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.

The conference will let the world’s leading dementia scientists share the latest thoughts and theories in the field and will include a new conference track focused on social, behavioral and care research and practice, designed for dementia care researchers and practitioners.

AAIC will be held this year from July 14 – 19 in downtown Vancouver. Symposia will highlight research and practice that surrounds alzheimer’s disease, dementia and related diseases.

SAMHSA, in partnership with Mental Health Systems Inc. is hosting this conference to bring together a diverse audience with an interest in prevention, mental health and addiction services for women and girls.

The U.S. health care system prides itself on adopting the principles of evidence-based medicine. Do the same principles and values hold true for evidence-based policymaking? If better evidence leads to better policy, then how does research get translated into the acceptance, alteration, or rejection of specific policies? What is the political equivalent of “bench-to-bedside”? When does the process fall short and how can it be made more effective?