BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T010000 DTSTAMP:20260610T170150 CREATED:20231103T175250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154132Z UID:26617-1573693200-1573693200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Employers try to trim wasteful drugs from health plans DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nSpeaker’s presentation\nReport: Reducing Wasteful Spending in Employers’ Pharmacy Benefit Plans\nRemoving waste from drug formularies\nCore Topic: Insurance\n\n\nRecorded on Nov. 14\nA recent study from the Commonwealth Fund and the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) shows that reducing the use of high-cost\, low-value drugs in employers’ health benefit plans could help employers save as much as 24% in overall pharmacy spending. \nIn this webcast\, the author of the report\, Lauren Vela\, a senior director at PBGH\, will explain the results of the study and PBGH’s efforts to promote a “waste-free prescription drug formulary.” Concern about the rising cost of prescription drugs has led large self-insured employers to develop innovative formularies for the pharmacy benefit plans they provide to employees\, retirees\, and employees’ family members. \nThe goal of these innovations is to identify drugs that PBGH considers to be wasteful. PBGH defines wasteful drugs as being high-cost medications that offer little clinical value. After it identifies these wasteful medications\, it encourages employers to remove them from their formularies. \n\n\nLauren Vela\, senior director of member value\, Pacific Business Group on Health \n\n\nMariana P. Socal\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, assistant scientist\, Department of Health Policy and Management\, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader/insurance \n\n\nLauren Vela works with PBGH’s employer-members to implement of strategies designed to improve the delivery of health care to members’ employees\, families\, and retirees. Previously\, Vela was the executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum\, a coalition of high tech employers that collaborate to make improvements in health care. \nMariana P. Socal\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, is an assistant scientist and researcher who has contributed to peer-reviewed research on consumer response to price disclosure in pharmaceutical advertising\, on formulary placement of branded drugs in Medicare prescription drug plans and on using reference pricing in Medicare Part D. Socal earned her medical degree in 2000 from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul\, in Brazil\, and her doctorate in 2017 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. \n\nLauren Vela \n\n\nMariana Socal \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/employers-try-to-trim-wasteful-drugs-from-health-plans/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T010000 DTSTAMP:20260610T170150 CREATED:20231103T175351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154131Z UID:26621-1574038800-1574038800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tackling long-term care DESCRIPTION:Nov. 18\, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. ET \nMillions of Americans of all ages need long-term care\, but they face a looming question: how will they pay for these services? Coverage under Medicare and Medicaid is not comprehensive\, and many people rely on their families and friends to shoulder some of the burden. \nPart of the Beyond the Beltway: Health Policy Webinars for Journalists series\, this webinar will explore: \n\n\nThe current landscape of the long-term care delivery system \n\n\nFunding mechanisms and state and federal legislation regarding long-term care \n\n\nPotential solutions to create a more accessible and financially sustainable system \n\n\nFeaturing \n\n\nJean Accius\, AARP \n\n\nCamille Dobson\, ADvancing States \n\n\nKatherine Hayes\, Bipartisan Policy Center \n\n\nRachana Pradhan\, Politico\, Moderator \n\n\nRegister Now\nThis webinar is a project of the Alliance for Health Policy and NIHCM Foundation\, in collaboration with the Association of Health Care Journalists. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tackling-long-term-care/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T010000 DTSTAMP:20260610T170150 CREATED:20231103T175350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154130Z UID:26620-1574125200-1574125200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Science Talks: The Latest Research in Women's Health DESCRIPTION:Science Talks with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: The Latest Research in Women’s Health \nMissed the broadcast? Here’s the recording. \nTuesday\, Nov. 19 at 11 am ET \nFind out about…. \n\n\nThe latest research concerning pre-conception health and maternal health in pregnancy \n\n\nWhich preventive measures help reduce pregnancy complications such as stillbirth \n\n\nThe importance of the female microbiome in obstetrics and gynaecology and new areas of research in this field \n\n\nThe problems in diagnosing and managing endometriosis and pelvic pain and new research into these areas \n\n\nExpert sources and evidence to use in news stories about women’s health \n\n\nScience Talks is an educational webinar series for journalists presented by Wiley in partnership with the World Federation of Science Journalists(WFSJ) and the Association of Health Care Journalists(AHCJ).”¯These complimentary\, one-hour sessions are hosted byWileyto provide journalists with on-going training in science topics of particular global importance. Register for Science Talks here! \nGain exclusive access to embargoed papers…\nJournalists who register to attend Science Talks on Nov. 19 will be able to request three embargoed papers from the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. The papers will be available immediately following the Science Talk and are scheduled for publication at 00.01 hrs ET\, November 21\, 2019. Contact newsroom@wiley.com to request the papers. \n\n\nPerinatal outcomes following bariatric surgery between a first and second pregnancy: a population data linkage study \n\n\nRestrictive versus routine episiotomy among Southeast Asian term pregnancies: a multicentre randomised controlled trial \n\n\nThe vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV-positive and HPV-negative women: a cross-sectional analysis \n\n\n \nAbout the Speakers\nMike Marsh\, M.D.\, FRCOG\, Editor-in-Chief\, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Mike Marsh is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at King’s College Hospital\, London\, Honorary Senior Lecturer\, King’s College School of Medicine\, London\, and UK representative for the FIGO Ethics Committee. He is a Past Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry\, London. \nHe has clinical and research interests in high risk pregnancy\, psychiatric disease in pregnancy\, neurological disease in pregnancy\, diabetes in pregnancy\, gynaecological neuroendocrinology and survivorship management in women with breast cancer. He has other responsibilities and publications in the field of medical ethics\, undergraduate and postgraduate education\, training and examination. \nHis special interests include: Obstetrics (diabetes\, neurology\, psychiatric disease\, maternal medicine)\, menopause\, osteoporosis\, gynaecological neuroendocrinology and survivorship management in women with breast cancer. \nAlexander Heazell\, PhD MRCOG\, Clinical Director\, Tommy’s Stillbirth Research Centre Alexander Heazell is a Professor ofObstetrics and Director of the Tommy’s Stillbirth Research Centre\, University of Manchester in the UK and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at St Mary’s Hospital\, Manchester. His research portfolio includes basic science\, clinical and qualitative research studies to gain better understanding to prevent stillbirth and improv ecare for parents after stillbirth. He has received over £3.7M of grant income and has published over 160 research papers. He led the Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership\, co-led the 2016 Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirth Serie and was the lead investigator for the national evaluation of the Saving Babies Lives programme. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/science-talks-the-latest-research-in-womens-health/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T010000 DTSTAMP:20260610T170150 CREATED:20231103T175151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154129Z UID:26614-1574298000-1574298000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Vaccines\, civil liberties & mandates: What is the balance? DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nSpeaker’s presentation: Saad B. Omer\nSpeaker’s presentation: Dorit R. Reiss\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAre state bans on vaccine exemptions the right choice?\n\n\nRecorded Nov. 21\, 2019\nThe measles outbreak over the past year shines a spotlight on the challenges of finding the right public health approach to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Join this webcast in which three public health experts will discuss the following questions: Do vaccine mandates work? What are some ways to counter misinformation about vaccines? How far should governments go when it comes to mandating vaccines for preventing measles or other infectious diseases? When does public health outweigh individual liberty? What can public health officials do better when communicating about vaccines or responding to vaccines hesitancy or refusal? Learn some answers to these questions and new angles on public health and vaccines. \n\n\nDoug Levy (@sfdoug)\, independent journalist and author\, The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts \n\n\nSaad Omer (@SaadOmer3)\, M.B.B.S.\, M.P.H.\, Ph.D.\, F.I.D.S.A.\, director\, Yale Institute for Global Health \n\n\nDorit Reiss (@doritmi)\, professor of law and the James Edgar Hervey ’50 chair of litigation\, University of California\, Hastings College of the Law\, San Francisco \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida (@BaraV)\, independent journalist\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nDoug Levy has spent more than 20 years at the intersection of technology\, science\, health\, policy\, and ethics and now is a consultant to corporations\, academic institutions\, and other organizations on crisis communications and reputation management. As a freelance journalist\, Levy writes mostly about health\, science\, and technology. His first book\, The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts reached No. 1 in the public relations and public administration categories on Amazon.com when it was released in April 2018. \nSaad Omer is an infectious disease specialist and has an extensive research portfolio in numerous countries. Omer’s work includes clinical trials to estimate efficacy of maternal and/or infant influenza\, pertussis\, polio\, measles and pneumococcal vaccines and trials to evaluate drug regimens to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Moreover\, he has conducted several studies on interventions to increase immunization coverage and acceptance. Omer’s work has been cited in global and country-specific policy recommendations and has informed clinical practice and health legislation in several countries. He has also served on several advisory panels including the U.S. National Vaccine Advisory Committee. \nDorit Reiss’ undergraduate degree in law and political science is from the faculty of law in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she served as editor in chief of the Law Review. Following graduation from law school\, Reiss clerked for a year and a half in the Israeli Ministry of Justice’s Department of Public Law\, working on constitutional and administrative law issues. She received her doctorate from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at the University of California Berkeley. During her studies in Berkeley she worked as a teaching assistant in 10 courses\, winning the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Professor Reiss’ research examined accountability of agencies at the state\, national and international level\, with agencies studied including the FAA\, and other agencies in the United States and Europe. Increasingly\, however\, her research and activities are focused on legal issues related to vaccines\, including exemption laws and tort liability related to non-vaccination. \n\nDoug Levy \n\n\nSaad Omer \n\n\nDorit Reiss \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/vaccines-civil-liberties-mandates-what-is-the-balance/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR