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:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131108T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131109T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160245Z UID:23965-1383872400-1383958800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Aging and Society Conference DESCRIPTION:This is an international forum to enhance knowledge and continue discussion for anyone engaged in the knowledge community of researchers\, academics\, caregivers\, and practitioners. \nTopics on the agenda include: \n\n\nEnvironmental factions and aging\, including extreme weather \n\n\nDefining and protecting the wellbeing of older adults \n\n\nEthnic disparities \n\n\nEmployment and retirement of older adults \n\n\nHospice in prisons \n\n\nElderly violence \n\n\nNutrition and physical activity \n\n\nCognition \n\n\nAge-friendly design \n\n\nPublic policy\, ethics and legal issues \n\n\nFamily \n\n\nContact: Common Ground Publishing\, 217-328-0405 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-and-society-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131108T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131108T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160245Z UID:25875-1383872400-1383872400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NCQA’s Eighth Annual Policy Conference DESCRIPTION:Nov. 8\, 2013Capital HiltonWashington\, D.C. \nAt this conference\, the nation’s top health care leaders will discuss next steps in health reform. Journalists can attend the conference in person or via live streaming online. \nhttp://www.ncqa.org/EducationEvents/SeminarsandWebinars/LiveSeminarsWebinars/8thAnnualNationalPolicyConference.aspx URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ncqaaes-eighth-annual-policy-conference/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160246Z UID:25892-1383699600-1383699600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:November’s “Drink to your health” gathering DESCRIPTION:Health journalists in New York get together to chat about science\, health care and journalism. \nWednesday\, Nov. 6\, 20137 p.m. ET \nWhite Horse Tavern567 Hudson StreetNew York\, NY 10014-2460 \nContact Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato with questions or to RSVP. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/novemberaes-aeoedrink-to-your-healthae%c2%9d-gathering/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131102T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160247Z UID:23945-1383354000-1383699600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:American Public Health Association 141st Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:APHA’s meeting addresses current and emerging health science\, policy\, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. \nMore than 13\,000 national and international physicians\, administrators\, nurses\, educators\, researchers\, epidemiologists and related health specialists attend the meeting. \nSessions cover topics that include publich health ethics\, medical expenditures\, chronic disease prevention\, gun violence prevention\, unintended pregnancy\, jail and prison health\, rural health\, vision care\, food and nutrition\, alcohol policy\, global health\, prescription drug overdoses\, cancer screening and much more. See the full program. \nMedia access\nCredentialed working journalists will be provided complimentary press registration. See this page for details. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-public-health-association-141st-annual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131130T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160248Z UID:23964-1383267600-1385773200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Hospice / Palliative Care Month DESCRIPTION:This observance focuses on raising awareness about care for the 1.5 million patients each year who receive care from hospices in the United States. \nThe National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (703-837-1500; nhpco_info@nhpco.org) has a number of resources related to the observance. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hospice-palliative-care-month/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131031T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131103T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160248Z UID:23958-1383181200-1383440400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Association of Home Care and Hospice annual meeting DESCRIPTION:Attendees of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s annual meeting will hear about 2013 as a key year to focus on the particular needs of home care and hospice providers. With the future of Medicare at stake\, NAHC members will strategize and share stories with key stakeholders about the impact  only hospice and home care providers can make. Contact: Barbara Wooley\, PR & Marketing\, NAHC\, bdw@nahc.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-association-of-home-care-and-hospice-annual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131031T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131103T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160249Z UID:23951-1383181200-1383440400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:American Dental Association’s 2013 Annual Session DESCRIPTION:This year’s annual session\, which will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center\, will include an opening address by former President Bill Clinton. At a free dental clinic\, held in conjunction with the event on Sunday\, Nov 3\, dentists hope to treat 1\,000 local residents without access to care. \nFor more information go to www.ada.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-dental-associationaes-2013-annual-session/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131030T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131031T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160250Z UID:23962-1383094800-1383181200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Advances in Geroscience: Impact on Healthspan and Chronic Disease DESCRIPTION:In addition to a plenary session launched by Francis S. Collins\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, director of the National Institutes of Health\, there will be seven scientific sessions on inflammation\, adaptation to stress\, epigenetics and regulatory RNA\, metabolism\, macromolecular damage\, proteostasis\, and stem cells and regeneration. \nThe Summit program was developed by the Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group at the NIH\, a recently  formed group focused on the relationships between aging and age-related disease and disability. The GSIG is among the largest trans-NIH interest groups. \nThe National Institute on Aging has posted a video featuring Felipe Sierra\, PhD\, director of the Division of Aging Biology\, discussing the GSIG and the summit. \nFollow live updates on Twitter with @geronsociety\, @alzheimers_NIH\, and @aging_research. The event hashtag is #agingsummit. Also visit Facebook to view photos from the event. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/advances-in-geroscience-impact-on-healthspan-and-chronic-disease/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131030T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131030T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160250Z UID:25889-1383094800-1383094800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Report & briefing on sports-related concussions in youth DESCRIPTION:An Institute of Medicine report studying sports-related concussions in young people from elementary school through college will be released on Oct. 30 during a public briefing in Washington\, D.C.  The report examines factors that may be associated with increased rates of reported concussions\, the effectiveness of protective devices and equipment\, which sports have the highest rates of reported concussions\, screening and diagnosis\, treatment and management\, and long-term consequences. \nAdvance copies of “Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science\, Changing the Culture” will be available to reporters only beginning at 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday\, Oct. 30.  The report is embargoed and not for public release before 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday\, Oct. 30.  To obtain an embargoed copy\, contact the National Academies’ Office of News and Public Information: 202-334-2138 or news@nas.edu. \nBriefing:\nMembers of the committee that wrote the report will discuss its findings and recommendations and take questions at a public briefing beginning at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday\, Oct. 30\, at the National Academy of Sciences building\, 2101 Constitution Ave.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C.  Those who cannot attend in person may watch via webcast at www.nationalacademies.org. More information is available. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/report-briefing-on-sports-related-concussions-in-youth/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160251Z UID:25891-1383008400-1383008400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tackling Diseases of Aging: Why Research Collaboration Matters DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will host a roundtable to discuss the latest developments in aging research and ways to increase collaboration. The panel will feature the director of the National Institute on Aging\, along with five of the country’s leading experts on aging. U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Susan Collins (R-ME)\, the committee’s chairman and ranking member\, will also be on hand. \nThe roundtable will serve as a prelude to the National Institutes of Health’s first-ever Geroscience Summit\, entitled\, “Advances in Geroscience: Impacts on Healthspan and Chronic Disease\,” which will be Oct. 30-31.  More than 500 public and private sector researchers\, educators and policy experts will gather at the two-day summit to discuss recent research into mechanisms of aging\, the link between aging and chronic disease progression\, and novel ways for cross-disciplinary research collaboration in the field of aging research. \nThe roundtable will convene at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and live video will be available at this link.           \nParticipants: \n\n\nRichard Hodes\, M.D.\, director\, National Institute on Aging\, National Institutes of Health \n\n\nJohn Alam\, M.D.\, head\, Therapeutic Strategic Area for Diseases of Aging\, Sanofi-Aventis \n\n\nJames Kirkland\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, professor\, Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research and director\, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging\, Mayo Clinic \n\n\nRichard Morimoto\, Ph.D.\, professor\, Department of Molecular Biosciences and director\, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research\, Northwestern University \n\n\nDavid Morgan\, Ph.D.\, chief executive officer and director\, Byrd Alzheimer Institute and director of neuroscience research\, University of South Florida College of Medicine \n\n\nModerator: Michael Hodin\, Ph.D.\, executive director\, Global Coalition on Aging and Managing Partner\, High Lantern Group URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tackling-diseases-of-aging-why-research-collaboration-matters/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150836Z UID:25884-1383008400-1383008400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Will families buy kids’ dental benefits on new exchanges? DESCRIPTION:Resources\nRecorded webcast \nSpeakers’ presentations (PDFs): \n\nColin Reusch\nEvelyn F. Ireland\nMary E. Foley\n\nTip sheet: Pediatric dental benefits on the health insurance exchangesHow is your state coping with the challenges of offering pediatric dental benefits? And will the benefits result in getting more kids the dental care they need? Oral health topic leader Mary Otto explains the issues and why states could be making some controversial decisions in implementing this part of the law. \nHow I did it: Covering pediatric dental benefitsAs Mary Otto wrote in a recent blog post\, Chad Terhune of the Los Angeles Times has done a good job of writing about the complexities of fitting pediatric dental benefits into California’s exchange. He shares his insights into the unfolding story and offers advice to AHCJ members who might want to see how this issue is playing out in their own states. \nHandouts:9-26-13_Joint-Dental-Org-Letter-to-Treasury-IRS.pdfACA-Dental-Coverage-Basics-Sept2013Update.pdfNADP-Issue-Brief-ACA-Dental-Tax-Credits-July2013.pdf \n\nApproximately 8.7 million children could gain extensive dental coverage through the ACA by 2018. For children\, the expansion will be almost evenly split among Medicaid (3.2 million)\, health insurance exchanges or marketplaces (3 million) and employer sponsored insurance (2.5 million). The inclusion of pediatric dental benefits in the health care reform law was hailed as a breakthrough by advocates working to get dental services better integrated into the nation’s larger health care system. \nNow states are tackling the challenges of offering dental benefits on their exchanges. What services are they offering? Are they affordable? Are families buying them and will they know how to use them? \nAs for Medicaid expansions\, how are qualifying kids who need coverage going to get it? \nDo states have strategies for guiding new families to care in places where there is a short supply of dentists? \nWe’ll get early assessments of whether health care reform is actually getting dental care to more kids\, through private insurance and Medicaid expansions. Panelists will include Colin Reusch of the Childrens Dental Health Project\, who will offer a national look\, as well as Evelyn Ireland\, executive director of the National Association of Dental Plans. Mary Foley\, executive director of the Medicaid CHIP State Dental Association\, will address how Medicaid expansions may be working in some states to get dental benefits to kids under the ACA. \nTo participate\n Click here and choose the “Enter as a Guest” option. Type your name in the box where indicated and then click on the “Enter Room” button. \nSpeakers:\nMary E. Foley\, R.D.H.\, M.P.H.\, has served as executive director of the Medicaid CHIP State Dental Association since 2009. The association works to develop and promote evidence-based oral health best practices and policies. Previously\, Foley was the dean of the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She has worked as a project director at the Children’s Dental Health Project and as director of the Office of Oral Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. \nColin Reusch is a policy analyst at the Children’s Dental Health Project where he tracks implementation of health care reform\, researches and drafts issue briefs and policy documents\, and provides guidance and direction in identifying and pursuing policy initiatives as they relate to improving oral health. CDHP is a national nonprofit organization that works to achieve equity in children’s oral health. Prior to joining CDHP\, Reusch worked on young alumni programs at Eastern Kentucky University and local government policy issues at the Kentucky League of Cities. \nEvelyn F. Ireland is executive director of the National Association of Dental Plans\, which promotes and advances the dental benefits industry to improve consumer access to affordable\, quality dental care. Ireland has more than 40 years of experience in government and insurance. She worked for 10 years as an insurance regulator and for the Texas legislature as well as Congress. \nModerator: \nMary Otto is AHCJ’s oral health core topic leader\, keeping AHCJ members updated on the latest resources on dental care and policy. Otto\, an independent journalist\, got interested in covering oral health in 2007\, writing about the death of a child who had suffered complications from an untreated dental infection. At the time\, she was working at The Washington Post. She left that job in 2008 but has continued to write about oral health\, as a freelance writer for the Post\, drbicuspid.com\, and other publications. \nMary E. Foley \nColin Reusch \nEvelyn F. Ireland \nMary Otto URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-will-families-buy-kidsae-dental-benefits-on-new-exchanges/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131029T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160252Z UID:25874-1383008400-1383008400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Next Wave of Wellness and Disease Management Strategies for Health Plans DESCRIPTION:Oct. 29\, 2013Westin Tysons CornerWashington\, D.C. \nThis conference will address the challenges wellness programs and disease managers face from employers and health plans today. \nhttp://www.corporateresearchgroup.com/conferences/ZW13515.cfm URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-next-wave-of-wellness-and-disease-management-strategies-for-health-plans/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131023T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131025T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160253Z UID:23920-1382490000-1382662800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Care Continuum Alliance Forum 2013 DESCRIPTION:Every year\, CCA Forum convenes the leaders of the health care industry\, technology innovators\, government officials\, researchers and academics. In 2013\, CCA Forum will focus on the implementation of population health models and strategies from development to delivery. \nAll media and press-related questions should be addressed to (202) 737-5980 or iestrada-portales@carecontinuumalliance.org. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/care-continuum-alliance-forum-2013/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131023T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131023T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160254Z UID:25886-1382490000-1382490000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Committee on Strategies for Responsible Sharing of Clinical Trial Data - Meeting One DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Strategies for Responsible Sharing of Clinical Trial Data will hold an open public session to hear from invited speakers and the public. Meeting discussion will inform the development of an interim report to be released in January 2014. \nNational Academy of Sciences Building (NAS 125)2101 Constitution Avenue\, NWWashington\, DC 20418 \nThe objectives of the open session are to: (a) discuss guiding principles that underpin responsible sharing of clinical trial data and (b) characterize a selected set of data and data sharing activities (to clarify definitions and develop a shared nomenclature). \nOn Oct. 22\, the committee will receive the charge from its sponsors during an open session from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern). Because space is limited\, members of the public are invited to attend this open session via WebEx. Please email DataSharing@nas.edu for more information. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON      OR      REGISTER TO ATTEND VIA WEBEX  \nProvide your input to the Committee on Strategies for Responsible Sharing of Clinical Trial Data \nThe committee encourages all interested persons to submit written testimony to DataSharing@nas.edu. Written testimony that is submitted by COB to October 17\, 2013 will be included in the committee’s meeting briefing books\, whether or not the submitter testifies in person. The committee asks all written testimony relate to the above objectives\, to inform the committee’s interim report (described here). \nThe committee will hold additional public sessions after the release of the interim report to hear public comment on the interim report and on other topics relevant to the remaining content of its charge (see full statement of task here). URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/committee-on-strategies-for-responsible-sharing-of-clinical-trial-data-meeting-one/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131022T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131022T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160255Z UID:25888-1382403600-1382403600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Report: Employer Perspectives on the Future of Health Benefits and Health Care Delivery DESCRIPTION:What do employees at large companies think about the Affordable Care Act? The National Business Group on Health will announce the results of a survey on this topic on Tuesday\, Oct. 22\, at 10 a.m.\, at the National Press Club. The results of the survey are embargoed until then. For journalists who cannot attend the announcement\, NBGH will broadcast the event online. \nFor the survey\, “Employer Perspectives on the Future of Health Benefits and Health Care Delivery\,” researchers interviewed 1\,520 employees from large employers (those with more than 2\,000 workers. The survey was conducted from July 30 to August 8. The researchers assessed the employees’ level of understanding about the ACA\, what they think will happen to their health insurance premiums in the coming years\, and their comfort level with public and private exchanges. \nTo attend the event or get a copy of the press release (results embargoed until Tuesday at 10 a.m.)\, send a note or call Ed Emerman at 609-275-5162 or eemerman@eaglepr.com. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/report-employer-perspectives-on-the-future-of-health-benefits-and-health-care-delivery/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131022T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131022T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150835Z UID:25883-1382403600-1382403600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Using fellowships to advance your freelance career DESCRIPTION:A recording of this webcast is now available.\nSpeakers’ PowerPoints:• Jeanne Erdmann• Michelle Levander• Rebecca Palpant Shimkets \nHere is AHCJ’s list of available fellowships. \n\nFreelancers often walk a fine line between doing work that pays the bills and doing work that helps them reach their creative and career goals. Reporting fellowships are a way to do both. There are a number of reporting fellowships out there\, and most are open to freelancers. But how do you make yourself stand out? How do you line up the clients\, the story ideas and the plans for doing a fellowship\, all while maintaining your other freelance work? In this webinar\, directors of two prominent health journalism fellowships – the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism and the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships – and a freelancer who is completing her first reporting fellowship with the Association of Health Care Journalists address: \n\n\nHow to find the right fellowship for you. \n\n\nThe basics of applying as a freelancer. \n\n\nHow to make yourself stand out. \n\n\nHow fellowships can move you in the direction of the career of your dreams. \n\n\nPanelists\nJeanne Erdmann is a former bone researcher turned freelance health and science writer. Her work has appeared in Cure\, Nature\, Nature Medicine\, Arthritis Today\, Science News\, Health\, the website for Scientific American\, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has upcoming features in Women’s Health and Discover. The 2013 AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care Performance is her first fellowship and she’s enjoying every minute of it. For her project\, she’s writing about disparities in access to genetic counseling\, genetic testing\, and to follow up care. One of her stories will run in the November issue of Nature Medicine\, and two will go in Slate in November and December. In addition to freelancing\, Erdmann and colleague co-produce The Open Notebook\, a craft focused site for science journalists. \nRebecca Palpant Shimkets is assistant director for The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism of the Carter Center Mental Health Program\, which awards stipends to 10 professional journalists in the United States\, South Africa\, and Romania each year to produce a significant work on mental health or mental illnesses. The fellowship program has been sustained in New Zealand as the New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants Program through a partnership between Like Minds\, Like Mine and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. Palpant Shimkets is an active participant on advisory boards and within national work groups related to stigma and accurate portrayals of mental illnesses in the media. \nMichelle Levander is founding director of The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships and editor-in-chief of its website\, ReportingonHealth.org. Levander has reported in Asia\, Latin America and the United States for Time Magazine Asia\, The Asian Wall Street Journal and The San Jose Mercury News. During her journalism career in California\, Levander wrote about education\, business health policy\, worker health and safety\, and the culture of Silicon Valley. In Asia\, she reported from China\, India\, South Korea\, and Vietnam on the region’s fast-changing technology scene. She was founding editor of The Technology Journal at The Asian Wall Street Journal and Technology Editor at Time Asia. She has received journalism awards from the Overseas Press Club of America\, the Inter American Press Association\, and the Society of Professional Journalists. A former Inter American Press Association fellow\, she spent a year in Mexico\, studying at Mexico City’s El Colegio de Mexico and researching migrant culture from rural Mexico. \nModerator\nHeather Boerner is a San Francisco-based health and medical writer and editor with more than a dozen years of experience at newspapers\, websites and as a freelance health journalist\, with newspapers\, magazines\, custom publications and websites. She was the recipient of a  Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism and winner of a 2011 Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. \nJeanne Erdmann \nRebecca PalpantShimkets \nMichelle Levander \nHeather Boerner URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-using-fellowships-to-advance-your-freelance-career/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131021T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131021T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160255Z UID:25885-1382317200-1382317200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:2013 IOM Annual Meeting: The Science of Violence: Causation\, Mitigation\, and Prevention DESCRIPTION:The science of violence will be the focus of a public symposium taking place as part of the Institute of Medicine’s 43rd annual meeting. The event will feature a keynote address by Mark Rosenberg\, president and CEO\, The Task Force for Global Health Inc. Sessions will explore the links between violence and brain disorders\, drugs\, and psychopathy; exposure to violence at home and in the media; environmental and neighborhood determinants of violence; and evidenced-based violence prevention.   \nThe symposium will run from 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. EDT Monday\, Oct. 21\, at the National Academy of Sciences building\, 2101 Constitution Ave.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C. \nThe meeting will also feature the announcement of the newly elected members to the IOM in 2013 and the presentation several awards\, including the Gustav O. Lienhard Award for outstanding achievement in improving personal health care services nationwide and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health for outstanding accomplishments in improving mental health. \nSee the full agenda and more information. \nThose who wish to attend should register in advance. The registration fee will be waived for credentialed reporters. Those who cannot attend may watch a live video webcast. For more information\, contact the National Academies News Office; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2013-iom-annual-meeting-the-science-of-violence-causation-mitigation-and-prevention/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131020T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131023T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160256Z UID:23932-1382230800-1382490000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Bench\, Bedside and Beyond: Medical Decision Making and Public Policy DESCRIPTION:The Society for Medical Decision Making conducts an annual North American meeting each fall. The meeting will provide a highly interactive forum for discussion of novel research based on decision and behavior theory and analytical models applied to health related decisions. Presentations of original research\, keynote talks\, special symposia and short courses will offer attendees the opportunity to explore diverse topics in medical decision making. \nThe 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making \nTheme: Bench\, Bedside and Beyond: Medical Decision Making and Public Policy  \nOct. 20-23\, 2013Hilton Baltimore  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/bench-bedside-and-beyond-medical-decision-making-and-public-policy/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150834Z UID:25882-1381971600-1381971600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: How will rural Americans tap into the insurance marketplaces? DESCRIPTION:A recording of this webcast is now available.\n\nSpeakers’ PowerPoints:• Al Cross• Alan Morgan• Jim Doyle \n\nIn the launch of health insurance exchanges across the country\, one issue that has not been explored much is how the marketplaces will affect rural Americans. AHCJ will sponsor a webcast on this topic on Thursday\, Oct. 17\, at 2 p.m. Eastern. \nAbout rural Americans and insurance\nNearly one in five uninsured Americans live in rural areas\, and a greater proportion of rural residents lacks health insurance compared with the proportion of urban residents without health care coverage. One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to help make health insurance coverage affordable and accessible for the approximately 60 million Americans who live in rural areas. The federal Department of Health and Human Services has said the health insurance marketplaces will help to lower costs by increasing competition\, especially in the 29 mostly rural states where a single insurer currently dominates more than half of the health insurance market. \nWhether the ACA does in fact lower costs by increasing competition remains to be seen\, but lower costs is a significant goal given that studies show that one in five U.S. farmers faces medical debt and\, on average\, families pay about half of their health care costs out-of-pocket\, HHS said. \nSpeakers\nThe panelists will be Al Cross\, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky; Alan Morgan\, CEO of the National Rural Health Association; and Jim Doyle\, who covers the business of health care for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AHCJ health insurance topic leader Joseph Burns will serve as moderator. \nResources\nSmall Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) \nAl Cross \nAlan Morgan \nJim Doyle \nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-how-will-rural-americans-tap-into-the-insurance-marketplaces/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160257Z UID:25879-1381971600-1381971600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ San Francisco chapter: Mental health matters DESCRIPTION:Are you a health reporter who regularly writes about mental health? Or maybe you’re looking to add this important area to your beat? Join us for a workshop and perspectives from two veteran health journalists. \nDate: Thursday\, Oct 17\, 2013 \nTime: 6-8 p.m. (light refreshments and networking 6-6:30 p.m.; program begins at 6:30 p.m.) \nLocation: San Francisco Chronicle – North Beach conference room (901 Mission St.\, San Francisco)Bring a photo ID and check in at reception desk. The Chronicle is near BART\, and parking garages are nearby.  \n***Please RSVP (BayAreaAHCJ@gmail.com). \nThis event is free. \nBackground: \nDespite the impression left by many news headlines\, most people with a mental illness don’t commit crimes. But because mental health issues are largely underreported except when violence is involved\, readers are left with an incomplete picture of just how many people deal with such health problems or that those problems are treatable. Did you know that 25% of American adults have a mental health disorder in any given year? \nThis workshop explores stigmas\, stereotypes\, and facts about mental health\, and covers sources\, precision\, relevance\, language\, cultural considerations and many other issues that can help reporters and editors tell more complete stories. \nThere’s never been a more pressing need for robust reporting about mental health. This workshop can provide you with some tools for telling that story accurately. \nFollowing the workshop\, a health journalist with experience reporting on mental health will share some of her insights. Q&A will close the evening. \nSpeakers: \nMelissa McCoy will lead the workshop. She is a media consultant to the TEAM Up project and former deputy managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. She was an ethics fellow at the Poynter Institute and has served as an editing and ethics instructor at the Maynard Institute. TEAM Up (tools for entertainment and media) is a project of the nonprofit Entertainment Industries Council designed to share information about mental health with journalists.  \nKatherine Kam is a San Francisco Bay Area journalist who specializes in health reporting. In 2012\, she received a Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship\, which helped fund her three-part series on depression and suicide in Asian-American high school and college students. \nPlease join us for this important and compelling event. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-san-francisco-chapter-mental-health-matters/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131014T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131014T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160258Z UID:25876-1381712400-1381712400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Obamacare & The Media: The Good\, The Bad and The Challenge Ahead DESCRIPTION:A journalist with more than two decades of experience covering health care will address the law and important related issues during a free public lecture titled “Obamacare & The Media: The Good\, The Bad and The Challenge Ahead.” \nPhil Galewitz\, a Kaiser Health News reporter and AHCJ board member\, will address how the media has performed in communicating the intricacies of the complicated and contentious law to the public in a free lecture. He also will discuss how journalists and public relations professionals cut through the ideological rhetoric that swirls around Obamacare\, and how they can reach marginalized audiences. \nGalewitz\, who holds two degrees from Pennsylvania State University\, covers Medicare\, Medicaid and long-term health care for Kaiser Health News and has focused on health care journalism for more than two decades. He has been a reporter at The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post and the Patriot-News in Harrisburg\, Pa. He also worked for The Daily Collegian as an undergraduate at Penn State. \nThe lecture\, sponsored by the Ben Bronstein Lecture in Ethics and Public Relations\, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.\, Monday\, Oct. 14\, at the State Theatre in downtown State College\, Pa. \nThe Bronstein Lecture was created by Bronstein\, who earned his degree in journalism in 1961 and has been a longtime supporter of the University. He endowed the lecture to support ethics-related events as part of the core mission of the College of Communications. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/obamacare-the-media-the-good-the-bad-and-the-challenge-ahead/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131012T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131020T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160258Z UID:23957-1381539600-1382230800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Bone and Joint Health National Action Week DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative promotes this annual Bone and Joint Health National Action Week\, which focuses on disorders including arthritis\, back pain\, osteoporosis and trauma. The events and projects organized by individuals and organizations worldwide are designed to raise awareness of prevention\, disease management and treatments as well as advances in a number of areas. Contact: Toby King\, 847-430-5053   URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/bone-and-joint-health-national-action-week/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131012T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131012T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160259Z UID:23956-1381539600-1381539600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:World Arthritis Day DESCRIPTION:World Arthritis Day\, was established in 1996\, joins together people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases from around the world to raise awareness and reduce the impact of  arthritis. For more information\, contact the Arthritis Foundation\, 404-965-7595\, help@arthritis.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/world-arthritis-day/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131011T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131011T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160300Z UID:23955-1381453200-1381453200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Depression Screening Day DESCRIPTION:National Depression Screening Day is the nation’s oldest\, voluntary\, community-based screening program for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders. The event gives people access to a validated screening questionnaire and provides referral information for treatment. More information: Angela Devereaux\, Screening for Mental Health Inc.\, 781-239-0071\, adevereaux@mentalhealthscreening.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-depression-screening-day/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131011T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160301Z UID:23937-1381280400-1381453200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:What's Brewing in State Health Policy? DESCRIPTION:The National Academy for State Health Policy\, a non-profit and non-partisan organization\, is an independent academy of state health policymakers. \nIt will hold its 26th annual conference. Among the topics on the agenda: \n\n\nHealth care reform \n\n\nMedicaid expansion \n\n\nHealth insurance exchanges \n\n\nMental health care \n\n\nAutism \n\n\nCare coordination \n\n\nAccess to oral health care \n\n\nTribal issues \n\n\nAsthma interventions \n\nHealth disparities\n  \n\n\nFor more information go to http://www.nashpconference.org/ URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/whats-brewing-in-state-health-policy/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231103T153452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160302Z UID:25873-1381280400-1381280400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Annual Health Policy Forum DESCRIPTION:Signature Healthcare FoundationOct. 9\, 2013St. Louis Marriott West \nThe keynote speaker will be Don Berwick\, M.D.\,\, former administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\, and the founding CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge\, Mass. \nhttp://www.signaturefoundation.org/Events/HealthPolicyForum.aspx URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/annual-health-policy-forum/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162544Z UID:23953-1381280400-1381280400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Creating a Culture of Wellness & Health DESCRIPTION:Wellness and human resources executives will discuss\, debate and exchange ideas on the impact of strong culture of health in the workplace on employee productivity and costs. \nAmong the highlights: \n\n\nJoel T. Allison\, president and CEO of Baylor Health Care System\, on “Corporate Culture vs. Culture of Well-Being — Explore the CEO and Wellness Professional Partnership to Develop Buy-In” \n\n\nCase Study: University of Michigan’s MHealthy Engages Various Company Levels to Champion a Culture of Health \n\n\nRetail clinics as an innovative member offering \n\n\nInnovative Approach to The Debate On Carrot Or Stick: Why Domino’s Pizza Decided It Doesn’t Always Have to Be the Stick \n\n\nBreakdown Employee Demographics to Create Targeted Strategies that Will Encourage Engagement /Improved Well-Being by Segment \n\n\nAmerican Airlines & Population Health Management: Lower Health Costs While Improving Health for Employees and Their Dependents \n\n\nInsights from the 4th Annual Wellness in the Workplace Research Study \n\n\nCreate a New Workplace Wellness Model to Produce Real Results Now \n\n\nBuilding a Culture of Health and Health Promotion at ExxonMobil \n\n\nImprove Wellness Program Success Rates through Identification of Motivating Factors \n\n\nThe complete agenda is available here. \nMedia/press credentials are available. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/creating-a-culture-of-wellness-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131003T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131004T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162545Z UID:23928-1380762000-1380848400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health Data Journalism Workshop DESCRIPTION:Workshop home\nRegistration\nProgram\nHotel\nThings to do\n\n\nAnaheim\, Calif. ♦ Oct. 3-4\nJournalists are invited to tap into health data in a special workshop coming this fall. This Association of Health Care Journalists workshop offers something for both data newcomers and  veterans – from spreadsheet basics to visualizing data online. You’ll come away with skills and ideas on teasing stories out of datasets and tools on presenting these stories. \nOct. 3 – Optional trainingThe first day features four hours of hands-on classes focused on spreadsheet basics for novices. (This session is full.) \nOct. 4 – Main workshopThe second day will feature more advanced training with topics including: \n\nHow data will transform coverage of health care\n\nOpen data in the era of health reform \n\n\nHealth stories through Census data \n\n\nPremiums\, exchanges and other health insurance data \n\n\nDoctors\, drugs and data \n\n\nData visualization: Drawing the facts \n\n\nBonus state data session for California reporters \n\n\nSponsors: \n\n\nThe California HealthCare Foundation \n\n\nThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust \n\n\nRobert Wood Johnson Foundation \n\n\nThe Commonwealth Fund URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-data-journalism-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131002T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131006T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162546Z UID:23933-1380675600-1381021200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:IDWeek 2013: Advancing Science\, Improving Care DESCRIPTION:The meeting is jointly presented by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)\, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)\, the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)\, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). \nIt features the latest science and bench-to- bedside approaches in prevention\, diagnosis\, treatment\, and epidemiology of infectious diseases\, including HIV\, across the lifespan. \nMedia access\nRegistered members of the working press are welcome to attend all scientific programs during IDWeek. IDWeek will have a fully staffed press office to assist you in your coverage. To be added to the press list\, contact Ashley Mattys\, amattys@pcipr.com or 312-558-1770. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/idweek-2013-advancing-science-improving-care/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131001T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131004T010000 DTSTAMP:20260406T033815 CREATED:20231025T161352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162547Z UID:23954-1380589200-1380848400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences DESCRIPTION:The National Rural Health Association will hold its Rural Health Clinic Conference 2013\, Oct. 1-2 in Austin\, Texas. \nAmong the general session topics will “Navigating accountable care headwaters: Five critical strategies\,” and “Advancing effective communication in rural America\,” a presentation by Leon Rodriguez\, JD\, of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. \nImmediately following the NRHA’s conference will be the NRHA Critical Access Hospital Conference 2013\, Oct. 2-4\, in Austin\, Texas. \n\nAmong the general session topics will be updates on national legislative and regulatory issues\, including a discussion of the report in August from the HHS Office of Inspector General on critical access hospitals. In this report\, “Most Critical Access Hospitals Would Not Meet the Location Requirements if Required to Re-Enroll in Medicare\,” the OIG said CMS could save $449 million by de-certifying two-thirds of such hospitals that do not meet certain CMS requirements. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-health-clinic-and-critical-access-hospital-conferences/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR