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SUMMARY:Aging-in-place technology:  challenges and trends
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: April 6\, 1 p.m. ET \nThere’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to aging in place. When the challenges older adults face are not adequately addressed\, that person either lives with a lot of risk or is forced out of the place they’d prefer to live. Health technology is the answer for some. But there are challenges\, including privacy issues\, cost and useability. Our expert panel will lay out some of the issues that arise as families try to support a parent’s desire to age in place. We’ll also look at one demo project that could help and highlight some of the latest tech trends that health reporters should have on their radar. \nView the webcast \nLeslie Kernisan \nJeffrey Kaye \nLaurie M. Orlov \nLiz Seegert \nKaren Blum \n\n\nLeslie Kernisan\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the popular aging health website and podcast BetterHealthWhileAging.net\, which she created to help families and older adults learn better ways to manage aging health challenges. She is also a clinical instructor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Dr. Kernisan has a special interest in the practical problems families encounter while assisting aging parents\, including how to help them age-in-place. She has been running “Helping Older Parents” online courses and group coaching programs since 2018\, and is the author of the book\, “When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician’s step-by-step guide to memory loss\, resistance\, safety worries and more.” \n\n\nJeffrey Kaye\, M.D.\, is the Layton Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health and Science University. He directs the Oregon Center for Aging and Technology\, the Oregon Roybal Center for Care Support Translational Research Advantaged by Integrating Technology\, and the NIA-Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at OHSU. He leads or has led several longitudinal studies on aging and clinical trials including: Intelligent Systems for Detection of Aging Changes\, the ORCATECH Life Laboratory\, Ambient Independence Measures for Guiding Care Transitions\, and the Collaborative Aging Research using Technology Initiative studies\, all using pervasive computing and sensing technologies for assessment and interventions. He is listed in Best Doctors in America. He serves on many national and international panels and boards in the fields of geriatrics\, neurology and technology. He is an author of over 400 scientific publications and holds several major grant awards from federal agencies\, national foundations and industrial sponsors. \n\n\nLaurie M. Orlov\, a tech industry veteran\, writer\, speaker and elder care advocate\, is the founder of Aging and Health Technology Watch — market research\, trends\, blogs and reports that provide thought leadership\, analysis and guidance about health and aging-related technologies and services that enable boomers and seniors to sustain and improve their quality of life. In her previous career\, Laurie spent many years in the technology industry\, including nine years at analyst firm Forrester Research. She has spoken regularly and delivered keynote speeches at forums\, industry consortia\, conferences\, and symposia\, most recently on the business of technology for boomers and seniors. She advises large organizations as well as non-profits and entrepreneurs about trends and opportunities in the age-related technology market.  She has a graduate certification in geriatric care management from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s in music from the University of Rochester. Laurie has been named one of the Top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue and one of the women leading global innovation on age tech 2020. \n\n\nCo-moderator Liz Seegert (@lseegert)\, is AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. Her work has appeared in NextAvenue.com\, Journal of Active Aging\, Cancer Today\, Kaiser Health News and other outlets. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University and co-produces the HealthCetera podcast. \n\n\nCo-moderator Karen Blum is AHCJ’s core topic leader on health IT. An independent journalist in the Baltimore area\, she has written health IT stories for publications such as Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition. \n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-in-place-technology-challenges-and-trends/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Is it possible to have healthy people on a sick planet?
DESCRIPTION:This webinar features\, Gary Cohen\, president of Health Care Without Harm and a pioneer in the environmental health movement for more than 35 years. Cohen has helped build coalitions addressing health impacts related to climate change and toxic chemical exposure. Health Care Without Harm\, created in 1996\, works to transform the health care sector to be environmentally sustainable. \nSponsor: The Hastings Center\, an ethics research institute \nSpeaker: Gary Cohen\, president\, Health Care Without Harm \nDate: April 19\, 2022 \nTime: 12:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: virtual \nCost: free \nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/bdzcuzzv
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-is-it-possible-to-have-healthy-people-on-a-sick-planet/
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SUMMARY:Reporting and Sourcing
DESCRIPTION:Gathering the information you need to tell your story can mean finding sources to interview\, searching the medical literature\, and digging through archives\, databases or social media. In our May 19  Lunch & Learn\, we’ll dig into reporting and sourcing stories. Whether you’re reporting a fast-turnaround news story or a juicy feature\, you’ll come away with plenty of helpful info \nWhen/Where: 1:00 p.m. ET\, May 19. (virtual) \nView the webcastMeeting ID: 961 8036 2044
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-and-sourcing/
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SUMMARY:Hiding in Plain Sight: Documenting the crisis in kids’ mental health
DESCRIPTION:At 3 p.m. CST on May 25\, AHCJ will offer a special webinar on an upcoming two-part film\, produced by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns\, on the crisis in children’s mental health. \nThe PBS film\, “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness\,” is an intimate examination of a crisis that the American Academy of Pediatrics called a public health emergency in 2021. The documentary is anchored by the anguished voices of 20 young people\, ages 11 to 27\, who live with mental health conditions\, as well as parents\, teachers\, friends\, health care providers in their lives\, along with mental health experts with deep knowledge of youth mental health. \nWhat makes the film required viewing for health care reporters is its unusually frank and direct discussion of mental health among young people\, whose voices aren’t often heard in reporting on this topic. They talk about the stigma of mental illness\, how they hid their challenges and how their own personal crises unfolded. The result is a film that should advance the public’s understanding and awareness of the crisis and what can be done to help young people. \nScheduled to air on PBS stations on June 27 and June 28\, the films were directed by brothers Erik and Christopher Loren Ewers\, longtime members of the Ken Burns team and award-winning filmmakers in their own right. They will join AHCJ core topic leader for mental and behavioral health Katti Gray for a webinar discussion about how they gained the trust and confidence of their film subjects. Two of the young people profiled in the film\, Collin Cord and Makalynn Powell\, will join the discussion. The webinar audience will also see a short\, sneak preview of the film. \nView the webcast \nErik Ewers \nChristopher Loren Ewers \nCollin Cord \nMakalynn Powell \nKatti Gray \n  \nAbout the filmmakers: \nErik EwersCo-Director and Editor \nErik Ewers has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns for more than 30 years\, including nearly all of his single and multi-episodic films. He serves as Ken’s senior editor and as co-director and editor of Ewers Brothers Productions\, a preferred collaborative company in the co-creation of Ken’s films. \nErik has been nominated for more than seven personal and program Emmy Awards and has won one editing Emmy and three program Emmys\, as well as two prestigious ACE Eddie Award nominations and one ACE win for “Best Edited Documentary of 2015.” Erik is an expert in all aspects of filmmaking\, having served as music producer\, writer\, director\, film producer\, picture editor\, and sound effects\, music\, and dialogue editor. \nIn 2015\, Erik collaborated with Ken to create the two-hour PBS film The Mayo Clinic: Faith\, Hope\, Science\, serving as producer\, director and editor. Their partnership continues in an upcoming miniseries on America’s mental health crisis. \nChristopher Loren EwersCo-Director and Director of Photography \nChristopher Loren Ewers has been working behind the camera for over 20 years. He studied cinematography at Boston University and photojournalism at the New England School of Photography\, and has traveled the world exploring the human experience through the lens. His eclectic work includes a variety of subjects\, formats and collaborators\, from national networks like NBC and PBS to Fortune 500 brands like Apple\, Coca-Cola\, and IBM and to nonprofit organizations like the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Clinton Global Initiative. \nHowever\, it’s the unique mix of Chris’s film and journalism backgrounds that puts documentary filmmaking at the center of his work. His cinematography has been featured in each of Ken’s films since The Vietnam War. \nWorking with Ken as executive producer\, Chris co-directed and served as Director of Photography on feature length documentary\, The Mayo Clinic: Faith\, Hope\, Science\, broadcast nationally on PBS in September 2018. He and brother Erik are currently co-directing a series of films exploring the mental health crisis\, scheduled to air on PBS over a ten-year period beginning in 2022. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hiding-in-plain-sight-documenting-the-crisis-in-kidsae-mental-health/
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SUMMARY:Tick boom: A physician's forecast for summer '22
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 8\, noon ET \nTicks have proliferated – caused by the combination of overbuilding in previously forested areas\, climate change and international trade. \nWe all know about the tick-borne disease – Lyme – which can cause debilitating nerve and other damage\, but what are the new and emerging tick-borne diseases and where are they emerging? What does that mean for communities? What should reporters be writing about right now and what are the under covered stories related to tick-borne diseases? When will there be a vaccine for Lyme? What about the latest treatments and how can communities and individuals prevent getting bitten? \nA long-time tick expert\, physician and former co-chair of a national working group on tick borne diseases that advises the federal government will provide some answers. Please send your questions to bara@healthjournalism.org. \nView the slides \nJohn Aucott \nBara Vaida \n  \nDr. John Aucott is an internist and Lyme disease expert in the Division of Rheumatology\, and is the director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center. With more than 15 years of research experience on the crippling effects of Lyme disease\, he has published studies focusing on characteristics of early Lyme disease. His research is also focused on improved diagnostic testing and health related outcomes in Lyme disease. He is widely recognized an international expert in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. He is also former chair of the U.S. Health and Human Service’s department’s Tick-Borne Working Group that developed a set of recommended policies on preventing and responding to tick-borne diseases. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tick-boom-a-physicians-forecast-for-summer-22/
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SUMMARY:Reporting the facts on abortion
DESCRIPTION:June 22\, noon ET \nWomen in many U.S. states are facing increased legal obstacles to abortion\, a trend that has been accelerating in recent years with laws now requiring waiting periods and “counseling\,” among other stipulations. A pending Supreme Court decision is expected to further limit access by banning the procedure outright in many states. \nTo help better inform your reporting\, using science and evidence-based information\, AHCJ will hold a webinar with Nisha Verma\, M.D.\, a fellow with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Patient safety core topic leader Kerry Dooley Young will host the webinar. This session will help journalists know what to ask when presented with research on abortion\, particularly medical abortions. The webinar will also explore how political agendas have skewed research. Verma will also address the potential of telehealth in states where abortion is not restricted. \nView the webcast \nNisha Verma \nKerry Dooley Young \nNisha Verma\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, F.A.C.O.G.\, was born in Greensboro\, N.C.\, and received her bachelor’s in Biology and Anthropology and her medical degree from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. She graduated from Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and completed her Complex Family Planning fellowship and Master’s in Public Health degree at Emory University. \nShe is currently serving as the Darney-Landy Fellow at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists with their Strategies for Healthy Equity team and provides abortion care at Planned Parenthoods in the Delaware area. She is also Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University. \nShe is particularly passionate about improving access to reproductive health care in the southeast United States\, her home region\, and has expertise in effective messaging techniques on complicated topics such as abortion.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-the-facts-on-abortion/
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SUMMARY:A Cochrane conversation on using systematic reviews
DESCRIPTION:June 29\, 2 p.m. ET \nIn the era of big data\, some think that all you need for a systematic review is enough data. Not true\, say Cochrane experts\, who apply a rigorous methodology to their systematic reviews to minimize bias and produce more reliable\, higher quality research findings. Journalists who attend this webinar will learn: \n\n\nThe difference between a study\, a review\, meta-analyses\, and systematic reviews \n\n\nWhat’s so great about systematic reviews \n\n\nHow to read a systematic review and evaluate its quality \n\n\nWhat to care about in the summary of findings table \n\n\nHow to report on a systematic review to help your readers make informed health decisions \n\n\nCochrane’s protocol for assessing health evidence and how it compares to others’. \n\n\nView the webcast—Slides (892 KB .pdf) \nLisa Bero \nTara Haelle \nProfessor Lisa Bero is a researcher in evidence-based health care and is internationally known for her studies on the integrity of clinical and basic research evidence that is used to influence health policy. She is affiliate professor\, University of Sydney\, where she founded the multidisciplinary Evidence\, Policy and Influence Collaborative at the Charles Perkins Centre\, focusing on bias and its influence on the integrity of research. She is a professor of medicine and public health and chief scientist\, Center for Bioethics and Humanities\, University of Colorado. She has contributed to Cochrane as an author\, editor\, center director\, and member and co-chair of Cochrane’s Governing Board\, and is currently senior editor\, research integrity. She is also a longtime contributor to the work of the World Health Organization\, including serving as a member of the Guideline Review Committee\, and as chair of the Essential Medicines Committee. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/a-cochrane-conversation-on-using-systematic-reviews/
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SUMMARY:Understanding the pharmacy benefit manager 'shell game'
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 14\, 1 p.m. ET \nIn this webcast\, Ohio-based\, award-winning journalist Darrel Rowland will explain the strategies pharmacy benefit managers use to boost profits by increasing what patients pay out of pocket for their medications and limiting the drugs that insurers will cover. He’ll also talk about how pharmacy benefit managers have driven smaller and locally owned pharmacies out of business. \nThese strategies and others led the Federal Trade Commission to begin an investigation this spring into the practices of the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark\, Express Scripts\, OptumRx\, Humana Inc.; Prime Therapeutics\, and MedImpact Healthcare Systems — and Rowland will help prepare journalists to report on the outcome of that investigation. \n  \nView the webcast \n  \nLinks\nA press release about a report from the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on insulin and the role of PBMs and other actors in the drug-supply chain: \n\n\nhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/grassley-wyden-release-insulin-investigation-uncovering-business-practices-between-drug-companies-and-pbms-that-keep-prices-high \n\n\nThe press release includes a link to all of the material the committee reviewed\, including the full text of the committee’s investigative report and the committee’s records: HERE.   \nAnd here’s a link to the report itself: \n\n\nhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Grassley-Wyden Insulin Report (FINAL 1).pdf \n\n\nHere are links from the Federal Trade Commission on its PBM investigation into PBMs: \n\n\nhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2022/06/future-pharmaceuticals-examining-analysis-pharmaceutical-mergers \n\n\nFTC-DOJ Listening Forum – Health Care- April 14\, 2022 \n\n\nThe Future of Pharmaceuticals – June 14\, 2022 \n\n\nThe Future of Pharmaceuticals – June 15\, 2022 \n\nMerger Guidelines Listening Forum- June 21\, 2022\n\nOther sources mentioned included: \n\n\nAntonio Ciaccia at 3 Axis Advisors\, a consulting firm\, and at 46Brooklyn Research\, drug-price researchers and on Twitter at @A_Ciaccia \n\n\nAdam J. Fein\, PhD\, CEO of Drug Channels Institute. \n\n\nAnd here’s a link to a report in 2019 from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on what’s called the ‘black box’ in the relationship between health insurers and PBMs: \n\n\nCracking Open the Black Box of Pharmacy Benefit Managers \n\n\n  \nDarrel Rowland \nJoseph Burns \nDarrel Rowland is an independent journalist who has won multiple awards for his work over more than three decades at The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio as a reporter and editor. His work has focused on what he calls accountability stories about pharmacy benefit managers and on a wide variety of other topics. Stories he supervised led to the resignation of an Ohio attorney general\, and he has reported on a scandal in which state officials admitted to improperly withholding $40 million in child-support payments to single parents.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-the-pharmacy-benefit-manager-shell-game/
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Finding ... and keeping ... accountability partners
DESCRIPTION:When/Where: 1:00 p.m. ET\, Sept. 15 (virtual) \nView the webcastMeeting ID: 943 4281 6993
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lunch-and-learn-finding-and-keeping-accountability-partners/
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SUMMARY:Ask the expert: A White House Q&A on monkeypox
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 22\, noon ET \nMonkeypox is the latest infectious disease outbreak for health journalists to cover and explain to the public. \nIn early August\, President Biden declared monkeypox a public health emergency and named Dr. Demetre Daskalakis\, CDC director of HIV/AIDS prevention\, as deputy coordinator of the administration’s effort to respond to the outbreak. Daskalakis will take questions for 30 minutes during this webcast\, so bring your questions about transmission\, risk\, health equity and how not to perpetuate stigma in your coverage. \nView the webcast \nDemetre Daskalakis \nBara Vaida \nDemetre Daskalakis is the deputy coordinator of the White House monkeypox response. He previously was director of the division of HIV/AIDS prevention at the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS\, Viral Hepatitis\, STD and TB Prevention. Daskalakis was integral in designing and leading many HIV and STD programs in New York City\, including their Ending the Epidemic program\, which is credited with decreasing HIV incidence to an historic low.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ask-the-expert-a-white-house-qa-on-monkeypox/
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SUMMARY:Nurse staffing and patient safety: What the research shows
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 28\, 1 p.m. ET \nJournalist Sarah DiGregorio\, author of the forthcoming book\, “Taking Care: The Revolutionary Story of Nursing\,” and Kerry Dooley Young\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on patient safety\, will review the findings of major studies on how nurse staffing levels affect quality of care. This webinar will introduce journalists to major papers and reports on this issue and provide an update on efforts at the state and federal level to mandate nurse-patient ratios. \nView the webcast \n“She Had a Preemie — and Then She Started to Ask Important Questions” was the headline of the 2020 New York Times review of DiGregorio’s first book\, “Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us.” DiGregorio\, who has a master’s in journalism from New York University\, has been published in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the Village Voice and in magazines including Saveur and Parade\, specializing earlier in food writing. Her second book\, a cultural history of nursing called “Taking Care: The Revolutionary Story of Nursing\,” is forthcoming in May.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nurse-staffing-and-patient-safety-what-the-research-shows/
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SUMMARY:Navigating freelance contracts
DESCRIPTION:Noon CT/1 p.m. ET Thursday\, Oct. 6 \nFreelance contracts can be short\, simple easy-to-understand agreements\, multi-page documents full of legalese or anything in between. They can contain clauses that will cost you money\, take away your future rights to the story\, delay payment and saddle you with legal responsibilities best avoided. \nIn this webinar\, former journalist and media lawyer Charles Glasser will answer your questions about why contracts are important\, language to include and avoid\, and how to negotiate the contract you want. Feel free to bring a contract and ask a specific question that can serve as an example for all attendees. \nView the webcast \nCharles Glasser \nBarbara Mantel \nCharles Glasser spent 12 years as the global media counsel for Bloomberg News\, where he trained more than 2\,200 reporters on legal issues and journalism fundamentals. He is now a private legal consultant and teaches law and ethics for investigative journalism at New York University’s Arthur Carter Journalism Center. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/navigating-freelance-contracts/
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SUMMARY:Pushing back against ageism\, one story at a time
DESCRIPTION:11 a.m. CT/noon ET Thursday\, Oct. 13 \nAgeism is pervasive in our society. And journalists can be as guilty as anyone else of perpetuating ageist tropes. But despite the barrage of negative messages that come at us at home\, at work\, and even at the supermarket\, aging isn’t something sad or depressing that old people do. It’s how we move through life from birth to death; everyone is doing it; and more of us are doing more of it than ever before. \nJoin author and activist Ashton Applewhite as we discuss ageism and how journalists can avoid ageist stereotypes in their reporting and depict aging in accurate and nuanced ways. \nView the webcast \n\n\nOldSchool.info — one-stop go-to for all things ageism-related\, including resources\, tools and language guides \n\n\nYo\, is this Ageist — Ashton’s blog \n\n\nThis Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism\, by Ashton Applewhite \n\n\nBreaking the Age Code How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live\, by Becca Levy\, Ph.D. \n\n\nAshton Applewhite \nLiz Seegert \nAn internationally recognized expert on ageism\, Ashton Applewhite is the author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism” and a co-founder of the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse. She speaks widely at venues that have included the United Nations and the TED mainstage\, has written for Harper’s\, the Guardian\, and the New York Times\, and is at the forefront of the emerging movement to raise awareness of ageism and to dismantle it. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pushing-back-against-ageism-one-story-at-a-time/
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SUMMARY:Ask the expert: A Q&A on femtech
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. CT/ 3 p.m. ET\, Monday\, Oct. 24 \nIn the continuing fallout of the Dobbs decision\, questions have been raised about how far law enforcement might reach into private health information via femtech\, health care software and tech-enabled products designed to support women’s health. Can “anonymous” modes recently introduced by some companies truly keep users’ information private? And how could the upcoming November elections — 36 states are holding governor contests — impact the industry with abortion a top-of-mind issue for many people? \nBethany Corbin\, the femtech practice lead and senior counsel for Nixon Gwilt Law\, will take questions for 30 minutes during the webcast\, so bring your queries. Corbin is a frequent speaker and writer on femtech\, privacy\, contract drafting and ethical technology. She also hosts the Legally Femtech podcast. \nView the webcast \nBethany Corbin \nKaren Blum \nBethany Corbin\, femtech practice lead and senior counsel at Nixon Gwilt Law\, is a recognized industry expert at the intersection of law and women’s health technology. She empowers pioneering femtech and health care innovation companies to revolutionize care delivery with legal counsel and strategic guidance. In particular\, Bethany partners with emerging femtech companies at the forefront of health care transformation to ensure they are building robust\, scalable and legally compliant health solutions that are ready to lead the industry. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ask-the-expert-a-qa-on-femtech/
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SUMMARY:After “Hidden Valley Road:” A conversation with author Robert Kolker
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. CT Wednesday\, Nov. 2 \nWhen journalist Robert Kolker first learned about the Galvin family through a colleague’s introduction to one of the family members\, he didn’t know whether their story had all the elements needed to become a book until he began the reporting. The narrative that unfolded—a family in which six of the 10 sons developed schizophrenia—provided a compelling framework for exploring the history of schizophrenia research from its discovery through the present day. \nThe result\, the highly acclaimed “Hidden Valley Road\,” has continued to have an impact even two years after its 2020 publication\, particularly in addressing the stigma associated with schizophrenia. Kolker will discuss how the book came about\, his realization that it could be a book\, how he found and wove medical research into his narrative\, and what the book’s current impact has been for both the Galvin family and the understanding of schizophrenia more broadly. \nView the webcast \nRobert Kolker \nTara Haelle \nRobert Kolker is the author of “Hidden Valley Road\,” an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and selection of Oprah’s Book Club; and “Lost Girls\,” also a New York Times bestseller and New York Times Notable Book. He is a National Magazine Award finalist whose journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, Wired\, O\, the Oprah Magazine\, the Marshall Project\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, and New York magazine. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/after-hidden-valley-road-a-conversation-with-author-robert-kolker/
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SUMMARY:“Breathless:” A Q&A with science writer David Quammen
DESCRIPTION:Noon ET Wednesday\, Dec. 14 \nJoin us for a discussion with veteran science journalist David Quammen whose most recent book\, “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus\,” details the story of how virologists and other scientists have worked to unravel the mysteries of SARS-CoV-2\, the virus that causes COVID-19. Quammen will also talk about what he learned about the various origin theories and what lessons can be applied to the next\, likely pandemic. \nThe New York Times describes the book as a “luminous\, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time — and the unprecedented international response to it.” Bring your questions about craft\, grasping difficult science and spotting the next pandemic for this 45-minute Q&A. \nView the webcast \nDavid Quammen \nBara Vaida \nDavid Quammen is an author and journalist whose seventeen books include “The Song of the Dodo” (1996)\, “The Reluctant Mr. Darwin” (2006)\, and “The Tangled Tree” (2018). His 2012 book\, “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic\,” described the dynamics of viral spillover from wildlife into humans and predicted a coming pandemic\, possibly caused by a coronavirus. \nHis new book\, “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus\,” describes the scientific effort to trace the origins and evolution of the Covid-19 virus\, SARS-CoV-2\, and to combat the pandemic it caused. \nQuammen’s magazine work has appeared in National Geographic\, The New Yorker\, Outside\, Harper’s\, The Atlantic\, Rolling Stone\, and The New York Review of Books\, among other magazines\, and his Op-Eds in the New York Times and other newspapers. He’s a three-time recipient of the National Magazine Award and has received several awards for his books\, including the Premio Letterario Merck\, given in Rome. He shares a home in Bozeman\, Montana\, with his wife\, Betsy Gaines Quammen\, author of the book “American Zion\,” plus three borzois\, a cross-eyed cat\, and a rescue python named Boots. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/breathless-a-qa-with-science-writer-david-quammen/
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SUMMARY:Long COVID: Ask NIH leader about latest research
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Friday\, Feb. 10 \nCheck out this discussion with NIH leader Dr. Gary Gibbons about long COVID\, which is still poorly understood by scientists and physicians. Find out why some people have lingering\, severe fatigue\, brain fog\, or trouble breathing\, who is at risk for these symptoms and why a treatment is a mystery the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER initiative and many other researchers are working to solve. \nTo help journalists write about this topic\, Dr. Gibbons answered questions about what we know so far about long COVID and address questions that remain unanswered. He  particularly focused on health inequities and long COVID’s impact on non-White and ethnic groups. Check out the webinar slides and watch the full webcast below. \nMeeting ID: 966 7847 9850Passcode:502447 \nWatch the webcast \nDr. Gary Gibbons  \nBara Vaida \nDr. Gary Gibbons has been the director of the National Heart\, Lung and Blood Institute since 2012. Before joining the NHLBI\, Dr. Gibbons — a cardiologist by training — was the founding director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute\, Department of Physiology chair and professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine.There he directed NIH-funded research in the fields of vascular biology\, genomic medicine and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. Gibbons received several patents for innovations derived from his research in the fields of vascular biology and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. Prior to joining the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1999\, Gibbons taught at Stanford University and Harvard Medical School.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/long-covid-ask-nih-leader-about-latest-research/
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SUMMARY:“Under the skin”: A conversation about health and racism with Linda Villarosa
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. ET Wednesday\, March 29 \nJournalist and author Linda Villarosa will talk with AHCJ core topic leader for health equity Margarita Birnbaum about how a story she wrote for the New York Times evolved into a book — “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and the Health of Our Nation.” Villarosa\, a former health editor at The New York Times\, wrote a gripping and revealing story that exposed how race and ethnic prejudice in the medical system and society at large have contributed to the deaths of generations of Black women and children.  \nJoin us for a conversation with Villarosa to learn more about the people she interviewed\, how to find people who will share their experiences\, and how to bring context about the legacy of bigotry to the stories we write about local and national public health trends. Read more about the award-winning journalist on her website.  \nMeeting ID: 996 8142 9748 Passcode:923138 \nView the recording  \nLinda Villarosa  \nMargarita Binbaum \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/under-the-skin-a-conversation-about-health-and-racism-with-linda-villarosa/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Advances in Brain Health
DESCRIPTION:Explore the latest advances in brain aging research in a free webinar hosted by the American Federation for Aging Research and Prevention magazine. Panelists include Emilie T. Reas\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor in neurosciences at the University of California San Diego and Tara Tracy\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. When/Where: 3-4 p.m. EST\, April 26\, (virtual) \nContact: John Chaich\, john@afar.org \nTo register\, visit this webpage.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-advances-in-brain-health/
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SUMMARY:Harnessing the power of the Congressional District Health Dashboard
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. ET Friday\, April 28 \nJoin Margarita Birnbaum\, AHCJ’s core topic leader for health equity\, and Samantha Breslin\, program director at NYU\, for a tour of the new Congressional District Health Dashboard. This free website gives journalists\, policymakers and advocates a one-stop resource of unbiased\, nonpartisan data at the congressional-district level to inform the development of policies that give everyone the opportunity for good health and well-being. Developed by the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine\, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, the Dashboard provides first-of-its-kind data on health and conditions that affect health\, including diabetes rates\, rent burden\, lack of insurance\, and broadband access\, in every congressional district across the country. \nYou’ll learn how to use the data to report on health and social policy topics most relevant to your beat; how to view customized health snapshots and interactive maps; how to identify local\, state\, and regional trends; how to look at how districts compare to others on key measures; and how to go deeper on key findings across congressional districts. \nMeeting ID: 914 3755 0710Passcode: 258045 \nView the recording \nSamantha Breslin \nMargarita Birnbaum \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/harnessing-the-power-of-the-congressional-district-health-dashboard/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Covering the lawsuit that could limit free preventive care
DESCRIPTION:12 p.m. ET Wednesday\, May 10 \nOne of the biggest health care stories of 2023 will break when the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas rules in the case of Braidwood Management v. Becerra. In this challenge to provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)\, Christian-owned businesses and six individuals in Texas assert that the ACA’s requirements to cover preventive services without requiring patients to pay some of the costs of care is unconstitutional. If the court rules in the plaintiffs’ favor\, Americans may need to pay more for preventive health care. \nTo learn more about the implications of the lawsuit\, A. Mark Fendrick\, M.D.\, one of the nation’s leading experts on how cost-sharing harms patients\, joined AHCJ for a webcast on May 10. Fendrick explained how journalists can cover this story and how\, if the plaintiffs succeed on either constitutional or religious grounds\, it could limit or restrict the government’s ability to require health insurers and employers to cover evidence-based preventive services without cost-sharing. \nWatch the Recording  \nA. Mark Fendrick\, M.D. \nJoseph Burns \n A. Mark Fendrick\, M.D.\, is the founder and director of the Value-Based Insurance Design Center at the University of Michigan. He is also a professor of internal medicine in the university’s School of Medicine and a professor of Health Management and Policy in the university’s School of Public Health. A practicing physician\, Fendrick has seen how requiring consumers to pay for preventive health services causes patients to disregard physicians’ orders because they cannot afford to do so\, leading to adverse effects on patients’ health. Since founding the VBID in 2005\, Fendrick has advised Congress\, employers\, health plans and federal agencies on the need to eliminate patient cost-sharing. \nAdditional resources\n\nNo-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know\, Julie Appleby\, KFF Health News\, April 7\, 2023.\nJudge’s Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past\, Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews\, KFF Health News\, March 30\, 2023\nExplaining Litigation Challenging the ACA’s Preventive Services Requirements: Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra\, KFF\, April 4\, 2023\nBehind the push to strike down free preventative health care in America\, WBUR On Point with A. Mark Fendrick MD and Nicholas Bagley\, April 26\, 2023\nA Texas Judge Just Invalidated The Preventive Services Mandate. What Happens Next?\, Health Affairs\, March 30\, 2023\nBraidwood Management Inc.\, et al.\, plaintiffs\, v. Xavier Becerra\, et al.\, defendants\, Civil Action No. 4:20-cv-00283-O\, March 30\, 2023.\nUSPSTF recommendation on breast-cancer screening\, May 9\, 2023\nUSPSTF recommendation on latent TB infection screening\, May 2\, 2023\nWhat’s Wrong With Health Insurance? Deductibles Are Ridiculous\, for Starters\, Aaron E. Carrol\, MD\, NY Times\, July 7\, 2022.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-covering-the-lawsuit-that-could-limit-free-preventive-care/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative Annual Leadership Summit 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Council of State Governments Justice Center will host the third annual summit of the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative on May 18 at 8 p.m. EST. In addition to honoring the Judge Stephen S. Goss Leadership Awardees\, the webinar will include a panel discussion spotlighting efforts to decriminalize mental health and substance use disorders. \nAn estimated 43% of state prisoners and 44% of the mainly pre-trial detainees in local jails had a diagnosed mental illness\, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Those analysts also concluded that 74% of state prisoners and 66% of federal prisoners with mental and behavioral health diagnoses said they received no mental health care while incarcerated.  \nWhen/Where: May 18\, 8 p.m. EST (virtual) \nContact: press@csgjusticecenter.org or (212) 482-2320 \nClick here to register.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-judges-and-psychiatrists-leadership-initiative-annual-leadership-summit-2023/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: What journalists should know about avian flu and pandemic preparedness
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Thursday\, May 18 \nThe global COVID-19 public health emergency was declared over by the World Health Organization\, but public health officials need to remain vigilant for the next one. Could it be avian flu or a different pathogen that jumps from animals to people? At the end of May\, the federal government is launching the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to monitor and respond to biological threats involving human\, zoonotic and foreign animal diseases. \nAmbika Bumb\, deputy executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense\, will talk about what reporters need to know about zoonotic threats\, the biodefense of animal agriculture\, and the reasons to keep writing about pandemic preparedness\, particularly given legislation pending in Congress this year. She will also speak to what kind of government plan is required to reduce the risk of another global pandemic in the near future. \nView Ambika Bumb’s presentation \nMeeting ID: 993 6565 0877Passcode: 404320 \nWatch the recording  \nAmbika Bumb\, Ph.D. \nBara Vaida \nAmbika Bumb\, Ph.D.\, is deputy executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. Before working with the commission\, she served as deputy executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and was the Health\, Science\, and Technology Advisor for Department of State’s Crisis Management and Strategy within the Office of the Secretary. She was also an advisor for HelpWithCOVID\, a grassroots clearing house that matched community volunteers with projects focused on providing COVID relief. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and a minor in economics and received her doctorate in medical engineering from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Oxford Program.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-what-journalists-should-know-about-avian-flu-and-pandemic-preparedness/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Why our food supply still isn't safe from contamination
DESCRIPTION:Recorded at 12 p.m. ET Wednesday\, June 14 \nHealth hazards from tainted meat\, produce and other foods are an ongoing national problem\, underscored by last year’s unprecedented infant formula recall. Bill Marler\, food safety lawyer and publisher of Food Safety News\, will look at why it’s so hard to keep the food supply safe\, what the federal government should be doing about it and story ideas for national and local reporters — just in time for summer — that will keep the focus on ensuring the safety of the food we eat. \nView Bill Marler’s presentation \nWatch the recording \nBill Marler \nBara Vaida \nBill Marler is the founder of Marler Clark\, a law firm based in Seattle that specializes in representing victims of food-borne illness outbreaks. Marler has represented clients in some of the most high-profile food-borne illness cases in the United States\, including the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak\, the 2006 Dole spinach E. coli outbreak\, the 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes from Jensen Farms and the 2018 romaine E. coli outbreak. He founded Food Safety News in 2009 to keep the spotlight on food\, health and safety reporting\, as traditional news organizations were reducing and eliminating food safety coverage. Bill’s work has been profiled in the book “Poisoned” and in the Netflix documentary of the same name.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-why-our-food-supply-still-isnt-safe-from-contamination/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How journalists can put ChatGPT to good use
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. ET Friday\, July 14 \nThe artificial intelligence program ChatGPT has made headlines for its ability to create prose (and headlines)\, but how does it work? How are journalists using it? And what are the potential problems and ethical pitfalls? \nIn this webinar\, Alex Mahadevan\, director of the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise digital media literacy program\, will take ChatGPT for a spin\, discuss what he’s learned about the new technology and answer your questions. \nWatch the recording \nAlex Mahadevan \nKaren Blum \nAlex Mahadevan is the director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute. Since 2019\, he’s taught digital media literacy to thousands of teenagers and older adults\, and trained journalists across the world in verification and digital tools for investigations. He also co-leads the Empowering Digital Diverse Digital Citizens Lab at Stanford University. Before getting into fact-checking and media literacy\, Alex launched content management systems\, newsletters and video series as a news innovation editor and data reporter in Florida.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-how-journalists-can-put-chatgpt-to-good-use/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Cancer news: Balancing fear\, hype and reality
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Wednesday\, July 19 \nThe most recent screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are controversial and confusing. Journalists must report responsibly on the latest health recommendations while talking about cancer — a subject that is often emotionally charged — using the latest scientific evidence. \nAt this webinar\, experts will suggest approaches to putting the latest screening recommendations in context while eliminating hype and not creating false hope. \nWatch the recording \nMehra Golshan\, M.D. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D. \nLiz Seegert \nTara Haelle \nMehra Golshan\, M.D.\, is a cancer surgeon and a nationally and internationally recognized leader in breast cancer treatment and research. He serves as deputy chief medical officer for surgical services and as clinical director of the Center for Breast Cancer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. He has led numerous Phase I\, II and III clinical trials and translational science innovations that have had an impact on treatment options and outcomes for women. Dr. Golshan is also a leading researcher in this field\, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D.\, is a writer\, breast cancer survivor\, and physician. A graduate of Yale College and New York University School of Medicine\, she is a clinical associate professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in the division of hematology and medical oncology. She worked as an oncologist for 16 years before completing a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University. Her articles have appeared in the New York Observer\, Huffington Post\, Pacific Standard\, Washington Post\, NPR\, and elsewhere. Her new book\, “From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer” is published by Columbia University Press. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-cancer-news-balancing-fear-hype-and-reality/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Covering high-risk lab accidents and the COVID-19 origins story
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Thursday\, July 20 \nWe may never know whether COVID-19 originated with a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or was the result of a natural spillover event from an unknown animal. What is known is that ongoing scientific research on high-risk pathogens in laboratories around the world could be vulnerable to a leak\, whether accidental or deliberate. \nAs investigative reporter Alison Young writes in “Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks\, Pandemics\, and a World at Risk\,” the truth is “lab accidents happen with shocking frequency\, even in the world’s best-run labs.” That means journalists have a crucial role in holding the scientific community accountable. \nIn this webinar\, Young will talk about her book and provide context about what is known about what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and about lab leaks more broadly. She will provide resources and tips for staying on top of this very timely issue\, which is being debated by law and policy makers\, scientists and the public. \nWatch the recording \nAlison Young. Photo by Lisa V. Damico \nBara Vaida \nAlison Young is an investigative reporter specializing in health\, environmental and consumer issues. Her work has included revealing safety lapses at biological research labs\, food manufacturers and nursing homes. She is a professor and program director for the University of Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington\, D.C. program and has reported for USA TODAY\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Knight Ridder’s Washington Bureau\, the Detroit Free Press\, The Arizona Republic and the Dallas Times Herald. Her reporting honors include three Gerald Loeb Awards\, three Scripps Howard Awards and a DuPont-Columbia Award. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-covering-high-risk-lab-accidents-and-the-covid-19-origins-story/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Breaking into narrative journalism
DESCRIPTION:12 p.m. ET Monday\, July 24 \nGreat narrative journalism takes readers on a journey by telling stories with scenes and characters as well developed as those you would find in a good novel. It’s gratifying to write\, but the research\, reporting and pitching of the idea to an outlet take time and determination. In this webinar\, seasoned editors and reporters will offer tips for breaking into narrative journalism\, including knowing what editors want\, crafting pitches and figuring out whether the pay will be worth the effort. \nWatch the recording \nJane C. Hu \nBrady Huggett \nPamela Weintraub \nBarbara Mantel \nPamela Weintraub is the senior editor for science and psychology at Aeon and the co-editor in chief at OpenMind magazine. Previously\, Weintraub was senior editor\, features editor and executive editor at Discover Magazine\, where she assigned and edited long-form journalistic narratives and investigations that won numerous top journalistic awards and honors. \nBrady Huggett is the enterprise editor at Spectrum\, where he edits features and long-form projects. Before joining Spectrum\, he served as business editor at Nature Biotechnology and managing editor at the biotech daily news service BioWorld. Huggett has master’s degrees in journalism and in creative writing and has won prizes for his fiction and nonfiction writing. \nJane C. Hu is a freelance journalist based in Seattle. Her work appears in publications like Slate\, High Country News\, WIRED\, National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, Scientific American\, Outside\, and The Atlantic. She sits on the boards of the National Association of Science Writers and The Open Notebook.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-breaking-into-narrative-journalism/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Maintaining Patient Access to Care in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials\, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration\, is hosting a webinar to explore federal priorities related to rural healthcare access\, as well as highlight a successful model to ensure rural patients can access hospital services. \nThe webinar will focus on the implementation and successes of the AZ REACH program\, which serves as a patient transfer system that can be quickly mobilized during a variety of public health events. The webinar will also include discussion with the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and CDC Office of Rural Health. The webinar is public and open to all. \nWhen/where: Aug. 8\, 2–3 p.m. EST (virtual only) \nContact: Call The Assocation of State and Territorial Health Officials at: (202) 371-9090 \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nKristi Martinsen\, Director of the Hospital State Division\, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy\, HRSA\nDiane M. Hall\, Ph.D.\, M.S.Ed.\, Director\, Office of Rural Health\, CDC\nLisa Villarroel\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Medical Director\, Division of Public Health Services\, Arizona Department of Health Services\nCharles Larsen\, Co-Founder\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\nErin Tams\, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\n\nClick here to register for the webinar \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-maintaining-patient-access-to-care-in-rural-america/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:1 year later: Assessing the 988 mental health hotline
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. ET  \nThe national 988 mental health crisis line was launched in July 2022 as an easier-to-remember alternative to the previous 10-digit hotline. The initiative\, modeled after 911\, is intended to reduce the incidence of suicide and the mental health crises that underlay suicidal ideation\, attempts and fatalities. It is distinct from 911 in that it specifically addresses suicide crises.From the start\, there have been questions about how well the hotline would function\, including whether it would result in distressed people being involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital wards or put the caller at risk of trauma or tragedy by sending armed police untrained in mental health interventions. Panelists — including a behavioral health policy researcher and a population health management strategist — will address those questions and related aspects of this topic.  \nWatch the recording \nVincent Atchity \nHeather Saunders \nKatti Gray \n  \nVincent Atchity is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado\, which\, in 2019\, absorbed The Equitas Project\, a national initiative to disentangle mental health and criminal justice that Atchity served as executive director. A population health management strategist\, Atchity has worked on care management\, cost control\, outcomes improvement\, workforce development\, data integration\, partnership network development and support\, project design\, education and fundraising. Atchity is a member of the Colorado Public Defender Commission\, the Governor’s Strategic Planning Task Force to Increase Behavioral Health Access\, the Denver District Attorney Advisory Council on Mental Health and the Colorado School of Public Health Behavioral Health Initiative Advisory Board. He has taught at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Fordham University in New York and was an assistant dean of the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Public Health. \nHeather Saunders is a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaiser Family Foundation Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Her work focuses on behavioral health policy\, workforce adequacy and health care delivery for people with disabilities. Prior to joining KFF\, Saunders was a researcher for Virginia’s Medicaid program. Before that\, while employed as a social worker\, she worked with clients in hospitals\, schools and outpatient settings. She also managed randomized controlled trials in behavioral health care medical settings. Saunders earned a doctorate in health care policy and research from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her dissertation examined access to behavioral health services. \nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray is providing resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. She has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade persons of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/1-year-later-assessing-the-988-mental-health-hotline/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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