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:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180820T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180823T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155354Z CREATED:20231025T162111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155354Z UID:24292-1534726800-1534986000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Public Health Informatics Conference DESCRIPTION:The theme for the 2018 PHI Conference is Connecting Systems and People to Improve Population Health. To support this theme\, the conference will feature sessions that explore the following topic areas: \nInformation systems: highlights of technical aspects of information systems; IT infrastructure; interoperability (within and across agencies representing various sectors); health information exchange; data quality; and change management \nGovernance: strategy; law; policy; standards; data security; and privacy \nInformatics workforce and leadership development: teaching\, training\, and applying core skills in informatics; leadership; strategic thinking; communicating (informatics concepts and the value proposition); and engaging stakeholders \nInnovations and novel applications: new and existing hardware (e.g.\, devices\, diagnostics) and software (e.g. blockchain\, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources [FHIR]\, geographic information system [GIS]) technologies; sources generating and using big data; leveraging open source software; health information exchange; applications to addressing problems affecting population health; clinical decision support; natural language processing; and making use of unstructured data \nInformatics-based solutions to improving population health: approaches to addressing problems affecting population health pertaining to a variety of topic areas (e.g.\, chronic diseases\, communicable diseases\, natural disasters\, preparedness\, opioids\, immunization\, health inequities); conducting and translating research; and accessing\, analyzing\, and visualizing data across different sectors \nLaboratory informatics: laboratory information systems\, bioinformatics; advanced molecular detection; genomics URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/public-health-informatics-conference-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180823T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180823T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155352Z CREATED:20231103T173512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155352Z UID:26476-1534986000-1534986000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Social determinants\, opioids and infectious disease deaths DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\n\nRecorded webcast \n\n\nJonathan Mermin’s presentation \n\n\nJay Butler’s presentation \n\n\nAHCJ core topic on infectious diseases \n\n\nAHCJ core topic on social determinants \n\n\n \n\nRecorded Aug. 23\, 2018\nDeaths from infectious diseases steadily declined in the U.S. between 1980 and 2014\, but not everywhere. There were large differences between some states\, where rates either didn’t decline or rose for certain diseases. The disparities were especially apparent in regions hard hit by the opioid epidemic and in communities that are less economically prosperous. Two public health leaders who are working on the front-lines of the opioid crisis will talk about how they are working to address the impact of social determinants on infectious disease death rates and will provide reporters with ideas on where to find stories in their community. \n\n\nJay Butler\, M.D.\, chief medical officer & public health director\, Alaska Department of Health and Human Services \n\n\nJonathan Mermin\, M.D.\, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS\, Viral Hepatitis\, STD\, and TB Prevention\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \n\n\nModerator:  Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nJay Butler\, M.D.\, was appointed chief medical officer for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and director of the Division of Public Health by Governor Bill Walker in December 2014. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Medical School\, has completed clinical trainings at Vanderbilt and Emory Universities\, and maintains clinical board certifications in infectious diseases\, internal medicine\, and pediatrics. From 2010 to 2014\, Butler was senior director for community health services at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage\, where he was also a clinical infectious diseases consultant and medical director for infection control and employee health. Earlier work includes serving as chief medical officer of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services from 2007-09\, Alaska state epidemiologist\, 2005- 07\, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program\, 1998-2005\, and medical epidemiologist in CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases in Atlanta\, 1991-98. \nJonathan Mermin\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is the director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS\, Viral Hepatitis\, STD\, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)\, and a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service. He oversees the nation’s efforts to prevent HIV\, viral hepatitis\, sexually transmitted diseases\, and tuberculosis. From 2009-13\, Mermin directed CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention\, overseeing the agency’s HIV efforts in the United States. He previously served as director of CDC-Kenya and HHS public health attaché for the U.S. Embassy from 2006-09\, and as director of CDC-Uganda from 1999-2006. In Uganda\, he oversaw implementation of the first antiretroviral treatment program funded by CDC outside of the United States\, gaining practical experience for PEPFAR and supporting widespread HIV treatment efforts in developing countries. Mermin began his career at CDC in 1995 as an EIS officer with the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch. \n\nJay Butler \n\n\nJonathan Mermin \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/social-determinants-opioids-and-infectious-disease-deaths/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR