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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140428T010000
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SUMMARY:Third Annual Social Determinants of Health Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Third Annual Social Determinants of Health Symposium\, “Incarceration-Its Consequences\, Costs and Alternatives\,” at Johns Hopkins University features panels of ex-offenders\, leading experts in the fields of public policy\, economics\, and social science\, and a special panel of community organizers working to improve the livelihoods of both ex-offenders and their communities. \nVisit the website for more information or contact Laura Covarrubias at lcovarru@jhsph.edu or 410-614-3429.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/third-annual-social-determinants-of-health-symposium/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140424T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140424T010000
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SUMMARY:Southern California AHCJ chapter meeting
DESCRIPTION:The new Southern California chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists cordially invites you to its first meeting\, 6:45- 8 p.m.\, on Thursday\, April 24\, at the Los Angeles Times.  \nInformation and refreshments will be served in generous portions! \nHealth care price and financial transparency: A reporter’s guide \n\n\nSpecial Guest Speaker: Dylan H. Roby\, Ph.D.\, director\, Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program\, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research \n\n\nAdditional Speaker: Ron Shinkman\, editor\, Payers & Providers\, editor/columnist\, Fierce Health Finance  \n\n\nAdditional Business: An open discussion among attendees of the new L.A. area chapter’s direction\, mission and potential topics for future meetings.   \nLos Angeles Times Community Room202 W. First Street\, Los Angeles 900126:45 – 8 p.m.Please park in the Times parking structure at 213 Spring Street (MAP) \nPlease RSVP by email to Ron Shinkman at editor@payersandproviders.com or call/text him at 323-547-4307. \nThe onsite contact on the evening of the event ONLY is Chad Terhune (213-237-7989\, chad.terhune@latimes.com)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/southern-california-ahcj-chapter-meeting/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140423T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140423T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160037Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Noise: Covering the Health Care Law
DESCRIPTION:The Affordable Care Act is a big\, sprawling\, complex and politically explosive piece of legislation. It will touch all aspects of the U.S. health care system\, reverberate in the economy and the workplace– and keep politicians at high decibel levels at least through the November midterms and probably beyond. \nIn this  webinar\, which will take place at 2 p.m. April 23\, Politico health care editor  Joanne Kenen will help you sharpen your reporting and deepen your understanding of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on your community. \nYou will learn: \n•        How to interpret the latest enrollment figures for the health exchanges and Medicaid; \n•        Some tools for analyzing and fact-checking claims both sides make about the health law; \n•        Ideas for how to blend policy and narrative; \n•        What to watch for as states prepare for year two; \n•        And the 90 percent of the law that doesn’t hit the headlines – but should. \nWho should take this course? \nIf you are a reporter or an editor on a health\, business\, or politics beats\, and you want to get beyond the heated and confusing rhetoric and understand what the health law means to your community and where it’s heading\, you should take this course. \nJoanne Kenen is AHCJ’s topic leader on health reform and the health care editor of Politico/Politico Pro. She has covered health policy and health politics\, mostly in Washington\, since 1994 and has been at Politico since 2011. \nThis $29.95 Webinar is free thanks to the support of the McCormick Foundation.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/beyond-the-noise-covering-the-health-care-law/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160144Z
CREATED:20231103T154849Z
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SUMMARY:NIH Health Disparities Seminar Series: Health Disparities – The Issue is Justice
DESCRIPTION:This seminar features Dr. Paula Braveman\, a professor of family and community medicine and director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health at the University of California-San Francisco. \n“Health disparities do not refer to all possible health differences\,” Braveman says\, “nor do they refer to all health differences that warrant concerted public policy attention; they are a specific subset of health differences that are relevant to social justice. Health disparities are systematic\, plausibly avoidable health differences adversely affecting socially and economically disadvantaged groups. Health disparities may reflect social disadvantage\, but their causes need not be established. They are unfair in that they place already socially disadvantaged groups at further disadvantage with respect to their health.” \nBraveman will provide an overview of the concept of health disparities and a conceptual framework for thinking about how disparities are created\, exacerbated\, and perpetuated across lifetimes and generations. \nThe seminar is 3-4:30 p.m. in the Masur Auditorium\, Natcher Conference Center\, Building 45\, 10 Center Drive\, Bethesda\, Md. \nAdditional Information: \nParking is limited on the NIH campus. The closest Metro stop is Medical Center. Please allow adequate time for a security check. The seminar will be videocast and made available in the NIH Video archives and on the NIMHD website after the seminar. Sign language interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations to participate should contact Edgar Dews at 301-402-1366 or the Federal Relay at 1-800-877-8339.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-health-disparities-seminar-series-health-disparities-ae-the-issue-is-justice/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160146Z
CREATED:20231103T154557Z
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SUMMARY:NY Chapter: Panel Discussion on Genetically Modified Foods
DESCRIPTION:The next chapter event with Science Writers in New York (SWINY) will be a panel on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  The panel will take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. on April 9 at the New York State Health Foundation\, 23rd floor of 1385 Broadway\, between 37thand 38th streets. Refreshments will be available. \nFoods containing ingredients with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been dubbed Frankenfoods. They generate scary headlines. Some consumer advocates urge a GMO ban\, arguing that they’re untested\, unregulated\, and linked to potential health problems. Others insist the answer is labelling GMO foods or ingredients so that consumers can choose — and this spurs intense lobbying efforts. And yet others assert that GMO foods can be a boon. Several countries have already barred specific GMO crops. \nBut what do we really know about GMOs? Why do they cause such a firestorm of controversy? Find out at this informative\, thought-provoking discussion. \nPanelists:  \n\n\nThe Sense and Science of GMOs: Doug Gurian-Sherman\, Union of Concerned Scientists \n\n\nGMOs – The Food Industry Perspective: John Ruff\, past president\, Institute of Food Technologists \n\n\nThe Case Against GMOs: Michael Boms\, adjunct assistant professor of biology\, SUNY\, New Paltz \n\n\nThe Argument for Labeling GMO Products: Jean Halloran\, Consumers Union \n\n\nPlease contact Trudy Lieberman to RSVP. It helps to know how many to expect. If you say you are coming\, but it turns out you can’t come\, it helps to know that too.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ny-chapter-panel-discussion-on-genetically-modified-foods/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140331T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140331T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154456Z
CREATED:20231103T154324Z
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SUMMARY:ACA Open Enrollment for 2014 Ends
DESCRIPTION:This is the last day that people can buy health insurance for 2014 through the marketplace unless they have a “qualifying event.” People who don’t have health coverage in 2014 may have to pay a penalty.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aca-open-enrollment-for-2014-ends/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140327T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140327T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160152Z
CREATED:20231103T154351Z
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SUMMARY:2014 Health Insurance Exchange Summit
DESCRIPTION:Attendees will hear presentations about strategies health plans and states are using when implementing marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act\, and also about the governance structure\, operations\, and consumer orientation of exchanges.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2014-health-insurance-exchange-summit/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140326T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140326T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160152Z
CREATED:20231103T154723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160152Z
UID:25943-1395795600-1395795600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:County Health Rankings 2014 Release Webcast
DESCRIPTION:At 12:30 p.m. EDT\, join a live webcast for the release of the 2014 County Health Rankings to hear about communities across the country taking action to build a culture of health\, county by county. \nThe webcast will include researchers and leadership from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute who will present new data and national trends and spotlight how communities are using the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps to inspire local change and improve health. \nSign up for the webcast. On Twitter\, you can ask questions and participate in the webcast by following @CHRankings and the#HealthRankings hashtag.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/county-health-rankings-2014-release-webcast/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140325T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140325T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160153Z
CREATED:20231103T154723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160153Z
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SUMMARY:Report Card on State Transparency Laws
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will release their second Report Card on State Transparency Laws. The report rates the efforts in all 50 states to report health care price information to the public. \n \nIn their first report (pdf) issued in March 2013\, CPR and HCI3 gave 29 states a letter grade of “F” (the lowest score on a scale from A to F). Only two states (Massachusetts and New Hampshire) received the highest grade. \nFor more information or a copy of the report\, contact Nicole Kohleriter-Perelman at CPR at nperelman@catalyzepaymentreform.org or 415-385-2283; or Cary Conway at HCI3 at cary@conwaycommunication.com or 972-731-9242. Note that the report and press release are embargoed until March 25\, at 12:01 a.m. ET.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/report-card-on-state-transparency-laws/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140325T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140325T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160154Z
CREATED:20231103T154722Z
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SUMMARY:Use and Impact of Federal Nutrition Programs at Farmers Markets
DESCRIPTION:At 1:30 p.m. EDT on March 25\, the Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse will host a free webinar\, in which speakers will present on the evolving role of federal nutrition program use at local farmers markets\, efforts to increase participation of low-income families in these community events\, and the benefits and challenges of accepting public assistance benefits for market vendors. \nThe speakers will also discuss their experiences evaluating the impact of farmers markers on the lives of low-income individuals and whether participation in farmers markets has resulted in any measurable changes in dietary behaviors and health outcomes for public assistance participants. Register here. \nSpeakers: \n• Rogelio Carrasco\, Program Analyst\, Food Distribution Division/Food and Nutrition Services as Moderator• Kate Cole\, ORISE Fellow\, Federal Drug Administration • Dr. Sujata Dixit-Joshi\, Senior Nutrition Researcher\,Westat • Kelly Verel\, Senior Associate\, Project for Public Spaces
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/use-and-impact-of-federal-nutrition-programs-at-farmers-markets/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140324T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140324T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160156Z
CREATED:20231103T154350Z
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SUMMARY:Ninth National Pay for Performance Summit
DESCRIPTION:Attendees at this conference will hear presentations on such topics as achieving the full potential of performance measurement\, moving payment from volume to value\, and regional collaborations designed to achieve the triple aim (lowering costs while improving quality and patient satisfaction)\, among other topics.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ninth-national-pay-for-performance-summit/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140321T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140321T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154457Z
CREATED:20231103T154524Z
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UID:25932-1395363600-1395363600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:2014 Annual Patient Safety Conference
DESCRIPTION:This conference\, from the Center for Patient Safety\, will cover the value of compassion when providing care\, benefits to combining human factors with culture change\, and communication strategies to address health literacy in contributing to patient safety. Dr. Michael Leonard and Scott Griffith are featured speakers. \nSessions will include: \n\n\nDoing Good and Feeling Better: A Deeper Look at Professionalism in Health Care \n\n\nEmbedding Safety and Reliability as Organizational Values to Create Sustainable Safety Excellence \n\n\nThe Collaborative Approach to Better Outcomes in Healthcare – Culture and Collaboration \n\n\nHealth Information Technology & Safety Improvement – True or False? \n\n\nChanging Your Communication Climate\, Improving Patient Outcomes \n\n\nThe conference will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis Airport in Bridgeton\, Mo. Live-streaming may be available. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2014-annual-patient-safety-conference/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140317T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140317T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160156Z
CREATED:20231103T154722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160156Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar\, salt & supplements: Sorting the science
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 17; 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET \nHaving trouble keeping up with the “do’s and don’t’s” of consuming sodium\, sugar\, vitamins and other supplements? You’re not alone. This panel of Harvard experts will help explain the latest thinking on the nutritional science and provide some guidance on steps consumers can take to improve their diets. The panel also will take a look at some important policy dimensions to help American adults and children eat nutritionally sound\, affordable meals. \nWatch at  ForumHSPH.org. E-mail your questions any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. There will be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using the hash tag #forumhsph. Or\, join the live chat\, which will begin shortly before the panel discussion. \nEXPERT PARTICIPANTS\n\n\nDariush Mozaffarian\, Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School\, and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nJoAnn Manson\, Chief\, Division of Preventive Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health; and Study Director of the VITamin and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) \n\n\nFrank Hu\, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health\, and Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School and Channing Lab\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital \n\n\nMODERATOR\n\n\nAmanda Chan\, Senior Editor\, Health News\, The Huffington Post \n\n\nBackground reading:\n\n\nHSPH Nutrition Source\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nHSPH Obesity Prevention Source\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nWHO Opens Public Consultation on Draft Sugars Guideline\, World Health Organization \n\n\nVitamin\, Mineral\, and Multivitamin Supplements for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer\, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force \n\n\nWhat Is the DASH Eating Plan\, National Heart\, Lung and Blood Institute \n\n\nEating Healthy vs. Unhealthy Diet Costs about $1.50 More per Day\, Harvard School of Public Health Press Release \n\n\nPresented by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with The Huffington Post.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sugar-salt-supplements-sorting-the-science/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140313T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140313T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154458Z
CREATED:20231103T154523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154458Z
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SUMMARY:Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Nutrition Interventions Across the Continuum of Care
DESCRIPTION:Optimal nutrition across the continuum of care plays a key role in the short- and long-term clinical and economic outcomes of patients. Nutrition interventions have the potential to provide cost-effective preventive care and treatment measures. However\, limited data exists on the economics and impact evaluations of these interventions. \nOn March 13\, nutrition and health system researchers and practitioners\, economists and policymakers will gather to discuss emerging research on nutrition health economics\, the role of nutrition interventions across the continuum of care\, and how nutrition can affect health care costs. \nThe conference is presented jointly by the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute\, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science\, and the New York Academy of Sciences. www.nyas.org/NutritionInterventions \nIf you are a member of the media and would like to cover the event\, contact Diana Friedman dfriedman@nyas.org.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/clinical-and-economic-outcomes-of-nutrition-interventions-across-the-continuum-of-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160202Z
CREATED:20231103T154556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160202Z
UID:25938-1394499600-1394499600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:The Supreme Court and Contraceptive Coverage: Legal and Policy Implications
DESCRIPTION:Later this month\, the Supreme Court will hear two cases from for-profit corporations\, Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties\, challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement to cover contraceptives on religious grounds. On Tuesday\, March 11\, two weeks before the hearings\, the Kaiser Family Foundation will host a public briefing and panel discussion from 9:30am-11:00am ET in its Washington\, DC office to discuss the implications of these court cases on the ACA\, corporate and individual religious protections\, and civil rights. \nWelcome and Introduction \n• Alina Salganicoff\, Ph.D. (Moderator)\,Vice President and Director\, Women’s Health Policy\, Kaiser Family Foundation \nAn Overview of the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement and Legal Challenges \n• Laurie Sobel\, J.D.\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Women’s Health Policy\, Kaiser Family Foundation \nThe Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its Application to These Cases \n• Marci A. Hamilton\, J.D.\, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law\, Yeshiva University \nPossible Rulings and Outcomes \n• Tom Goldstein\, J.D.\, Publisher SCOTUS blog\, Partner Goldstein & Russell\, P.C. \nPanel Discussion on Implications \n  \nWhen: Tuesday\, Mar 11\, 9:30 -11:00 a.m. EST \n(Registration and breakfast beginning at 9 a.m.) \nWhere: Barbara Jordan Conference Center \nKaiser Family Foundation Offices \n1330 G Street\, NW \nWashington\, D.C. \n(one block west of Metro Center) \nRSVP: Please register online to attend this event in person.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-supreme-court-and-contraceptive-coverage-legal-and-policy-implications/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160203Z
CREATED:20231103T154350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160203Z
UID:25920-1394499600-1394499600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Sixth Annual Leadership Summit on Consumerism Through Health Plan Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Attendees at this conference will hear how health plans are developing new ways to retain existing members and expand their market share by adopting retail marketing strategies and consumer engagement tools. \n \nPress credentials are available.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sixth-annual-leadership-summit-on-consumerism-through-health-plan-innovation/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140307T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140307T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154459Z
CREATED:20231103T154525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154459Z
UID:25934-1394154000-1394154000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:AHIP's Health Insurance Exchanges Forum
DESCRIPTION:AHIP’s Health Insurance Exchanges Forum \nIn the first two sessions of this forum\, speakers will address enrollment trends in exchanges. The first speaker\, Paul Mango (director\, health care systems and services\, for McKinsey & Company)\, will speak about enrollment trends in exchanges and who has signed up in the marketplaces\, which products these individuals chose and what they were charged. The second speaker will be Diana Dooley\, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency\, who will focus on the state”based exchanges and what strategies insures should consider for enrollment in 2015.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahips-health-insurance-exchanges-forum/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140305T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140305T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160205Z
CREATED:20231103T154556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160205Z
UID:25936-1393981200-1393981200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Meetup for New York City health writers
DESCRIPTION:The first Wednesday of March\, we’re hosting the NYC health writers meetup. The goal is to create a community where we can network\, chat about healthcare science/policy\, and\, of course\, drink… to your health!  \nThis time we’re trying out a new place: Houston Hall at 6:30 p.m. Facebook RSVPs are appreciated\, as they help the bar staff itself accordingly. Please bring along anyone you think might be interested. \n  \nContact: Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato\, Everyday Health\, senior editor
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meetup-for-new-york-city-health-writers/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140303T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140303T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154500Z
CREATED:20231103T154524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154500Z
UID:25931-1393808400-1393808400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:National "Virtual" Summit on Maternity Care Payment Reform
DESCRIPTION:This webinar-based conference from the Catalyst for Payment Reform is open to AHCJ members\, providers\, employers\, nonprofit leaders\, and other health policy experts. CPR will waive the registration fee for AHCJ members. \nThe topic of payment reform for maternity care is an area of concern because childbirth is costly and the quality is uneven\, CPR says. Experts will discuss strategies to improve maternity care quality\, non-payment for early elective deliveries\, and other payment reform initiatives from health plans. Details and registration information are available on the CPR website. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-virtual-summit-on-maternity-care-payment-reform/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160207Z
CREATED:20231103T154355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160207Z
UID:25928-1393549200-1393549200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Deadline for Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship program
DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: Feb. 28\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Medical School’s media fellowship program is entering its seventeenth season. This spring’s two fellowship programs are “The Eyes (and Ears) Have It: Sensory biology and its promise for patients” (March 31 – April 4) and “Trauma: Mending cells\, bodies and minds” (May 5 – 9). Descriptions of each program can be found online. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReporters are invited to choose one of these programs and apply. Three applicants will be chosen for each program. \nFor a one-week period\, three fellows will visit researchers at the medical school and at its affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes\, meeting with a broad spectrum of faculty and other stakeholders. Although reporters will attend as a group\, prior to arrival we will work with each fellow to cater to any individual interests and the interests of their media outlet and tailor the experience within the broader theme. \nThe application process is simple: just email me three to five relevant clips and two to three paragraphs detailing what you want to take away from the fellowship. In addition\, please state that you have license from your editor\, or usual freelance clients\, to cover the topic generically in the future. (You are not obligated to cover Harvard’s work in the area\, just the field as a whole.) \nApplications are due Friday\, February 28\, 2014. We plan to notify successful applicants very soon afterward. Harvard Medical School will pay for participants’ lodging and meals (but not travel to and from Boston).These fellowships are offered as educational opportunities on a background basis. We do not monitor or “gate-keep” fellows’ contact with faculty throughout the program. \nContact: David Cameron\, Director of Science Communications\, Harvard Medical Schooldavid_cameron@hms.harvard.edu\,  617-432-0441
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-for-harvard-medical-schoolaes-media-fellowship-program/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140227T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160208Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding freelance options: Grant writing
DESCRIPTION:Join the Association for Health Care Journalists for the first in what is hoped to be a series of programs over the next couple of years\, pinpointing new options for freelancers to use their journalistic skills to make a living. \nDate: Thursday\, Feb. 27 \nTime: 6-8 p.m. (Light meal available 6-6:30 p.m.) \nLocation: The Open Office2843 Washington Blvd.Cleveland Heights\, OH 44118 \nFreelancers in the Cleveland-Akron area have many opportunities to do grant writing. Locally\, grant writers are in demand by health-care organizations\, disease-specific organizations and health-welfare focused charities\, organizations and/or groups. \nThree local experts will share “been-there\, done-that” insights and anecdotes about \n\n\nwhat it takes to recognize your transferrable grant writing skills \n\n\nwhat it takes to make the mind-shift needed to be a successful grant writer; \n\n\ntips\, tricks and strategies for successful grant writing (which is a lot more collaborative and iterative than you might think); \n\n\nnavigating the non-profit landscape; and \n\n\nhow to position and market yourself as a grant writer. \n\n\nPresenters include: \nSandy Erlanger\, senior development officer at University Hospitals \nTopics: What she does on a daily basis as a grant writer\, including working with colleagues (grant writing is often a team process)\, dealing with those for whom grants are being written as well as the funders to whom proposals are sent\, and the iterative process that grant proposals go through. \nSusan Ackerman\, chair\, Health Policy and Planning\, Center for Community Solutions \nTopics: The many health- and human welfare-focused organizations and agencies Northeast Ohio; the kinds of grants they will be seeking (based on the Center’s respected research); areas/topics of interest to grant funders — and therefore grant writers. \nKim St. John-Stevenson\, Principal\, InkPlusLLC and a former grant administrator at the St. Luke’s Foundation \nTopics: The mechanics of grant writing (and why every grant form/format is different); the mind-shift that journalists must make to pursue freelance opportunities in grant writing; and tips and strategies for marketing yourself as a grant writer. \nThe panel will be followed by a Q&A period. \nPlease contact Eileen Beal (eojb@visn.net or 216-320-1358) to register a space (and so she and co-chapter chair\, Carrie Buchanan\, journalism instructor at JCU\, will know how much food to order).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/expanding-freelance-options-grant-writing/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160209Z
CREATED:20231103T154555Z
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UID:25935-1393376400-1393376400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Accountable Care Organizations and Provider Integration Under Health Care Reform Online
DESCRIPTION:The teleconference will take place 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT on Feb 26. Sarah Swank\, a lawyer with the Health Law Group of Ober Kaler\, a law firm in Baltimore\, will present a live teleconference online on Feb. 26 at 11 am on provider integration for accountable care organizations\, an important issue for health care journalists covering how hospitals and physician groups are joining together to improve care delivery and yet not run afoul of antitrust laws.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/accountable-care-organizations-and-provider-integration-under-health-care-reform-online/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140206T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140206T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160214Z
CREATED:20231103T154355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160214Z
UID:25926-1391648400-1391648400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Women's Health Under The Affordable Care Act
DESCRIPTION:The Kaiser Family Foundation Foundation is hosting a webinar for journalists to look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. \n“Women’s Health Under the Affordable Care Act” will be Feb. 6\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. \nNow that the ACA’s coverage expansions are in effect\, the Foundation’s latest webinar takes a look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Alina Salganicoff\, Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy\, and Laurie Sobel\, Senior Policy Analyst\, will give a brief presentation on how the ACA expands access to coverage and preventive care for women\, and how these elements of the law are being implemented. The webinar will also review current legal issues related to the contraceptive coverage requirement as well as state and federal policies affecting insurance coverage of abortion. Most of the webinar will be devoted to a question and answer session with journalists. \nResources for the webinar include Foundation briefs\, “Health Reform: Implications for Women’s Access to Coverage and Care\,” “Coverage for Abortion Services and the ACA” and “A Guide to the Supreme Court’s Review of the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement.”  \nTo register for the webinar\, click this link. If you are unable to attend the webinar\, but would like to receive future updates on the series\, please email your name and media affiliation to acawebinars@kff.org. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/womens-health-under-the-affordable-care-act/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
CREATED:20231103T154356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160215Z
UID:25929-1391562000-1391562000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:"Drink to Your Health" Meetup
DESCRIPTION:The Everyday Health editorial team is hosting another drink night for health journos at the White Horse Tavern. The goal is to create a community where we can share ideas and\, of course\, drink to our health! \nWednesday\, Feb. 5\, 6:30 p.m. EST \nReally hope you can make it and help us spread the word.  \nFacebook RSVPs are appreciated as they help the bar staff itself accordingly.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/drink-to-your-health-meetup/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
CREATED:20231103T154355Z
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UID:25927-1391562000-1391562000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webcast: Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs
DESCRIPTION:The CDC estimates that at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and at least 23\,000 people die annually from these infections. Additional risks are posed from other types of organisms once sensitive to antimicrobial medicines and now resistant. This Forum event will examine the public health menace posed by antimicrobial resistance and the steps to be undertaken to fight the “superbugs.” Presented in collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH. \nFeb. 512:30 PM – 1:30 p.m. ETWatch at ForumHSPH.org \n E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can from the media and online and in-person audiences. \n Expert Participants \n\nMarc Lipsitch\, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics\, Harvard School of Public Health\nAaron Kesselheim\, Director\, Program on Regulation\, Therapeutics\, and Law\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nStuart Levy\, President of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine\nBeth Bell\, Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases\, CDC\n\nModerator \n\nDavid Baron\, Health & Science Editor\, PRI’s The World\n\n Participate During The Live Webcast \n Join the live comments\, which will be featured on The Forum’s Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs web page. We’ll also be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using #superbugsrise. \nPresented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBHPart of The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies \nContact: Marge Dwyer\, 617-432-8416\, mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-battling-drug-resistant-superbugs/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160217Z
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SUMMARY:Media-Only Breakfast on Health Insurance Exchanges
DESCRIPTION:Where We Are Now? State of Exchanges and Enrollment\nSusan Dentzer\, senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour – will convene an informal\, news media-only discussion on states’ progress in implementing health insurance exchanges. The discussion will include an update on states’ 2013-14 enrollment efforts and exchanges’ role in transforming the health insurance market. \nSpeakers: \n\n\nChristine Ferguson\, Director – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange \n\n\nAudrey Haynes\, Secretary – Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services \n\n\nHeather Howard\, Director – State Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nMila Kofman\, Executive Director – DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority \n\n\nPeter Lee\, Executive Director – Covered California \n\n\nDate: Jan. 31 \nTime: 9–10 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8:30 a.m.) \nLocation:  National Press Club\, Fourth Estate Room                    529 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20045 \nRSVP: Please reserve your space by replying to Genevieve Rupp at grupp@gymr.com\, 202-745-5118. \nThis discussion is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-only-breakfast-on-health-insurance-exchanges/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160219Z
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UID:25925-1390957200-1390957200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Meet the Editors: Science & Medicine
DESCRIPTION:A panel of featured editors opens the event. A reception follows\, where writers\, panelists and more editors can mingle and talk shop. The evening aims to foster new connections between editors and writers covering science\, medicine and related areas. \nPanel: \n\n\nScott Armstrong\, The Christian Science Monitor \n\n\nDavid Corcoran\, New York Times \n\n\nTim De Chant\, Nova Online \n\n\nMark Fiscetti\, Scientific American \n\n\nGideon Gil\, Boston Globe \n\n\nSusannah Locke\, Popular Science \n\n\nMichael Reilly\, New Scientist \n\n\nPanel moderator: Carey Goldberg\, WBUR CommonHealth \n\n\nRegister online by noon on Jan. 24. \nFees:  \n\n\n$15 for NESW members \n\n\n$15 for editors seeking writers \n\n\n$25 for nonmember guests \n\n\nWhen: \nJan. 29 at Northeastern University Visitors Center\, Boston \n5:30 p.m. – Pre-event schmoozing6-8:30 p.m. – Panel presentation and discussion\, followed by reception to meet and chat with editors \nLocation: The Northeastern University Visitors Center is easy to reach near the main campus entrance — a half block from the “E” Green Line Northeastern subway and two blocks from the Ruggles station (commuter rail and orange line service). Detailed directions for driving and public transportation\, as well as free parking permits\, will be sent in the registration confirmation email.  \nOrganized by Noelle Swan\, Angela Herring\, Deborah Halber\, and Carol Cruzan Morton. Thanks to Northeastern University for hosting the event and reception. \nAnnouncement from the New England Science Writers: \nWeb site/blog: http://neswonline.com \nFacebook: http://facebook.com/NEsciWriters \nTwitter: @NEsciWriters
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-the-editors-science-medicine/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154501Z
CREATED:20231103T154325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154501Z
UID:25919-1390352400-1390352400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:The Affordable Care Act's Insurance Marketplaces: What's the Experience So Far?
DESCRIPTION:In this Commonwealth Fund–sponsored webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces\, hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, experts working with the three marketplace models — federal\, partnership and state — will assess progress in their states.  \nWhen: Wed.\, Jan. 22\, 2:00–3:30 p.m.\, Eastern  \nWho: \n\n\nErin Klug\, health insurance exchange program manager\, Arizona Department of Insurance \n\n\nJennifer Koehler\, J.D.\, director\, Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace \n\n\nMichael Marchand\, director of communications\, Washington Health Benefit Exchange \n\n\nThe moderator will be Kevin Lucia\, J.D.\, project director of the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms.  \n In addition\, Sara Collins\, Ph.D.\, vice president for coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund\, and Sarah Dash\, a research faculty member at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, will address the national rollout of the marketplaces.  \n Register now for this free webinar.  \n Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #ACATracking. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-affordable-care-acts-insurance-marketplaces-whats-the-experience-so-far/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160221Z
CREATED:20231103T154237Z
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UID:25913-1389834000-1389834000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Immigrant communities and access to health care
DESCRIPTION:Congress has stalled on immigration reform\, but that doesn’t mean the story of the health of immigrants\, and the health care needs of immigrants in the country without authorization\, goes away.  \nThe Affordable Care Act will make undocumented immigrants a larger proportion of the uninsured\, and many undocumented immigrants live in so-called multistatus families\, in which some members are citizens and some are undocumented. Evidence shows that the stigma of immigration status pervades immigrant communities\, meaning that even people with green cards or citizens sometimes do not pursue the healthcare they need\, or the care they’re entitled to. \nThis panel will describe the issue and help health care reporters cover the immigration effects on health in a balanced\, thoughtful way that gets beyond the talking heads and into the communities. \nPanelists: \nJirayut New Latthivongskorn is co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers\, a group of young undocumented students interested in working in healthcare. New emigrated from Thailand to the Bay Area when he was 9 and is a recent graduate of the University of California-Berkeley\, with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology. His experience in scientific research includes two years at the School of Public Health at Cal\, studying the essential genes of the murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and\, most recently\, a summer research fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College\, examining the kidney’s functions. New aims to become a physician who practices medicine through a public health lens\, using primary care\, research\, and policy to shape health for the individual and the community. He helped start Pre-Health Dreamers in hopes of alleviating the barriers he has faced for future undocumented students pursuing their dreams in the health and sciences. \nDavid Bacon is a veteran reporter and photojournalist and author of Illegal People—How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. According to Beacon Press\, Bacon’s publisher\, “Bacon powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of millions of migrants-and the migrants themselves-as illegal. Illegal People argues for a sea change in the way we think\, debate\, and legislate around issues of migration and globalization\, making a compelling case for why we need to consider immigration and migration from a globalized human rights perspective.” \nModerator: \nHeather Boerner is a freelance health care journalist based in San Francisco. She recently completed the Dennis A. Hunt Grant for Health Journalism through the USC California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships on health care access for undocumented immigrants. Her work appeared as radio/TV/web pieces for KPBS.org and as a feature in National Nurse Magazine. Another article\, on the mental health effects of deportation on children\, ran on Al Jazeera America. \n6-8 p.m. (light refreshments and networking 6-6:30; program begins at 6:30) \nLocation: New America Media offices\, 209 9th Street (near Howard St.)\, San FranciscoNearest BART: Civic Center station / street parking \nPlease RSVP: BayAreaAHCJ@gmail.com \nThis event is free. You don’t have to be an AHCJ member to attend.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/immigrant-communities-and-access-to-health-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154502Z
CREATED:20231103T154323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154502Z
UID:25915-1389574800-1389574800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Commission to Build a Healthier America Recommendations Release Event
DESCRIPTION:The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America will release new recommendations in a live online event. Speakers include Alice Rivlin\, who served as OMB director during the Clinton administration\, and Mark McClellan\, a former CMS administrator and former FDA commissioner.  \nJan. 13\, 2014 (2:30 p.m. ET) \nRegister in advance.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/commission-to-build-a-healthier-america-recommendations-release-event/
CATEGORIES:None
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