BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100920T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100922T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160759Z CREATED:20231025T161026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160759Z UID:23776-1284944400-1285117200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ Media Fellowships on Health Performance DESCRIPTION:About the fellowships:\n• The 2010-2011 fellows and their projects • Press release announcing program • Understanding and applying for the fellowship \n \nThis 10-month program allows mid-career journalists to pursue a significant reporting project examining health care systems. Guidance is provided through customized seminars on health performance\, conference calls and e-mail consultations with AHCJ fellowship leaders. \n\n\n\n\nSeminar 1 agenda\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, Sept. 20\n\n\n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\nFellows can take advantage of hotel’s free continental breakfast or eat elsewhere before sessions begin. \n\n\n\n\n9 a.m. \n\n\nWelcome to fellows / intro to fellowship \n\n\n\n\n9:30-11 a.m. \n\n\nUnderstanding quality data Session leader: • Ashish K. Jha\, associate professor of health policy and management\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\n\n\n11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. \n\n\nUnderstanding claims data Session leader: • Barbara Frank\, director of assistance\, University of Minnesota\, Research Data Assistance Center (CMS contractor) \n\n\n\n\n12:15-1 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\n1-2 p.m. \n\n\nHealth reform and quality measures Session leader: • Janet Corrigan\, president and chief executive officer\, National Quality Forum \n\n\n\n\n2:15-3:15 p.m. \n\n\nMental health Session leader: • Trevor Hadley\, PhD\, director\, Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research \n\n\n\n\n3:30-5 p.m. \n\n\nState and county comparisons Session leaders: • Ernest Moy\, medical officer\, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality • Cathy Schoen\, senior vice president for policy\, research and evaluation\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\nMonday evening \n\n\nFellows on own to see the city \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, Sept. 21 \n\n\n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\nFellows can take advantage of hotel’s free continental breakfast or eat elsewhere before sessions begin. \n\n\n\n\n9-10:45 a.m. \n\n\nLong-term care Session leaders: • Alfred J. Chiplin\, Jr.\, JD\, M. Div.\, managing attorney\, Center for Medicare Advocacy • Mary Jane Koren\, vice president\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. \n\n\nDoes any of this data make a difference? What’s the literature? Session leader: • Shoshanna Sofaer\, professor and Robert P. Luciano chair of health care policy\, Baruch College/CUNY \n\n\n\n\n12:15-1:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch Roundtable discussion • Irene Wielawski\, AHCJ \n\n\n\n\n1:30-2:30 p.m. \n\n\nReader engagement Session leaders: • Scott Klein\, editor of news applications\, ProPublica • Amanda Michel\, director of online engagement\, ProPublica \n\n\n\n\n2:45-4:45 p.m. \n\n\nRoundtable on fellows’ projects Session leaders: • Trudy Lieberman\, contributing editor\, Columbia Journalism Review; AHCJ board member • Charles Ornstein\, senior reporter\, ProPublica; AHCJ board member \n\n\n\n\n6:30 p.m. \n\n\nReception to meet the Harkness Fellows The Water Club (500 East 30th Street) \n\n\n\n\n7:15 p.m. \n\n\nOpening Remarks Karen Davis\, president\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 22\n\n\n\n\nYou are invited to join the kickoff sessions being held for the Harkness Fellows. This program is sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund for a select group of academic researchers\, clinicians\, managers\, government policymakers\, and journalists from Australia\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, New Zealand\, Norway\, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. They spend up to a year in the United States working with leading U.S. experts on a research study addressing a critical health policy issue in both the U.S. and their home country. New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue (entrance on East 103rd Street) \n\n\n\n\n7:30-8 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast with the Harkness Fellows \n\n\n\n\n8 a.m. \n\n\nWelcome • Robin Osborn \n\n\n\n\n8:15-10:15 a.m. \n\n\nImproving care for chronically ill: Care coordination\, transitions and home care Moderator: Robin Osborn • Mary Naylor\, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing • Penny H. Feldman\, Visiting Nurse Service of New York • Carol Levine\, United Hospital Fund \n\n\n\n\n10:15-10:30 a.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n10:30 a.m.-Noon \n\n\nHow to achieve a high-performing delivery system? Moderator: Michelle G. Ries • Lawrence P. Casalino\, Weill-Cornell Medical College • Murray Ross\, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. \n\n\n\n\nNoon-1 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\nNOTE: You are welcome to attend as much of the afternoon program as you can. \n\n\n\n\n1-3 p.m. \n\n\nEnsuring best practice and consumer preferences in health care reform Moderator: Bradford H. Gray • Lisa Bero\, University of California\, San Francisco • Kevin A. Schulman\, Duke University • Peter A. Ubel\, Duke University \n\n\n\n\n3-3:45 p.m. \n\n\nNetworking break \n\n\n\n\n3:45-4 p.m. \n\n\nClosing remarks • Robin Osborn URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-media-fellowships-on-health-performance-2/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100921T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100921T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160758Z CREATED:20231030T213135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160758Z UID:25464-1285030800-1285030800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Impact of economic stimulus money on medical research at UCSF DESCRIPTION:Event hosted by AHCJ's SF Bay Area Chapter \nIs federal stimulus spending creating the millions of new jobs promised by President Obama? Are mechanisms against fraud and to promote transparency in place? The debate over the massive Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is becoming louder and brasher 18 months after its passage and two months before the mid-term Congressional elections. \nAccording to the official government website (www.recovery.gov)\, $202 billion for 12\,000 contracts\, grants\, and awards were issued as of June 30. Of the total\, $10 billion was directed to the National Institutes of Health. It is spending the funds on thousands of medical research projects and scientific infrastructure awarded to individual scientists\, one grant at a time. \nThe initiative has brought full-employment to scientists at the University of California\, San Francisco. As of July 31\, its researchers were awarded 280 ARRA-funded grants valued at $66.2 million. It laboratories are humming with researchers who are creating the next generation of genetically inspired drugs and personalized therapies. \nThe situation offers excellent health care reporting opportunities that combine economics\, politics\, and medical science. If you have never covered UCSF\, this is your opportunity to learn how. \nUCSF will showcase three ARRA-funded projects that exemplify the range of groundbreaking research under way on its campuses. Principal investigators for three multi-million dollar projects will describe how their discoveries may save lives and stoke the economy. \nOur speakers \n\n\nKristen Bole\, biotech news manager\, UCSF Public Affairs\, will provide an overview of ARRA funding at UCSF and introduce you to the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT)\, a web-based method for identifying groundbreaking projects at UCSF and other medical research institutions. \n\n\n\n\nNeil Risch\, PhD\, director of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics\, received a $25 million grant in partnership with Kaiser Permanente to fund the research and creation of the largest genetic health care database ever undertaken. Through this project\, UCSF will conduct a genome-wide analysis of DNA samples from 100\,000 Kaiser Permanente member volunteers\, representing decades of historical clinical\, medication and health-related information on the largest and most diverse genetic population ever studied. The project will support 22 staff and research positions at Kaiser and UCSF in the first year alone\, as well as providing key funding to nine current faculty and physician researchers in the two institutions. \n\n\n\n\nS. Claiborne Johnston\, MD\, PhD\, physician and director of the UCSF Stroke Service\, received a $12.4 million cooperative agreement to evaluate an acute intervention in patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA)\, which occur about 250\,000 to 350\,000 times each year in the US. Johnston will lead a multicenter clinical trial to find effective therapies to reduce the overall burden of stroke on patients with TIA. These funds also will create four full-time research positions at UCSF\, six others at partnering institutions\, and positions for 25 full-time coordinators throughout the trial sites. \n\n\n\n\nGeoffrey Manley\, MD\, PhD\, a neurotrauma surgeon at San Francisco General Hospital and co-director of the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center\, received a $4.1 million Grand Opportunity award to fund a potential framework for all future Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) research\, TBI is one of the greatest unmet needs in public health and is the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Manley will lead an effort to test and refine standards for data collection in TBI studies\, suitable for use across the broad spectrum of TBI\, and use emerging technology to explore novel approaches for TBI classification and outcomes. These funds also are creating 14 full-time positions and eight part-time jobs. \n\n\nA question and answer session will follow the presentations. \nTuesday\, Sept. 21 6-8 p.m. (panel will begin at 6:30) \nUCSF Mission Bay Campus Byers Hall Room 212 1700 Fourth Street (corner of 16th) San Francisco \nEnter via Genentech Hall (adjacent building) from the quad and check in at the security desk. Street parking is available; paid parking is in the lot/garage across the street. [Map | Directions] \nLight refreshments will be served. This event is FREE; all AHCJ members\, local health journalists\, journalism students are welcome. Please RSVP to Bay.Area.AHCJ@gmail.com. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-impact-of-economic-stimulus-money-on-medical-research-at-ucsf/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR