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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121218T010000
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SUMMARY:The Health Care Law 101 in Spanish
DESCRIPTION:The HHS Partnership Center hosts a series of webinars for faith and community leaders. All webinars are open to the public and include a question and answer session where you can ask HHS staff any questions you may have. Submit questions to ACA101@hhs.gov. After registering online you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing information about joining the webinar. Please contact if you have registration problems. \nA presentation in Spanish on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act\, the health care law\, and how to access care in your community.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-health-care-law-101-in-spanish/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:State health law implementation: Race to the starting line
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists for a special event on Wednesday\, Dec. 12. \nThis panel discussion is sponsored by AHCJ\, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. \nModerator: Ed Howard\, executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C. \nPanelists: \n\n\nBruce Japsen\, Forbes \n\n\nCristal Thomas\, deputy governor\, office of Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn \n\n\nSabrina Corlette\, research professor and project director at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University \n\n\nDavid DiLoreto\, M.D.\, chief clinical operations and innovation officer\, Presence Health \n\n\nTime: 6 p.m. refreshments; 6:30 p.m.  program \nLocation: Columbia College Journalism Department33 East Congress\, Room 219 (southwest corner of Wabash and Congress\, under the L tracks) \nLess than a year from now\, states must be ready to enroll millions of people in insurance exchanges\, as outlined in the 2010 health care overhaul law. Or\, the federal government will step in to do the job\, or part of it. States also have the option of opening their Medicaid programs to millions of new participants. But that’s not much time\, considering their long to-do lists. \n At least half a dozen Republican governors had delayed implementation efforts in hopes that the Supreme Court would rule the law unconstitutional\, or that Gov. Mitt Romney would win the November election and repeal the law. Neither happened\, but even if they decide now to run their own exchanges\, it will be difficult for those states _ and some others _ to be ready in time\, say health care experts. Illinois is seeking federal help with its exchange in 2014\, but is aiming to operate its own after that. \n States had to notify Washington by Nov. 16 whether they intended to run their own exchanges in 2014 and must submit plans on how they plan to do so by Dec. 14. By Jan. 1\, they must convince the Department of Health and Human Services that they are on track to be able to do it in time. At the same time\, insurance companies are scrambling to create new health plan products to sell on the exchanges\, but industry leaders complain they don’t have the necessary guidance and that time is running out. \n What information do the states still need from the federal government about how the federal and partnership exchanges will work? How much latitude will the states have to handle eligibility for Medicaid and to make sure that people transitioning between Medicaid and subsidized private insurance in the exchanges won’t have gaps in coverage? Can the federal government be ready with its own back-up exchanges? Will insurers be ready in time? \n This briefing will help you answer these questions for your readers\, viewers and listeners. \nPlease RSVP to Carla K. Johnson.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/state-health-law-implementation-race-to-the-starting-line/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163033Z
UID:23913-1355274000-1355274000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:The Health Care Law 101
DESCRIPTION:The HHS Partnership Center hosts a series of webinars for faith and community leaders. All webinars are open to the public and include a question and answer session where you can ask HHS staff any questions you may have. Submit questions to ACA101@hhs.gov. After registering online you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing information about joining the webinar. Please contact if you have registration problems. \nA presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act\, the health care law\, and how to access care in your community.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-health-care-law-101/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121212T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161309Z
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SUMMARY:(Webinar) Silver and Blue: The Unfinished Business of Mental Health Care for Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:This unique survey of people age 65 and older with experience of depression reveals troubling shortfalls in the standard of care\, misconceptions about depression and anxiety\, older adults’ treatment preferences including integrated care and team care\, and first-person descriptions of the pain of depression. \nWHO: \n\nChris Langston\, PhD\, Program Director at the John A. Hartford Foundation  \nTresa Undem\, MA\, Partner at Lake Research Partners\nChristopher Callahan\, MD\, Cornelius & Yvonne Pettinga Professor of Medicine\, Indiana University School of Medicine and Director\, Indiana University Center for Aging Research\n\nWHEN:Wednesday\, December 12\, 2012 at 12 noon EST. Webinar runs one hour\, with opportunity for Q&A. \nWHERE:Online webinar with interactive Q&A: please go online and register.  \nHOW:This survey of 1\,318 adults 65 was conducted by Lake Research Partners using Knowledge Networks and has a margin of error is   3.9 percentage points. \nNOTE: The information in this survey is embargoed until December 13\, 2012 at 12:01AM.  \nFor more information\, please email Elliott Walker or call 917-846-6334.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-silver-and-blue-the-unfinished-business-of-mental-health-care-for-older-adults/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121211T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121211T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231103T153124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163034Z
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SUMMARY:Conference call: Launching Nursing Home Inspect 2.0
DESCRIPTION:ProPublica will launch a revamped news application featuring data organized in a way that makes it easier for reporters to write local stories about homes in their areas\, comparing them to one another and ranking states against others. \nProPublica’s Charles Ornstein and Lena Groeger will walk conference call participants through the beta version of the app and answer any questions. Stories produced from this data will be embargoed until Monday\, Dec. 17\, when the new site goes live. \nNursing Home Inspect allows people to search and analyze details of recent nursing home inspection reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Currently\, you can search by facility name\, the deficiency or by keyword. However\, the updated version incorporates new information about nursing home fines and aggregates deficiency and fine data at the home and state level. Reporters will be able to quickly determine the homes in their state with the most deficiencies\, as well as those who have been penalized the most.  \n The conference call will take place on Tuesday\, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. ET. \nTo join the call\, sign up here and ProPublica will send you the details on how to participate. If you have any questions\, contact Mike Webb.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/conference-call-launching-nursing-home-inspect-2-0/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121210T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121210T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:Introduction to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (in English and Spanish)
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to the HHS Office of Civil Rights in English and Spanish. The Office of Civil Rights will share information about what their office does\, how they can help faith and community leaders and will answer questions. \nThe HHS Partnership Center hosts a series of webinars for faith and community leaders. All webinars are open to the public and include a question and answer session where you can ask HHS staff any questions you may have. Please email your questions. After registering online you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing information about joining the webinar. Please send emails if you have registration problems.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/introduction-to-the-hhs-office-for-civil-rights-in-english-and-spanish/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121209T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121210T010000
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CREATED:20231025T161304Z
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Aging: Now What? An Age Boom Academy Conference
DESCRIPTION:Learn from some of the nation’s top experts what lies ahead for Medicare and Medicaid now that election results are in. This is the subject of an upcoming AHCJ web chat\, but you’ll have even more opportunity to delve into the subject in-depth here. \nTwenty journalists will be accepted and hotel expenses will be covered.  For more information on the program and how to apply\, go to:http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/626-professional-reporting-fellows \nSponsored by: \n\n\nThe Columbia University Mailman School Of Public Health \n\n\nThe Columbia School of Journalism \n\n\nThe Atlantic Philanthropies
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-politics-of-aging-now-what-an-age-boom-academy-conference/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121205T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231103T153124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160313Z
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SUMMARY:Cleveland-Akron Chapter Meet 'n Greet
DESCRIPTION:We are headed into the chilliest season of the year and at the Cleveland Association of Health Care Journalists’ Meet ‘n Greet you can get a head start on holiday chillin’ (and playing catch-up) at Cedar-Fairmount’s aptly named and cozy (dim lights\, scattered tables\, comfy couch) Fairmount Martini and Wine Bar. \n AHCJ will spring for light grazing (Fairmount’s delish cheese boards) and there’ll be happy-hour prices on the bar’s regular beers (and the night’s draft special\, too). If you feel like something with more of a kick\, try one of the bar’s “stiff pour” and excellent martinis. Scene Magazine says their like hasn’t been served in mainstream bars since the 1940s. \n You don’t have to be a member of AHCJ to come – in fact\, this is a chance to check out what the group is about\, talk with members and see if it’s your cup of tea. No pressure. Students interested in health writing welcome. \n Date: Wednesday\, Dec. 5 Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Where:  2448 Fairmount Blvd\,  Cleveland Heights\, OH 44106  Right where Fairmount and Cedar intersect (Here’s a map) Parking: Free\, well lighted lot behind bar (enter off Fairmount Blvd.) \n Please RSVP to Cleveland-Akron co-chapter leaders:  Eileen Beal (eojb@visn.net) or Carrie Buchanan ( cbuchanan@jcu.edu)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cleveland-akron-chapter-meet-n-greet/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121205T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:AHCJ Washington\, D.C.\, Chapter: Holiday happy hour
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to the Association of Health Care Journalists’ D.C. chapter’s Holiday Happy Hour! \nCome toast the holiday season with some fine wine and craft beer with other DC-area health reporters and editors. \nNo formal program – just a gathering of health journalists to tell war stories from 2012 and look forward to another crazy year in 2013.   \nWhen: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday\, Dec. 5 \nWhere: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\, 1330 G Street NW (1/2 block west of Metro Center). Second Floor reception area. \nAll health journalists are invited. For those interested\, dinner will follow afterward at a nearby tavern. \nPlease RSVP by Dec. 3 to pgalewitz@kff.org
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-washington-d-c-chapter-holiday-happy-hour/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121204T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121204T010000
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CREATED:20231103T153121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160316Z
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SUMMARY:Adapting to an aging society: Challenges and opportunities
DESCRIPTION:CoreTopics: Essential coverage areas for health journalists\n\nHealth Reform\nAging\nOral Health\nOther Topics\n\n\n \nClick here for a recording of the webcast and resources mentioned.\nWebcast explores aging adults’ contributions\, widening disparities\, creating ‘synthetic families’ \nToday\, Americans are living 30 years longer than their ancestors did just four generations ago. Yet policymakers have been slow to recognize the implications of this unprecedented increase in longevity. \nAs a result\, social institutions of all kinds – workplaces\, communities\, families\, educational organizations\, health care providers – haven’t yet adapted to the challenges and opportunities posed by America’s aging population. Nor is there any consensus over what successful adaptation might look like. \n\nAntonucci \nOlshansky \nZissimopoulos \n\nThe mission of the MacArthur Foundation Network on an Aging Society\, established in 2008\, is to articulate a framework that can guide effective responses to the aging of America and to promote policy options that help achieve this objective. \nIn this webcast\, on Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. ET\, three members of the MacArthur Network will discuss noteworthy trends and research in aging\, including a recent study on troubling disparities in life expectancy that was featured on the front page of The New York Times. Judith Graham\, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging\, will moderate. \nToni Antonucci is a research professor at the Life Course Development Program and the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on social relations across the life span\, including multigenerational studies of the family and comparative studies of social relations across the life span in the United States\, Europe and Japan. \nS. Jay Olshansky is a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago\, as well as a research associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The focus of his research has been estimates of the upper limits to human longevity; the health and public policy implications associated with individual and population aging; forecasts of the size\, survival\, and age structure of the population; and the pursuit of the scientific means to retard aging in peoples. \nJulie M. Zissimopoulos is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy at the University of Southern California. She is also the associate director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. She specializes in the economics of aging. Topics of special interest are medical expenditures at older ages\, savings and wealth\, labor force behavior\, and financial and non-financial support between generations of family members.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/adapting-to-an-aging-society-challenges-and-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121203T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121203T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231103T153121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160317Z
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SUMMARY:Atlanta Chapter: CDC response to meningitis outbreak
DESCRIPTION:The CDC’s John Jernigan\, M.D.\, M.S.\, clinical team lead on the Multistate Meningitis Outbreak and director of the CDC’s Office of Health Associated Infections Prevention Research and Evaluation will talk about the agency’s response to the multistate fungal meningitis outbreak. \nHealth journalists in the Atlanta area are invited to this event\, which will include the AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellows. \nWhen: Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. \nWhere:Emory Conference Center Hotel1615 Clifton Rd.Starvine 1 Room (South Wing)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atlanta-chapter-cdc-response-to-meningitis-outbreak/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121129T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121201T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160318Z
UID:23877-1354150800-1354323600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:International Council on Active Aging Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Many journeys\, many destinations\nFor adults ages 50 and older\, wellness is a way of living well. An enriched lifestyle provides opportunities for people to learn\, to grow and to engage as fully as possible in all of life’s dimensions. For organizations and professionals that serve older adults\, wellness can be a philosophy\, a culture\, a business model\, and a way to organize programs and facilities to support active aging. \nBecause it encompasses so much\, wellness has many journeys\, many destinations. Goals\, paths and preferences differ depending on the individual and the organization; so\, too\, do needs and interests. The International Council on Active Aging delivers a unique educational and networking event designed to meet both. \nEstablished in 2001\, ICAA leads\, defines and connects the active-aging industry. Seminars and workshops at the annual ICAA Conference address the many dimensions\, roles and needs in the industry. \nSee the website for a schedule\, registration and more information.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/international-council-on-active-aging-annual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121128T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121129T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160319Z
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SUMMARY:ECRI Institute’s 19th Annual Conference on the Use of Evidence in Policy and Practice
DESCRIPTION:This free conference featuring 40 nationally recognized experts will examine the evidence of “what works and why it works” in American health care. Certain systems produce better outcomes than others\, but attention seldom focuses on what elements within these health care systems produce positive change. \nThe conference’s examination of “systemness” will include:\n\nWhat is “systemness?”\nWhich elements within mature health care systems result in the best clinical outcomes?\nAre approaches taken by long-established health care systems transferable to smaller\, newer\, or less integrated systems?\nAre financial incentives alone enough to drive change?\nHow can EHRs help improve “systemness?”\nDo “transformation” units within health systems produce results?\n\nThis conference will be an important step towards encouraging healthcare systems to evaluate what is working for them and what is working for others by examining the evidence. \nThere is no fee to attend the program\, but space is limited and advance registration is required. \nFollow the conversation on twitter with #EIConf12
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ecri-instituteaes-19th-annual-conference-on-the-use-of-evidence-in-policy-and-practice/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121115T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121115T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231103T153120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160319Z
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SUMMARY:AHCJ Chicago: JAMA Editor-in-Chief Dr. Howard Bauchner
DESCRIPTION:Join the Chicago chapter of AHCJ on Thursday\, Nov. 15\, to meet JAMA Editor-in-Chief Dr. Howard Bauchner. He’ll be ready to talk with us about the election and what the voting outcome means for health care\, the path of health care reform\, changes ahead for The JAMA Network and the state of medical journals. \nWHEN: Nov. 156 to 8 p.m.(6 p.m. refreshments\, 6:30 p.m. program start) \nWHERE: JAMA editorial office \nAmerican Medical Association515 N State St.Chicago(CTA Red Line to Grand) \nThanks to Jann Ingmire and The JAMA Network for helping organize and host this event!
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-chicago-jama-editor-in-chief-dr-howard-bauchner/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121115T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121115T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160320Z
UID:23898-1352941200-1352941200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:AgeTech California Conference and Technology Expo
DESCRIPTION:The California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) and Aging Services of California\, will host California’s Premier Home Care and Aging Services Technology Conference – the third AgeTech California Technology Conference & Exposition. \nThis year’s one-day conference will address many of the organizational cultural barriers to adopting new technologies that often inhibit senior living and home care providers and will offer guidance for the sometimes-daunting investment decisions and implementation processes. This theme embraces one of AgeTech’s strategic goals of enabling strategic change and facilitating successful business model development through education. Focus technologies include remote wellness monitoring\, home telehealth/vitals\, medication adherence\, care coordination and communication\, safety technologies and related data systems among others. \nPlease visit the website for additional information and registration.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/agetech-california-conference-and-technology-expo/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121114T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121118T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160321Z
UID:23848-1352854800-1353200400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:65th GSA Annual Scientific Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The theme is “Charting New Frontiers in Aging.” Charting implies connections — within and across disciplines\, professions\, individuals\, cohorts\, generations\, systems\, environments\, cultures and nations. By charting connections\, we move beyond our personal insights and investigations to achieve a deeper and more meaningful understanding of aging and its implications. \nConference website
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/65th-gsa-annual-scientific-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121112T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121113T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160322Z
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SUMMARY:The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care National Conference
DESCRIPTION:Patient Engagement Symposium Call for Abstracts – Poster Presentations. Click here to learn more.Click here to submit an abstract. \nConference learning objectives – Participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe at least three different approaches to improving the engagement of patients in their own care\nIdentify at least two best practices that they will use to jump start their own behavior change to foster successful patient engagement\nIdentify multiple strategies that they\, as nurses\, will use to influence change within healthcare systems – to improve the systems’ responses to engaged patients\n\nTarget Audiences \nAll registered nurses\, including staff nurses\, advanced practice registered nurses\, chief nurse executives and nurse managers\, as well as health administrators\, policy makers and consumers. \n*Funding for this conference was made possible [in part] by grant 1R13 HS21600-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)*. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names\, commercial practices\, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. \nNAQC’s mission is to Advance the highest quality\, safety\, and value of consumer-centered health care for all individuals-patients\, their families\, and their communities. \nTo achieve this aim\, the NAQC will work to ensure that: \n\nPatients receive the right care at the right time by the right professional.\nNurses actively advocate and are accountable for consumer-centered\, high quality health care.\nPolicymakers recognize the contributions of nurses in advancing consumer-centered\, high quality health care.\n\nThe establishment of the NAQC is based on the assumption that only with a stronger\, more unified nursing policy ‘voice’ will dramatic and sustainable achievements in quality and safety for the American public be achieved. \nClick here to read NAQC’s Strategic Roadmap \nMaking a Difference (Video)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-nursing-alliance-for-quality-care-national-conference/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121112T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121112T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231103T153007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160323Z
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SUMMARY:AHCJ San Francisco Chapter -- E-book publishing: New opportunities for health journalists?
DESCRIPTION:Do you have an e-book in your writing future? Join the Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists for this panel discussion and find out. \n WHEN: Monday\, Nov. 12\, 2012\, 6 – 8 p.m. \nWHERE: Yoga Journal\, 475 Sansome St.\, Suite 850\, San Francisco(This is the San Francisco office of Active Interest Media\, publisher of Yoga Journal. It’s near the Transamerica Building.)Please allow enough time to get through security at the building. \nPlease RSVP to  Bay.Area.AHCJ@gmail.com. \nNOTE: This event is FREE and all AHCJ members\, nonmembers working in health journalism\, journalism students\, and others in the health care field are welcome. Question? Comments? Email Colleen Paretty at Bay.Area.AHCJ@gmail.com.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-san-francisco-chapter-e-book-publishing-new-opportunities-for-health-journalists/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121112T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121112T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:Application deadline: AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Performance
DESCRIPTION:The AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance is a yearlong program allowing journalists to pursue a significant reporting project related to the U.S. health care system. It can be local or national in scope\, or a little of both — say an aspect of the Affordable Care Act playing out in your community or subject specialty\, or the impact of particular evidence-based treatments on health outcomes\, or an analysis of a health care organization’s performance\, using public data sets. Fellows pursue the projects with the support of their newsrooms or freelance outlets\, which commit to publish or air the work.  \nGuidance is provided by AHCJ fellowship leaders through customized seminars on health care systems\, conference calls and email consultations. The fellowship covers the cost of attending the seminars and AHCJ conferences\, and a project allowance is available to defray the cost of field reporting\, health data analysis and other project-related research. In addition\, each fellow will receive a $2\,500 fellowship award upon the successful completion of the project. \nExtended deadline!\nBecause of power outages and other woes brought upon the East Coast by Hurricane Sandy\, AHCJ has extended the deadline for applications by a few days. New deadline: Nov. 12 \n• Understanding and applying for the fellowship
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/application-deadline-ahcj-reporting-fellowships-on-health-performance/
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121109T010000
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SUMMARY:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Advisory Council
DESCRIPTION:The National Advisory Council (NAC) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will meet on November 9 at AHRQ’s offices. The council provides advice to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and the director of the Agency. The council consists of 21 members from the private sector and seven ex-officio members from other federal health agencies. \nThe meeting will begin with a report from the NAC Subcommittee on Children’s Health Care Quality Measures\, a group established to assist HHS with the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) recommendations. AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy will also give a presentation on how AHRQ is leveraging research and science to transform health care. \nA detailed agenda is available. \nDate:   Friday\, November 9\, 2012 \nLocation:  AHRQ’s Eisenberg Conference Center                   540 Gaither Road                   Rockville\, MD 20850 \nTime:   8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. \nRegistration: No prior registration is required. The meeting is open to the public; however\, there is a session for NAC members only\, which is closed to the public. The meeting will also be available by webcast starting at 9 a.m. Closed sessions will not be open to the public nor webcast. To view the meeting\, go to http://www.webconferences.com/ahrq.  \nPeople with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations may contact Barbara Alvarado by e-mail at Barbara.Alvarado@ahrq.hhs.gov or by telephone at (301) 427-1459. \nContact: AHRQ Public Affairs\, 301-427-1244
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/agency-for-healthcare-research-and-quality-advisory-council/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121108T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121108T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:What does the election mean for senior health?
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this webcast is available. Click here to view and listen to the webcast and get the presentations shown by Karen Davis and John Rother.\n\nWith the election results in\, we need to make sense of them for our readers\, viewers and listeners. \nThis AHCJ webcast will examine one big piece of the puzzle:  what this election’s outcome means for seniors on Medicare\, older adults who receive long-term care services from Medicaid and other programs that serve our elderly population. \nA blue ribbon panel of experts will offer their thoughts and analysis during this event.  Join us for a lively discussion and ask the questions that matter to you and your audience. The experts are: \n\n\nJoseph Antos\, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy\, American Enterprise Institute \n\n\nKaren Davis\, president\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\nJohn Rother\, president and chief executive officer\, National Coalition on Health Care \n\n\nModerator: Judith Graham\, health care journalist and AHCJ topic leader on aging \n\n\nJoseph Antos is the Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute\, a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission and an adjunct professor at the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Antos’ research focuses on the economics of health policy\, including Medicare reform\, health insurance regulation\, and the uninsured. He is the editor\, with Alice Rivlin\, of “Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007: The Health Spending Challenge” (Brookings Institution Press\, 2007). Before joining AEI\, Antos was assistant director for health and human resources at the Congressional Budget Office\, and he held senior positions in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, the Office of Management and Budget\, and the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. \nKaren Davis\, president of The Commonwealth Fund\, is an economist with a career in public policy and research. Before joining the Fund\, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health\, where she also was a professor of economics. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977–80. Prior to her government career\, Davis was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington\, D.C.\, a visiting lecturer at Harvard University\, and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Rice University\, which recognized her achievements with a Distinguished Alumna Award in 1991. Davis is the recipient of the 2000 Baxter-Allegiance Foundation Prize for Health Services Research. In 2001\, she received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from John Hopkins University. In 2006\, she was selected for the AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award and the Picker Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Patient Centered Care. Davis has published books\, monographs\, and articles on health and social policy issues\, including “Health Care Cost Containment\, Medicare Policy\, National Health Insurance: Benefits\, Costs\, and Consequences” and “Health and the War on Poverty. “ \nJohn Rother is president and chief executive officer of the National Coalition on Health Care. The Coalition’s membership includes medical societies\, businesses\, unions\, health care providers\, faith-based associations\, pension and health funds\, insurers\, and groups representing consumers\, patients\, women\, minorities\, and persons with disabilities. Rother was the longtime executive vice president for policy\, strategy\, and international affairs at AARP. From 1981 to 1984\, Rother was staff director and chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging under Chairman John Heinz (R-PA). From 1977 to 1981 he served as special counsel for Labor and Health to U.S. Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY). Rother serves on several boards\, including the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation\, the National Quality Forum\, the Alliance for Health Reform\, the Pension Rights Center\, and Generations United. He also serves on the MacArthur Foundation’s Aging Society Network and the Institute of Medicine’s National Roundtable on Value and Science-Driven Health Care. In 2010 Rother received the Robert Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/what-does-the-election-mean-for-senior-health/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121107T010000
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SUMMARY:AHCJ Boston chapter post-election gathering
DESCRIPTION:March is right around the corner\, which means our colleagues from around the country will be heading to Boston soon for Health Journalism 2013. Thanks to all who have pitched in ideas and feedback. But first\, we invite you to join us for some drinks\, good company – and to hash over the election results and what they mean for health care and especially the Affordable Care Act. \nJohn McDonough and Robert Blendon of the Harvard School of Public Health will join us to help make sense of the outcome. \nIn the meantime\, check out the new Boston AHCJ Facebook page. Like it to stay updated on the latest as the conference develops.  \nWhen: Nov. 7\, 6-8 p.m. and you’re welcome to linger longer \nWhere: Lucky’s Lounge\, 355 Congress St\, Boston (a short walk from South Station) \nWho: Boston chapter of AHCJ\, your friends and colleagues \nWhat: A friendly get-together – there will be appetizers! \nPlease RSVP by Nov. 2: info@healthjournalism.org \nWe look forward to seeing you.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-boston-chapter-post-election-gathering/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121105T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121106T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:Aging and Society Conference 2012
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference will address a range of critically important issues and themes relating to Aging and Society. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas\, as well as numerous paper\, colloquium and workshop presentations. \nAging in Society is an international conference\, a cross-disciplinary scholarly journal\, a book imprint and an online knowledge community which\, together\, set out to describe\, analyze and interpret the role of aging in society. The intellectual project seeks to examine the economic\, health\, wellness\, political and social aspects of aging in society \nParticipants are invited to submit a proposal for an in-person paper presentation\, workshop/interactive session\, poster/exhibits session\, or a jointly presented colloquium. We also encourage innovative presentation formats\, such as roundtables\, staged dialogues\, screenings and performances. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream forms a talking circle\, an informal forum for focused discussion of issues and Conference themes. For those unable to attend the Conference in person\, virtual participation is also available. \nParticipants may choose to  submit written papers before or after the Conference for possible publication in the peer reviewed Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Virtual participants also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All registered Conference participants receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal when registration is finalised. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end-date. \nIf you would like to know more about this Conference\, bookmark the Aging and Society Conference website and return for further information and regular updates. You may also wish to subscribe to ‘Aging and Society’\, the Newsletter of the Conference and Journal. \nFor all inquiries\, please contact the Conference Secretariat. \nNov. 5 & 6\, 2012 UBC – Robson Square Vancouver\, Canada\nClick here for registration information.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-and-society-conference-2012/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121028T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121031T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
CREATED:20231025T161229Z
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SUMMARY:American Society of Radiation Oncology 54th Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:More than 11\,000 attendees are expected at this years ASTRO meeting\, which will be held in Boston the week of Halloween. Presenters include oncologists\, biologists\, radiation therapists\, physicists\, oncology nurses and other cancer researchers.   \nCheck this site in or after June 1 to register.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-society-of-radiation-oncology-54th-annual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121024T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121024T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:HHS Inspector General's Outlook 2013
DESCRIPTION:The Office of Inspector General\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, will launch its OIG Outlook 2013 webcast on Oct. 24. \nHear OIG top executives discuss emerging trends in combating fraud\, waste\, and abuse in federal health care programs\, OIG’s top priorities for 2013\, and upcoming projects outlined in the newly released OIG Work Plan. \nThis is a free event. Sign up is not necessary. \nThis video event has been designed to benefit anyone who works with or benefits from Federal health care programs\, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hhs-inspector-generals-outlook-2013/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121021T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121024T010000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183442
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SUMMARY:2012 LeadingAge Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 LeadingAge Annual Meeting connects thousands of aging services professionals. \nChoose from more than 200 in-depth education sessions addressing your community’s most pressing issues. Extend your learning experience at the newly enhanced Expo. With so many changes occurring in the field\, you can’t afford to miss this event! The 2012 LeadingAge Annual Meeting connects thousands of aging services professionals who are facing the same triumphs and challenges that you face every day. \nAbout LeadingAge \nTo expand the world of possibilities for aging\, LeadingAge members and affiliates touch the lives of millions of individuals\, families\, employees and volunteers every day. The LeadingAge community includes 6\,000 not-for-profit organizations in the United States\, 39 state partners\, hundreds of businesses\, research partners\, consumer organizations\, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries. \nThe work of LeadingAge is focused on advocacy\, leadership development\, and applied research and promotion of effective services\, home health\, hospice\, community services\, senior housing\, assisted living residences\, continuing care communities\, nursing homes\, as well as technology solutions\, to seniors\, children\, and others with special needs. \nTo register this annual meeting and obtain more information\, please visit the website. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2012-leadingage-annual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121018T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121021T010000
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SUMMARY:American Dental Association Annual Session
DESCRIPTION:Leaders in the dental community will share the latest research\, techniques and clinical applications Expect more than 280 courses\, lectures and hands-on workshops. \nThe 2012 Distinguished Speakers will be Robert Reich and George F. Will.  Reich\, a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley\, has served under three national administrations\, most recently as secretary of labor under Bill Clinton. Will’s twice-weekly column for The Washington Post syndicate reaches nearly 500 newspapers throughout the United States and Europe and he appears regularly on ABC’s This Week. \nThe preliminary program is available as a PDF. \nReporters can register for press credentials.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-dental-association-annual-session/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121018T010000
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SUMMARY:The state countdown: Fate of exchanges after the election
DESCRIPTION:Recording of the webcast\nWe have posted a recording of the webcast for AHCJ members. You will need your AHCJ username and password to access the recording. \nIf you don’t know your username and/or password\, click here and enter your email address to get a one-click login key. \nCoverage of the webcast\n\n\nNational panel weighs in on future of health exchange in Missouri\, St. Louis Post-Dispatch \n\n\nArio: Subsidies at risk\, Politico \n\n\n\nJust days after the November elections\, states will have to make final (or reasonably final) decisions about whether they are going to run their own health insurance exchange and what that will look like – or whether the federal government will take responsibility for all or part of the exchange. \nStates also are grappling with decisions about the essential benefits packages\, and although there’s no deadline\, expect the pace of their Medicaid expansion decision making to pick up after elections. \nIf President Obama is re-elected\, states will probably pick up the pace of implementation. If Mitt Romney wins\, they will probably anticipate repeal – but what happens to all the preparatory work they’ve been doing for the past two years\, and will it contribute to new state-based solutions that Romney says he wants? We’ll talk to three experts who are doing hands-on work with both “red” and “blue” states. \nSpeakers:\n\n\nJoel Ario\, managing director\, Manatt Health Solutions \n\n\nCheryl Smith\, director\, Leavitt Partners \n\n\nHeather Howard\, lecturer in public affairs\, Princeton University; director\, State Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nModerator: Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ topic leader/health reform; deputy health care editor\, Politico Pro \n\n\n \nJoel Ario is a managing director of Manatt Health Solutions\, an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory practice of Manatt\, Phelps & Phillips\, LLP. He has more than 30 years of experience helping to shape and implement public policy\, including more than 15 years devoted to leading health insurance reform efforts at the state and federal government levels. Ario provides strategic consulting and policy analysis to assist state governments\, health plans and foundations in preparing for the implications of healthcare reform\, with a particular emphasis on implementing health insurance exchanges. He previously served as director of the Office of Health Insurance Exchanges at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)\, where he led efforts to implement provisions of President Obama’s health care reform initiative. He was the administration’s point person for standing up health insurance exchanges. Prior to his federal service\, Ario was Pennsylvania insurance commissioner. He served on the executive committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for a decade and was elected three times to as an NAIC officer. He was also president of the National Insurance Producer Registry for two years and executive director of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group for seven years. \nCheryl Smith is a director at Leavitt Partners\, where she helps guide the firm’s health insurance exchange practice. Smith worked in the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development as the director of the Utah Health Exchange office. There she played a central role in Utah’s Health Insurance Exchange\, one of only two functioning state health insurance exchanges in the country. Her leadership and expertise drew national attention as Utah’s health insurance exchange was recognized in the Washington Post\, The Boston Globe\, The Wall Street Journal\, Forbes.com\, and BusinessWeek.com. Smith was a Visiting Health Policy Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington\, D.C. While at Heritage she focused her research\, analysis\, and writing on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)\, Medicare drug pricing\, and state health system reform. \nHeather Howard is a lecturer in public affairs at Princeton University and director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network\, a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She served as the commissioner of health and senior services for New Jersey\, where she was responsible for oversight of public health services\, regulation of health care institutions\, hospital financing\, senior services\, and health care policy and research. Her prior public policy experience includes work in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives\, for the Domestic Policy Council at the White House\, and for the Health Care Task Force within the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Justice Department.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-state-countdown-fate-of-exchanges-after-the-election/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121015T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121016T010000
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SUMMARY:WIRED Health Conference: Living By Numbers
DESCRIPTION:WIRED and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced that they are partnering to host the WIRED Health Conference: Living By Numbers. The conference is designed to gather a dynamic audience of influential leaders in the worlds of healthcare\, science\, and technology for in-depth and enlightening conversations on the future of healthcare. \nModeled after the WIRED Business Conference\, the WIRED Health Conference begins with a simple premise: better data can lead to better health. Living By Numbers represents the current revolution in medicine as the engine of information technology – a force that has revitalized so many industries – arrives to healthcare. The WIRED Health Conference is designed to build on the enthusiasm for bringing scalable\, transformative technologies to improving the diagnosis\, care\, and prevention of disease by providing a unique forum for the innovators and thought-leaders who are making it happen. \nWIRED and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation unveiled some of the speakers confirmed to participate at the inaugural event including: \n\nKeynote Speaker Craig Venter\, Ph. D.\, Founder\, Chairman\, and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute\, and Founder and CEO of Synthetic Genomics Inc. Dr. Venter and his team at JCVI continue to blaze new trails in genomics. They have sequenced and analyzed hundreds of genomes and published numerous important papers covering such areas as environmental genomics\, the first complete diploid human genome\, and the groundbreaking advance in creating the first self-replicating bacterial cell constructed entirely with synthetic DNA.\nKeynote Speaker Ashton Eaton\, world-record holding athlete in both the decathlon and heptathlon events who will be representing the United States in the decathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Only the second decathlete to break the 9\,000-point barrier with a world-record 9\,039 points\, this World Championships two-time medalist (one gold\, one silver) uses extensive data tracking as part of his Olympic training.\nNicholas A. Christakis\, M.D.\, Ph. D.\, MPH\, is a social scientist\, physician and Professor in the Departments of Medicine\, Health Care Policy\, and Sociology at Harvard University. He conducts research on social factors that affect health\, health care\, and longevity. His current research focuses on health and social networks\, namely how a person’s ill health\, disability\, health behavior\, healthcare\, and death can influence the same phenomena in others within the person’s social network.\nRhonda Cornum\, Brigadier General US Army\, Ph. D.\, M.D.\, is the Director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness in the Army G-3/5/7 and the author of She Went to War: the Rhonda Cornum Story. She created the soldier fitness-training program for the US Army. The conversation will cover: how do you efficiently and effectively get a military force into fighting shape\, especially while national obesity rates are climbing.\nTimothy Ferriss\, The New York Times Best Selling Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body\, and renowned “guinea pig.”\nWIRED Senior Maverick Kevin Kelly and Contributing Editor Gary Wolf\, co-founders of the Quantified Self\, a blog about self-knowledge through numbers.\nStephen Wolfram\, Ph. D.\, President and CEO of Wolfram Research\, has been responsible for three revolutionary developments: the Mathematica computation system\, A New Kind of Science\, and the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine.\n\nAttendance for the WIRED Health Conference: Living By Numbers is by invitation only. For more information\, please visit the website. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/wired-health-conference-living-by-numbers/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121015T010000
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SUMMARY:25th Annual State Health Policy Conference
DESCRIPTION:On October 15\, National Academy for State Health Policy’s  25th Annual State Health Policy Conference begins in Baltimore\, Maryland.  More than 600 state health policy experts from all 50 states\, including the District of Columbia\, will convene at the NASHP conference to participate in 20 sessions about health insurance exchanges\, Medicaid\, payment reform\, children’s health insurance\, essential health benefits\, long term care and more. \nThe preliminary agenda is online. \nFor more information\, contact conference@nashp.org.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/25th-annual-state-health-policy-conference/
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