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SUMMARY:Deadline to apply: AHCJ Fellowship on Comparative Effectiveness Research
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn how to write more accurate\, in-depth stories on medical research and how medical decisions are made?\nThe Association of Health Care Journalists has teamed up with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to present the AHCJ Fellowship on Comparative Effectiveness Research. \nA select group of fellows will be chosen to spend a week in Washington\, D.C.\, focused on understanding and reporting on medical research. \nComparative effectiveness research is the comparison of different interventions and strategies to prevent\, diagnose\, treat and monitor health conditions. The aim: inform patients\, providers and decision-makers as to which interventions are most effective for which patients and under which circumstances. \nLearn more and apply here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-to-apply-ahcj-fellowship-on-comparative-effectiveness-research/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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SUMMARY:Health Equity and Early Childhood Development Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine’s (NAS) holds its second meeting to discuss health equity issues affecting prenatal care through early childhood. The event\, held at the Academies’ Keck Center in Washington\, will be webcast and is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Contact Anna Martin (awmartin@nas.edu) for more information.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-equity-and-early-childhood-development-meeting/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180807T010000
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SUMMARY:Large Employers’ 2019 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Changes
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe National Business Group on Health will discuss the results of its annual survey\, the Large Employers’ 2019 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Changes\, including projected cost increases for 2019\, changes to employers’ benefit plans and what employees can expect during open enrollment.  \nTo attend the briefing\, journalists must RSVP to receive a security access code. Remote access is available. For details and to RSVP\, contact Ed Emerman at eemerman@eaglepr.com\, or 609-275-5162 or 609-240-2766. \n10 to 11 a.m. (continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m.) \nThe National Press ClubNational Press Club Building (Bloomberg Room)529 14th Street\, NW\, 13th FloorWashington\, DC  20045 \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/large-employersae-2019-health-care-strategy-and-plan-design-changes/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180808T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T161204Z
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SUMMARY:Lack of Change in Perinatal Mortality in the United States\, 2014 through 2016
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, Aug. 8\, 2018\, at 12:01 am ET \nThe CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will release a new report on perinatal mortality in the United States. Perinatal mortality (late fetal death at 28 weeks or more and early neonatal death under age 7 days) can be an indicator of the quality of health care before\, during and after delivery\, the CDC says. \nThe report\, “Lack of Change in Perinatal Mortality in the United States\, 2014 through 2016\,” is under embargo until Aug. 8 at 12:01 am ET\, but is available to journalists who sign up here before the embargo lifts
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lack-of-change-in-perinatal-mortality-in-the-united-states-2014-through-2016/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180809T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T161202Z
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SUMMARY:High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 with Employment-Based Insurance Cover
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug. 9\, 2018\,at 12:01 a.m. ET \nThe CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will release a new report on enrollment in high-deductible health plans for adults with employer-sponsored health insurance. \nThe report\, “High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 with Employment-Based Insurance Coverage\,” is under embargo until Aug. 9 at 12:01 am ET\, but is available to journalists who sign up here before the embargo lifts.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/high-deductible-health-plan-enrollment-among-adults-aged-18-64-with-employment-based-insurance-cover/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180817T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T155355Z
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SUMMARY:Advancing Health Care and Community-Based Organization Partnerships to Address Social Determinants
DESCRIPTION:This webinar\, made by possible by Kaiser Permanente Community Health\, will explore promising strategies to develop and sustain health care/community-based organization partnerships that address social determinants of health. Featured participants will include representatives from Project Access NOW (Portland\, Oregon)\, Hunger Free Colorado\, and 2-1-1 San Diego’s Community Information Exchange. The webinar is co-hosted by the Center for Health Care Strategies and Nonprofit Finance Fund. \nAug 17\, 2:30 p.m. ET \nRegister for this webinar now.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/advancing-health-care-and-community-based-organization-partnerships-to-address-social-determinants/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180822T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T155353Z
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SUMMARY:States of despair: Understanding declining life expectancy in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Aug. 22\, noon-1:30 p.m. Complimentary lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. \nDirksen Senate Office Building\, Room G-50 50 Constitution Ave NE\, Washington\, DC \nThis event is open to the public and panelists will be speaking on the record. \n“Deaths of despair” – deaths from suicide\, alcohol\, and drug abuse – are steadily rising across the United States. The Commonwealth Fund’s recently released 2018 State Scorecard on State Health System Performance indicates that the average life expectancy at birth declined for the second year in a row. This briefing will inform policymakers on the drivers and impacts of these trends\, as well as highlight the development of state and federal policy solutions to address them. \n\n\nMarvin Figueroa\, Ed.M.\, deputy secretary\, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources\, Commonwealth of Virginia \n\n\nRichard T. McKeon\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\, chief\, Suicide Prevention Branch\, Center for Mental Health Services\, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration \n\n\nAnand Parekh\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, chief medical advisor\, Bipartisan Policy Center \n\n\nDavid Radley\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\, senior scientist\, Tracking Health System Performance\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\nJoseph W. Thompson\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, president and CEO\, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement \n\n\nModerator: Sarah J. Dash\, president and CEO\, Alliance for Health Policy \n\n\nPlease register by 4 p.m. ET on Aug 21 to ensure availability of event materials.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/states-of-despair-understanding-declining-life-expectancy-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Florida
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