This Health:Further Quarterly gathering will feature a high profile keynote, a panel discussion, and a briefing from Jumpstart Foundry CEO, Vic Gatto. 

The Institute of Medicine hosts a roundtable discussion at its Washington headquarters on health literacy’s role in precision medicine. The daylong meeting among a panel of experts will look at health literacy in “the genomic era” as well as how understanding health has evolved over time.

An Institute of Medicine committee holds its second meeting to discuss “Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity.” Speakers at the daylong event include representatives from GE’s Healthymagination, GW Milken Institute of Public Health, Texas Southern University and Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Board of Health, among others.

The Catalyst for Payment Reform will host this event that will include an overview of specialty pharmacy issues and address what employers need to know about these medications, most of which are high-cost drugs, and what health insurers are doing to manage the cost of these pharmaceuticals.

The open meeting will feature experts in early childhood development and peacebuilding and will look at a wide range of issues that affect children’s growth, including the impact of conflict on health, safety, education, and nutrition particularly in early childhood.

Join Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, M.D., and the Johns Hopkins University Department of Health Policy and Management on March 23rd for this seminar.

This webinar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Human Services will focus on the importance of oral health and strategies to improve oral health among people living with HIV/AIDS.

Prescription drug costs, especially for chronic conditions, are rising alarmingly. The Alliance of Community Health Plans is holding a Twitter chat to discuss the high cost of prescription drugs and ways to address the issue. 

The American Enterprise Institute hosts an event (and livestream) looking at the future of health coverage on the job. Employer-sponsored coverage has not eroded under the Affordable Care Act, but employers remain apprehensive about cost and regulation in the future.  Trends and options to be discussed include private exchanges, defined contribution plans, and corporate purchaser alliances.