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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T010000
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SUMMARY:Race Matters: Covering Communities of Color
DESCRIPTION:The Poynter Institute hosts a 2 p.m. EDT webinar on “how to find and intelligently cover stories about race.” The course\, taught by Al Jazeera America’s  Sarah Hoye\, aims to offer case studies and best approaches to covering racial issues. Registration required.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/race-matters-covering-communities-of-color/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150527T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150527T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154425Z
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SUMMARY:Reducing Early Childhood Tooth Decay: Approaches in Medicaid
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. EDT\, Wednesday\, May 27 \nDuring this 90-minute webinar sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oral Health Initiative\, panelists will discuss the causes of early childhood caries (ECC) and strategies that states can use to move toward a prevention and management approach to treating the disease. \nClick here to register. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reducing-early-childhood-tooth-decay-approaches-in-medicaid/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T154426Z
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SUMMARY:Press briefing: How to follow insurance rate review process in your state
DESCRIPTION:Teleconference Wednesday\, May 20\, at 1 pm ET\nFamilies USA and Consumers Union will brief the media on health insurance rate review and the need for greater transparency before rates become final. \nAhead of the briefing\, both Families USA and Consumers Union offer resources on rate review for journalists. During the briefing\, speakers address the purpose\, goal and importance of rate review; how rate review varies among the states; what makes for a strong state review authority; consumers’ and the federal government’s roles in rate review. \nThe presenters will be Dena Mendelsohn\, health policy analyst\, Consumers Union; Cheryl Fish-Parcham\, director\, private insurance program\, Families USA; Victoria Veltri\, state healthcare advocate\, Office of the Healthcare Advocate\, Connecticut; and Ed Weisbart\, vice president\, Consumer Council of Missouri. Q&A will follow. \nTo participate\, dial 888-401-4669 and use confirmation code: 9163383. For more information\, call Dave Lemmon at Families USA (202 628-3030 or dlemmon@familiesusa.org) or Kara Kelber at  Consumers Union (202-462-6262 or kkelber@consumer.org). \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/press-briefing-how-to-follow-insurance-rate-review-process-in-your-state/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T154427Z
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SUMMARY:Hospitals’ telebriefing on 340B drug pricing
DESCRIPTION:Representatives from more than 500 hospitals and health care systems hold a briefing at noon ET to discuss potential changes to the 340B drug pricing program. The program calls for drugmakers to give hospitals that treat the uninsured and the poor drug discounts. \nContact:  Camille Ahearn\, cahearn@gymr.com or 202-745-5116.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hospitalsae-telebriefing-on-340b-drug-pricing/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154428Z
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SUMMARY:The Changing Geography of Poverty
DESCRIPTION:University of Washington professor Scott Allard and University of Michigan researcher Alex Murphy participate in a 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT) webinar to discuss dramatic changes in U.S. poverty as urban and suburban demographics shift. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-changing-geography-of-poverty/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150519T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150519T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154429Z
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SUMMARY:Media teleconference on rising deductibles and the underinsured
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 19\, at noon ET\nA new Commonwealth Fund report shows that an estimated 31 million people were underinsured last year and that many skipped needed health care and depleted savings to pay their medical bills. The report is embargoed until 12:01 am ET on May 20. \nDuring the teleconference\, fund President David Blumenthal\, M.D.\, and fund researcher Sara Collins will review the findings and discuss trends and implications for Americans. \nPlease RSVP to Bethanne Fox\, bfox@cmwf.org or 301-448-7411.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-teleconference-on-rising-deductibles-and-the-underinsured/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T161937Z
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SUMMARY:The American Health Care Mess – A Doctor’s Perspective: Dr. Sandeep Jauhar
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sandeep Jauhar\, a cardiologist\, is the director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. His two books about his medical education and career—Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation and Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician—provide trenchant insights into the inefficiencies and waste of our troubled\, profit-driven health care system\, and the negative impact of these flaws on patient care. He has written for The New York Times for many years and is now a regular columnist for the opinion section. \nRSVP by emailing nikishapiro@berkeley.edu or calling 510-664-4685. \nDate & time:Tuesday\, May 5\, 2015Reception at 5 p.m. Discussion at 6 p.m.  \nLocation:Morgan Hall\, UC Berkeley \nAccess the live and on-demand webcast here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-american-health-care-mess-ae-a-doctoraes-perspective-dr-sandeep-jauhar/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150504T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150504T010000
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SUMMARY:Global Oral Health Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Speakers will include Riva Touger-Decker R.D.\, Ph.D.\, professor and chair of Nutritional Sciences\, Rutgers University\, Cristin E Kearns\, D.D.S.\, M.B.A.\, University of California\, San Francisco\, and Paula Moynihan\, B.Sc.\, Ph.D.\, professor of nutrition and oral health\, Newcastle University. \nMay 4\, 1 pm to 5 pm\, reception to follow. \nUniversity of California San Francisco School of Dentistry\, Parnassus N-225\, San Francisco \nFor more information email Roger.Mraz@ucsf.edu or call  415-476-3276. Website \n  
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/global-oral-health-symposium/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150421T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T161942Z
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SUMMARY:Webcast: Challenges and Opportunities Facing an Aging Society
DESCRIPTION:Experts from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society will gather on April 21st to present policy recommendations to address critical issues surrounding the social\, economic and institutional implications of an aging society. The event will be webcast in its entirety online. \nThe policy-focused event will include remarks from the nation’s leading experts on aging\, as well as panel discussions exploring issues on productivity in an aging society\, societal cohesion\, and intergenerational relationships. \nThe event will also serve as the unveiling of a specially-themed issue of Daedalus\, the academic journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, entitled “Successful Aging of Societies.” This issue of Daedalus features a series of essays focusing on the opportunities and challenges facing the United States as it tackles demographic transformation. \nPresenters: \n\n\nJohn W. Rowe\, M.D.\, Columbia University \n\n\nS. Jay Olshansky\, Ph.D.\, University of Illinois \n\n\nLisa Berkman\, Ph.D.\, Harvard University \n\n\nFrank Furstenberg\, Ph.D.\, University of Pennsylvania \n\n\nDate & time:Tuesday\, April 21\, 20151 – 4:30 p.m. \nTo register for and receive the link to the online webcast\, please email Coleen Herbert or call her at (202)745-5119. \nThe MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society\, established in 2008 and led by John W. Rowe\, M.D.\, is an interdisciplinary group of scholars that studies the critical issues surrounding the social\, economic\, and institutional implications of an aging society. The Network‘s goal is to offer policy options to enhance the transition to a productive\, cohesive\, secure and equitable aging society.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-challenges-and-opportunities-facing-an-aging-society/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150421T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T161943Z
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SUMMARY:The Antibiotics Crisis: The Health Care and Human Costs of Drug Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the School of Public Health present this webcast panel discussion about the antibiotics crisis. As bacteria rapidly outmaneuver our ability to control them\, we are increasingly vulnerable to outbreaks of drug-resistant pathogens. The use of antibiotics in livestock production is driving the growth of this resistance and appears to be contributing to our obesity epidemic. This event will be webcast live and posted afterwards for later viewing. \nPanelists: \n\n\nMaryn McKenna\, science journalist\, board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists\, and author of an upcoming book on the history of antibiotics use in livestock production \n\n\nDr. Lee Riley\, UC Berkeley professor of infectious diseases \n\n\nMichael Pollan\, UC Berkeley professor of journalism\, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and other books \n\n\nDr. Piero Garzaro\, regional infectious diseases chair for The Permanente Medical Group Northern California \n\n\nDavid Tuller (Introduction)\, Dr.P.H.\,  lecturer and academic coordinator\, UC Berkeley MPH/MJ program \n\n\nDr. John Swartzberg (Moderator)\, UC Berkeley professor of infectious diseases and editorial director of The Berkeley Wellness Letter and BerkeleyWellness.com. \n\n\nFind out more about this event. It will be webcast live and posted afterwards for later viewing. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Berkeley Wellness\, The California Wellness Foundation\, Berkeley Food Institute\, UC Berkeley Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases and CalPIRG (UC Berkeley chapter). \nDate & time:Tuesday\, April 21\, 20151:30-3 p.m. \nLocation:Banatao Auditorium310 Sutardja Dal HallUC Berkeley
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-antibiotics-crisis-the-health-care-and-human-costs-of-drug-resistance/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150407T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150407T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154430Z
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UID:26062-1428368400-1428368400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:World Health Day 2015: Food Safety
DESCRIPTION:How much do you really know about your food? In an increasingly globalized food economy\, threats to the safety and health of food are emerging constantly. Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people annually. Food containing harmful bacteria\, viruses\, parasites or chemical substances is responsible for more than 200 diseases\, ranging from diarrhea to cancers. \nThe theme of World Health Day 2015 is “Food Safety\,” and encourages people all over the world to ensure that the food on their plates is safe to eat.  \nVisit World Health Day 2015 for a toolkit\, downloadable posters\, global food safety statistics\, and a quiz on food safety. \nDate:April 7\, 2015 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/world-health-day-2015-food-safety/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T150845Z
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SUMMARY:New York AHCJ Chapter Event: The Digital Doctor
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Wachter\, chief of the division of hospital medicine and chief of the medical service at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center\, will talk about his new book “The Digital Doctor: Hope\, Hype\, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.” Free books will be available to the first 25 attendees. \nRSVP:  Please send an email to Trudy Lieberman at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com if you plan to attend. \nDate & time:March 25\, 6 – 8 p.m. \nLocation:CUNY Graduate School of Journalism219 W. 40th St. Room 308
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/new-york-ahcj-chapter-event-the-digital-doctor/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150320T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150320T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154431Z
CREATED:20231103T162627Z
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UID:26055-1426813200-1426813200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:National Action Conference: Policies and Payment Systems to Improve End-of-Life Care
DESCRIPTION:The IOM will convene health leaders\, policy makers\, and other stakeholders to discuss the IOM report Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life. This conference will focus on what could be implemented and what barriers exist that might prevent them from becoming a reality. It will also feature panels on national policy issues\, including: \n\n\nOpportunities and challenges for health care systems\, providers\, insurers\, hospice and palliative care organizations\, patient groups\, and quality standards organizations \n\n\nThe integration of financing for medical and social services near the end of life \n\n\nImprovements to public and private payment systems to facilitate high-quality care \n\n\nAtul Gawande\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Surgeon\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, will give the keynote address. Gawande is also a professor in the Harvard schools of medicine and public health\, and is the author of four best-selling books\, including Being Mortal. He has been a staff writer at the The New Yorker since 1998. \nThis event will also be webcast\, and is free and open to the public. For more information\, see the agenda. Register or sign up to view the webcast here.  \nDate & time:March 20\, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET Reception to follow. \nLocation:National Academy of Sciences Building2101 Constitution Avenue\, NWWashington\, DC 20418  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-action-conference-policies-and-payment-systems-to-improve-end-of-life-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150319T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150319T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154432Z
CREATED:20231103T162927Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Health Care Revolution No One's Talking About: Changing How We Pay for Care
DESCRIPTION:Health insurers and the federal Medicare program are seeking the best ways to pay providers based on value and performance rather than on the volume of services they deliver. Medicare recently announced a shift that could bend the health care cost curve by moving away from fee-for-service payment. \nHealth economist Austin Frakt of The New York Times’ column The Upshot; Arnold Milstein\, M.D.\, Stanford’s School of Medicine; and Jordan Rau of Kaiser Health News will explain the challenges the federal government faces in trying to slow the rate of growth in health costs. Included in the discussion will be how can journalists find compelling human stories amid these trends. \nThis free webinar is sponsored by USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships and the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation. \nJournalists can register here. \nDate & time:1 p.m. – 2 p.m.\, March 19\, 2015 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-the-health-care-revolution-no-ones-talking-about-changing-how-we-pay-for-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150319T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150319T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154433Z
CREATED:20231103T162927Z
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UID:26064-1426726800-1426726800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: All Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) Working for You
DESCRIPTION:The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a series of webinars titled\, Improving Cost Transparency and Quality of Care: All Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) Working for You. \nDuring the first session on March 19\, Improving Data Quality for APCDs\, experts will discuss APCD data quality and improvement efforts and answer questions about how these efforts relate to health insurers and the states. \nPanel members will be Bernie Inskeep of United Healthcare\, Karynlee Harrington of Maine Quality Forum and Maine Health Data Organization\, and Mary Taylor\, a payer compliance expert. R. Adams Dudley\, MD\, of the University of California\, San Francisco\, will moderate the discussion. \nTo register\, click here. \nDate & time:March 19\, 2015\, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-all-payer-claims-databases-apcds-working-for-you/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150318T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150318T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T150844Z
CREATED:20231103T162727Z
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SUMMARY:Happy hours with the drugmakers
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Health Care Journalists’ Washington D.C. chapter and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) invite you to … \nCome meet the top communications officials from many of the nation’s largest biopharmaceutical companies\, including Merck\, Pfizer\, Eli Lilli\, Johnson & Johnson and others\, as well as from the PhRMA. This is an informal\, off-the-record gathering  to connect health journalists with industry sources in Washington and across the country. \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 18\, 6-7:30 p.m. \nWhere: Bistro d’OC. Upstairs at the bar. 518 10th St. NW. It’s across from Ford’s Theater and two blocks from both Metro Center and Gallery Place\, near corner of 10th and F Sts. \nThere will be drinks and light food. \nAHCJ will cover costs for journalists\, though there’s a suggested donation of $10 to help defray expenses. All journalists invited. \nPlease RSVP by March 16 to pgalewitz@kff.org \nGet more details about AHCJ\, including membership benefits and our upcoming national conference in Santa Clara\, Calif.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/happy-hours-with-the-drugmakers/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150311T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150311T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154434Z
CREATED:20231103T162727Z
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UID:26061-1426035600-1426035600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:The SGR Fix: A Pathway to Fundamental Physician Payment Reform?
DESCRIPTION:Mathematica hosts a webinar on the Medicare “doc fix” and how it could spur changes to payment and delivery of health care. Eugene Rich\, director of the Center on Health Care Effectiveness\, will open the forum and moderate the expert panel discussion\, which will include: \n\n\n\n\n• \n\n\nRobert B. Doherty\, American College of Physicians \n\n\n\n\n• \n\n\nStuart Guterman\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n• \n\n\nMai Hubbard\, Mathematica \n\n\n\n\n• \n\n\nJames Reschovsky\, Mathematica \n\n\n\n\nDate & time:March 11\, 11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ET \nRegister here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-sgr-fix-a-pathway-to-fundamental-physician-payment-reform/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154434Z
CREATED:20231103T162628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154434Z
UID:26056-1425344400-1425344400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webcast: What Shapes Health
DESCRIPTION:The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presents an panel discussion exploring the determinants of health. Health is more than the sum of its parts\, and factors like childhood experiences\, housing conditions\, poor diets\, and healthcare access can drive who ends up sick – and who does not. \nThis Forum event\, held in connection with a new poll by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR\, will investigate these factors from the perspective of experts and the U.S. public. It will also examine public perceptions of what impacts health and what actions can be taken to improve health. \nExpert participants: \n\n\nRobert Blendon\, Senior Associate Dean for Policy Translation and Leadership Development\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nDwayne Proctor\, Director and Senior Adviser\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \n\n\nLisa Berkman\, Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nRebecca Onie\, Co-Founder and CEO of Health Leads \n\n\nJoe Neel (moderator)\, Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a correspondent on the Science Desk\, NPR \n\n\nDate & time:March 3\, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET \nWatch at ForumHSPH.org. E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu\, or tweet them to @ForumHSPH using #whatshapeshealth.  \nThere will also be a live chat on The Forum’s What Shapes Health web page.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-what-shapes-health/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154435Z
CREATED:20231103T162627Z
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UID:26053-1425344400-1425344400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Cronkite Professor Tim McGuire to Host Webinar on Disability Journalism
DESCRIPTION:Arizona State University journalism professor Tim McGuire will share lessons from his new memoir on living with a physical disability and raising a child with Down syndrome during a webinar hosted by the National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ). \nMcGuire\, the Frank Russell Chair for the Business of Journalism at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication\, will lead a talk with students and professional journalists from across the country during a free webinar March 3 at 3 p.m. PST. McGuire is an advisory board member of the NCDJ\, a national organization providing resources for journalists covering people with disabilities. \nMcGuire’s first book\, “Some People Even Take Them Home: A Disabled Dad\, a Down Syndrome Son and Our Journey to Acceptance\,” tells his personal story as a father and his love for his son 35-year-old Jason\, who lives and thrives with Down syndrome. \nRegistration for the webinar is open online. \nDate & time: \nMarch 3\, 3 p.m. ET 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cronkite-professor-tim-mcguire-to-host-webinar-on-disability-journalism/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150303T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T150843Z
CREATED:20231103T162527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150843Z
UID:26049-1425344400-1425344400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Vision and reality in electronic health records
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists for an update on health information technology in Illinois and the nation. A panel of experts will provide a refresher on where we stand and an orientation for anyone planning to cover HIMSS 15 taking place in Chicago in April. We’ll also get a look at the new AMA headquarters\, the venue for this event. \nPanelists: \n\n\nDr. Diane Bradley\, senior vice president\, chief quality and outcomes officer\, Allscripts \n\n\nDr. Arnold “Ned” Wagner Jr.\, chief medical information officer\, NorthShore University HealthSystem \n\n\nEric Yablonka\, vice president and chief information officer\, University of Chicago Medicine \n\n\nModerator: Neil Versel\, independent journalist \n\n\nDate & time: March 36:30 p.m. networking\, refreshments7 p.m. panel discussion \nLocation:AMA headquarters\, 330 North Wabash Ave. (across from Trump Tower\, in same building as Langham hotel\, AMA Plaza) \nRSVP to AHCJ_chicago@mac.com. (Security at the building needs names of anyone planning to attend.)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/vision-and-reality-in-electronic-health-records/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154436Z
CREATED:20231103T162527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154436Z
UID:26051-1424912400-1424912400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: County Health Rankings Measures and Methods
DESCRIPTION:Learn about what is new this year for the County Health Rankings in preparation for the March 25th release. We will discuss new measures and features coming to the Rankings & Roadmaps web site along with providing a refresher on how we calculate the ranks. \nCounty Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The program measures a wide variety of health indicators\, provides insight into social and environmental determinants of health\, and allows for easy data analysis.  \nDate & time:Feb. 26\, 3 p.m. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-county-health-rankings-measures-and-methods/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154437Z
CREATED:20231103T162627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154437Z
UID:26054-1424826000-1424826000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC)
DESCRIPTION:The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will host a special web event Feb. 25. Viewers will learn about the new scientific report from the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC)\, released last week. The report will help inform updates to U.S. dietary guidelines\, but it has left some consumers confused. \nThe widely reported results have caused some people to wonder exactly what changes the committee is recommending – but more importantly\, why? You may have heard reports that now “eggs are OK to eat” or “high sugar diets are just as bad for you as high saturated fat diets.” By hearing directly from the scientists involved in putting together this report\, this event will help you understand how to eat a healthier diet using the latest scientific information.  \nPresenters include Dr. Barbara Millen\, chairperson of the DGAC and additional members of the DGAC\, including Frank Hu\, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard Chan School.  \nLearn more about the event.  \nView webcast here.  \nRead a copy of the report. \nSubmit questions for the presenters. \nDate & time: February 25\, 20153:30 – 6:00 p.m. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/scientific-report-of-the-2015-dietary-guidelines-advisory-committee-dgac/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154438Z
CREATED:20231103T162626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154438Z
UID:26052-1424566800-1424566800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:End of special enrollment period on HealthCare.gov
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 22 marks the end of the one-week “special enrollment period” for people who were trying to get covered through HealthCare.Gov and either faced technical problems (there was a data glitch involving income verification one day before the deadline) or faced very long waits though the call center in the last three days of the regular enrollment period. Most states running their own exchanges have similar SEPs\, and a few hit by this year’s heavy snows extended enrollment briefly.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/end-of-special-enrollment-period-on-healthcare-gov/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T161955Z
CREATED:20231103T162445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161955Z
UID:26046-1424221200-1424221200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Covering Obamacare Under Siege (Again): The Burwell vs. King Supreme Court Case
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Health Care Journalists’ Washington\, D.C.\, Chapter and the New York University’s Academic Center in Washington\, D.C.\, invite you to a discussion about how journalists can cover the upcoming Supreme Court case on subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act. \nHear about the legal\, economic and political consequences of the court decision that could imperil health care coverage for millions.  \nThree experts will join us to help frame the discussion and answer questions: \n\nTom Goldstein\, an attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog\n\nChristine Eibner\, a senior economist at Rand Corp. \n\nThomas Miller\, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute\n\nA health/science journalism class from NYU will also join us. \nWhen: Wednesday\, Feb. 18 Networking: 6-6:30 p.m. The discussion will be 6:30-7:45 p.m. \nWhere: NYU DC campus at 1307 L St. NW. Four blocks from Metro Center. Meeting will likely be in downstairs auditorium. \nDrinks\, snacks and networking will precede the discussion. After the discussion\, those interested are invited to gather next door at Maddy’s Bar and Grill. All journalists are invited\, though we hope non-AHCJ members will consider the many benefits of joining. \nPlease RSVP by Feb. 13 to pgalewitz@kff.org
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-obamacare-under-siege-again-the-burwell-vs-king-supreme-court-case/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150215T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T161956Z
CREATED:20231103T155358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161956Z
UID:26007-1423962000-1423962000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Last day of open enrollment for year two of the Affordable Care Act
DESCRIPTION:Today is the last day for open enrollment for year two of the Affordable Care Act. Note: The period has been extended to Feb. 22. \nNote: The enrollment period was extended for people who were trying to get covered through HealthCare.Gov and either faced technical problems (there was a data glitch involving income verification one day before the deadline) or faced very long waits though the call center in the last three days of the regular enrollment period. (Most states running their own exchanges have similar SEPs\, and a few hit by this year’s heavy snows extended enrollment briefly).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/last-day-of-open-enrollment-for-year-two-of-the-affordable-care-act/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150214T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150214T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154438Z
CREATED:20231103T162426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154438Z
UID:26038-1423875600-1423875600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:National Donor Day
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, Saturn Corporation\, its United Auto Workers partners and many nonprofit health organizations recognize organ donation\, focused on five points of life: organs\, tissues\, marrow\, platelets\, and blood.  \nThe website has materials specifically designed for seniors: Any age is the right age to sign up as an organ\, eye\, and tissue donor. Donors have been in their 50s\, 60s\, 70s\, and beyond. The following materials were specially developed to address the questions that people over the age of 50 have about registering\, donation\, and transplantation.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-donor-day/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154439Z
CREATED:20231103T162527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154439Z
UID:26050-1423702800-1423702800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: Shining a Light: Safer Health Care Through Transparency
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will focus on a new report\, “Shining a Light: Safer Health Care Through Transparency\,” which calls for greater transparency regarding patient safety. This report\, from the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Lucian Leape Institute\, calls for greater transparency regarding patient safety. The report defines transparency in patient safety as “the free flow of information that is open to the scrutiny of others.” \nDuring the webinar\, the following experts will discuss the report: \n\n\nLucian L. Leape\, M.D.\, adjunct professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and chair of the Lucian Leape Institute \n\n\nTejal K. Gandhi\, M.D.\, president and CEO of NPSF and president of the institute \n\n\nGary S. Kaplan\, M.D.\, chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center \n\n\nRobert M. Wachter\, M.D.\, associate chair\, Department of Medicine\, University of California San Francisco \n\n\nBeth Daley Ullem\, patient advocate and governance expert at the ThedaCare Hospital System.  \n\n\nThis webinar is free\, but registration is required. Journalists can register here. \nDate & time:12 p.m. ET\, Feb. 12 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-shining-a-light-safer-health-care-through-transparency/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154440Z
CREATED:20231103T162526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154440Z
UID:26048-1423184400-1423184400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webcast: Race\, criminal justice and health
DESCRIPTION:The focus on racial injustice in the U.S. – particularly the effect of race on criminal justice – has been in the public spotlight following the tragic deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson\, Eric Garner on Staten Island\, and Tamir Rice in Cleveland during encounters with law enforcement. While these inequities play out in numerous areas\, health and well-being is one sector in which minority groups are dramatically and disproportionally affected. \nThis Forum event will examine how disparities within the law and the criminal justice system negatively affect health\, as well as how the role of race interacts with neighborhood environments\, educational and employment opportunities\, public policy\, and other factors to lead to poorer health.      \nE-mail questions for the expert participants before the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. Or Tweet them to@ForumHSPH using #HealthAndRace. We’ll also conduct a live chat on The Forum’s Race\, Criminal Justice and Health web page. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can during a limited Q&A. If time does not allow for us to ask your question\, we encourage you to continue the conversation by posting comments on our website at ForumHSPH.org. \nParticipants: \n\nJim Doyle\, Former Wis. governor and former attorney general\, and health care lawyer\, Foley & Lardner LLP\n\n\n\nFelton Earls\, professor of human behavior and development\, emeritus\, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\, and Professor of Social Medicine\, Emeritus\, Harvard Medical School \n\n\nDavid Harris\, managing director\, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice\, Harvard Law School \n\n\nNancy Krieger\, professor of social epidemiology\, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health  \n\n\nDavid Williams\, professor of public health\, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health  \n\n\nScott Malone (Moderator)\, editor-in-charge\, general news\, northeastern United States\, Reuters \n\n\n \nDate & time: Friday\, Feb. 6\, 2015\, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET \nWatch online at The Forum\, sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. \nPresented in collaboration with Reuters.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-race-criminal-justice-and-health/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154441Z
CREATED:20231103T162526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154441Z
UID:26047-1423098000-1423098000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Final Section 501(r) regulations: What you need to know now
DESCRIPTION:The Treasury Department recently released new rules under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r) that affect charitable hospitals’ tax exemption – and both the rules and the patient-payer mix have changed under the Affordable Care Act.  \nThis webinar from Deloitte Consulting LLP starts with an overview that may help people on the hospital beat or covering their local hospital\, and will explore how hospitals should assess compliance with the regulations and what policy changes should be considered. Tune in to learn about the key requirements adopted by final regulations and the strategic areas affected in your organization.  \nThis link gives more information and registration details. \nDate & time:Feb. 5\, 2 p.m. ET 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/final-section-501r-regulations-what-you-need-to-know-now/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150129T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150129T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T161958Z
CREATED:20231103T162445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161958Z
UID:26045-1422493200-1422493200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Senate hearing on employee wellness
DESCRIPTION:The Senate Committee on Health\, Education\, Labor & Pensions (HELP) will hold a full committee hearing on employee wellness\, entitled “Employer Wellness Programs: Better Health Outcomes and Lower Costs.”  \nDate & time:Jan. 29\, 10 a.m. \nLocation:430 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington\, DC 20002 \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/senate-hearing-on-employee-wellness/
CATEGORIES:None
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