deciphering inspection reports to cover hospital quality • Paul Dreyer, Ph.D,. principal, Dreyer Consulting |
Cityview 1 |
10:40 a.m. |
Diving into documents: Using 990s and more to cover hospital finances • Howard Rivenson, senior lecturer on health management, Harvard School of Public Health |
Skyline |
How to spot troubled health care workers • David Swankin, president and chief exectutive officer, Citizen Advocacy Center |
Skyline |