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SUMMARY:Missouri Health Data Summit: Improving Health through Innovative Data Utilization
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, Feb. 24 \nDanforth Plant Science Center\, 975 N Warson Rd\, St Louis\, Mo. 63141 \n9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. \nThere is no charge to attend this event\, but registration is required by Wednesday\, Feb. 22. Click here to register. \nAGENDA \n8:30 a.m.  – Check in and continental breakfast \n9:00 a.m. – Welcome  \n\nRobert Hughes\, Ph.D.\, president and CEO\, Missouri Foundation for Health\n\n9:15 a.m. – The Health Data Initiative: Overview  \n\nTodd Park\, Chief Technology Officer\, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services \n\n10 a.m. – Show Me research: Data utilization in our regionRegional researchers discuss their current efforts to apply health data to specific community concerns and answer questions about their projects.  \n\nFacilitator: Melissa Johnsen\, interim president\, Missouri Health Connection\nCharlene A. Caburnay\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\, Health Communication Research Laboratory\, Washington University in St. Louis\nEric Armbrecht\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor\, Center for Outcomes Research\, School of Medicine\, Saint Louis University \nJeff Belden\, M.D.\, Department of Family and Community Medicine\, University of Missouri-Columbia\nKeith J. Mueller\, Ph.D.\, head\, Department of Health Management and Policy\, University of Iowa\n\n11 a.m. –  The value of health data: A business perspectiveLeading business and health care innovators discuss the value of health data\, what it takes to make data a viable resource\, and how Missouri businesses are moving forward. \n\nFacilitator: Christine T. Wilson\, J.D.\, president and CEO\, Mid-America Coalition on Health Care\nGeorge Paz\, chairman & CEO\, Express Scripts\nJeff Stolte\, investment associate\, Ascension Health Ventures\nLouise Probst\, executive director\, Midwest Health Initiative; executive director\, St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition\nW. Michael Long\, chairman & CEO\, Essence Group\n\nNoon – Closing remarks \n\nE.J. “Ned” Holland Jr.\, assistant secretary of administration\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services \n\n12:15 p.m. – Networking luncheon \n1-5 p.m. – Assigned individual feedback session with HHS officials \n\nA limited number of individual appointments will be available to vet innovative concepts for health data utilization with Assistant Secretary Holland and Mr. Park. Appointments are limited to 20 minutes and may be requested by contacting Michelle Miller at mmiller@mffh.org or 314-345-5573.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/missouri-health-data-summit-improving-health-through-innovative-data-utilization/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120222T010000
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SUMMARY:Small Business Health Insurance Exchanges: Opportunities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 22\, 1 p.m.\, E.S.T. \nThis Commonwealth Fund webinar cosponsored by The Small Business Majority and the National Business Coalition on Health will look more closely at the role exchanges will have in covering small businesses – and how these new insurance markets may eventually prove attractive to larger businesses as well. \nWho: \n\nTimothy Stoltzfus Jost\, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law\, Washington and Lee University School of Law\nJon Kingsdale\, Managing Director\, Wakely Consulting Group and Founding Director\, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority\, Massachusetts\nTerry Gardiner\, Vice President for Policy and Strategy\, Small Business Majority\nWilliam Kramer\, Executive Director for National Health Policy\, Pacific Business Group on Health\n\nThe webinar will be moderated by Sara R. Collins\, vice president for Affordable Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund. \nTo register\, go to: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/p7hevb1x6pdb. Use the hashtag #SHOPex to share insights on Twitter during the live event. And continue the conversation by commenting on a follow-up blog post on the State Refor(u)m Web site.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/small-business-health-insurance-exchanges-opportunities-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120222T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120222T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial skills needed for many journalists today
DESCRIPTION:As many of us leave traditional media and still others never get a chance to get their feet in the door\, it behooves us to consider a new type of skills training for SPJ members and friends: entrepreneurship.  \n It’s a skill that has long been practiced by those of us who work as freelance or independent journalists and communicators. So we invited a three members who have survived and thrived in this milieu – John Ettorre\, Maria Shine Stewart and Eileen Beal – to come and share their tips\, their stories of trial and triumph\, and their encouragement to writers starting or struggling on this path\, on Feb. 22. That’s a Wednesday night and the program will be held at the Independence branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library\, starting at 7 p.m. (For more background on each of the three panelists\, just click on their underlined name and it will take you to another site with a bio.) \n Admission will be free\, and there is free parking as well. \nDate: Feb. 22 Time: 7 p.m. Place: Cuyahoga County Public Library/Independence Branch \nCo-sponsored with the Cleveland Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/entrepreneurial-skills-needed-for-many-journalists-today/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120215T010000
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SUMMARY:Long-Term Care Interest Group Policy Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The AcademyHealth Long-Term Care Interest Group Policy Seminar\, sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund\, will be Feb. 15 at the JW Marriott in Washington\, D.C.\, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  \n The 2012 Policy Seminar\, held in conjunction with 2012 National Health Policy Conference\, will focus on states’ efforts to rebalance long-term care supports and services toward the community setting. Chuck Milligan\, J.D.\, M.P.H.\, Deputy Secretary of Health Care Financing\, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene\, will present on this issue and the implications of the Affordable Care Act.  \n A discussion of state-level experiences will include: \n\nAlex Bartolic\, Director\, Division of Disability Services\, Minnesota Department of Human Services \nPatti Killingsworth\, Assistant Commissioner\, Chief of Long-Term Care\, Bureau of TennCare \nDawn Lambert\, Director\, Connecticut Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration\, Connecticut Department of Social Services Medical Care Administration \nRobin Wagner\, M.S.W.\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Long-Term Supports and Services\, Louisiana Office of Aging and Adult Services.\n\nA Q&A session with all discussants will be followed by an open discussion for all attendees. To register\, go to: http://www.academyhealth.org/Events/events.cfm?ItemNumber=7976  \n Participants do not need to be registered for the national policy conference to attend this seminar. For questions\, please e-mail Jessica Winkler at ltc@academyhealth.org or call 202-292-6700.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/long-term-care-interest-group-policy-seminar/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120215T010000
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SUMMARY:The Obesity Epidemic: Why Have We Failed?
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Dr. Lewis H. Kuller\, Distinguished University Professor of Public Health\, University of Pittsburgh \nEvent will be videocast live. \nFeb. 15\, 3 p.m. \nNIH Campus Building 10Masur Auditorium10 Center DriveBethesda\, MD 20892 \n  \nContact Info: 1-301-594-6747; sarah.herrmann@nih.gov
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-obesity-epidemic-why-have-we-failed/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120214T010000
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SUMMARY:Aging and pain – Advances and Novel Techniques
DESCRIPTION:This meeting\, sponsored by the American Federation for Aging Research and the Mayday Fund\, will update journalists on the latest in pain management for older adults\, alternative therapies for pain and ways to reduce the risk of chronic pain. \nAmong the topics to be discussed: \n\nWhat is the evidence for effectiveness of alternative pain management such as yoga and tai chi?\nHow can anyone over 50 reduce risk of a common chronic pain condition?\nUpdate on pain medications\nAnd\, new non-invasive techniques to manage nerve pain\n\nModerator: Kathy Foley\, M.D. \nSpeaker: Anne Louise Oaklander\, M.D.\, Ph.D. \nSpeaker: Cary Reid\, M.D.\, Ph.D.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-and-pain-ae-advances-and-novel-techniques/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120214T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120214T010000
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SUMMARY:Covering the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 14\, 10 a.m. EST \nGet ready to cover the Supreme Court’s hearings on the health care reform act. This free\, one-hour webinar will help journalists understand the complex issues to be argued at the Supreme Court on the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Following multiple challenges and lower court decisions\, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument March 26-28 on the law to overhaul health care in America. Join us as New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak and national health law and policy expert Sara Rosenbaum offer expert insight into the positions on each side\, the issues\, the players\, the implications of possible decisions\, and how to report them. \nFor journalists inside and outside the Beltway\, this is an unprecedented opportunity to get your questions answered. Improve your ability to interpret and understand a historic moment whose outcome will affect the long-term structure of our nation’s health-care system. \nRegister for the webinar.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-affordable-care-act-at-the-supreme-court/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120204T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120208T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231025T161121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160538Z
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SUMMARY:Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress
DESCRIPTION:The largest multiprofessional critical care event of the year will focus on solutions that dramatically improve the outcomes and lives of patients. \nMaterial covered will include anitbiotic use\, health reform\, traumatic brain injuries\, heart disease\, health information technology\, responding to disasters\, measuring outcomes and much more.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/society-of-critical-care-medicine-annual-congress/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120203T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120203T010000
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SUMMARY:Deadline to enter awards is Feb. 3
DESCRIPTION:The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism have been revamped to reflect the changing nature of media\, the Association of Health Care Journalists announced. The contest categories will revolve around story topics more than traditional media platforms. \nInvestigative articles\, consumer pieces\, business stories and other work will compete head-to-head\, whether they appeared in magazines\, in newspapers\, on radio\, on television or through websites.  Several of these platform-neutral categories will be divided by size\, in recognition of the resources different newsrooms can bring to a story. \nEntries must be received no later than Feb. 3. Read how to enter.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-to-enter-awards-is-feb-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120203T010000
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SUMMARY:Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform
DESCRIPTION:Health care reform faces legal challenges and critical tests in coming months. California in particular has been a leader in implementing the first stages of health care reform. What is the future for this important new law? \n At a special afternoon symposium\, California’s leading health experts will discuss the future of health care reform and report on early successes and challenges in implementation.  \nThe symposium is free and open to the public. \nSpeakers include: \n\nRobert Kaplan\, director\, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research\nKim Belshé\, former secretary\, California Health and Human Services Agency\nPeter Long\, CEO\, Blue Shield Foundation of California\nDiana Bonta\, president & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation\nGerald Kominski\, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research\nE. Richard Brown\, founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Researchand more.\n\nThe symposium is organized by the UCLA School of Public Health. Registration is free.  
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sustaining-and-extending-health-care-reform/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120201T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120201T010000
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SUMMARY:San Francisco: Implementing health reform in the states
DESCRIPTION:  \nSponsored by AHCJ\, Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \n \nWednesday\, Feb. 1 \nThe health care overhaul law passed by Congress in 2010 sets out national goals and requirements. But many of the key decisions implementing the law are left to the states.   \nFor example\, states have a lot of leeway in how they set up health insurance exchanges\, where individuals and small business will be able to buy coverage starting in 2014. Florida and Louisiana have said they will refuse to set up exchanges\, meaning the federal government will organize exchanges in those states. Other states are planning their exchanges\, even while asking courts to toss out the law entirely.   \nStill other states are working to change their health care systems in ways that go beyond the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Vermont\, for example\, wants the Obama Administration’s approval to put in place a Canadian-style single-payer system. Oregon wants to allow public employees to enroll in Medicaid.   \nWhat’s happening in California? How are states preparing for the law’s Medicaid (and Medi-Cal) expansion in a time of budget deficits? As they plan for reform\, how are states addressing tough issues such as health care for undocumented immigrants and cutbacks in mental health services? How do states go about getting waivers from the reform law\, and how many might take advantage of that option?   \nSpeakers \nLarry Levitt is senior vice president for special initiatives and senior advisor to the president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. He is also executive director of the Kaiser Initiative on Health Reform and Private Insurance. Previously\, he was the organization’s vice president for communications and online information and editor in chief of KaiserNetwork.org\, the foundation’s online health policy news and information service. He previously served as director of the foundation’s Changing Health Care Marketplace Project. Before joining the foundation\, Levitt was a senior manager with the Lewin Group\, where he advised public and private sector clients on health policy and financing issues. He previously served as a senior health policy advisor to the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, working on the development of President Clinton’s Health Security Act and other health policy initiatives. \nKim Belshé was named senior policy adviser of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in the spring of 2011. In this capacity\, she serves as a resource to PPIC leadership and staff as well as the broader policy community on health and social services\, fiscal\, governance and related reforms.  Ms. Belshé brings to PPIC a wealth of experience in leadership positions in state government. She currently serves on the five-member board of the state’s new Health Benefit Exchange\, a centerpiece of federal health reform which will create a new marketplace for consumers and small businesses to shop for health insurance\, starting in 2014.  Recently\, she was named to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured\, dedicated to improving health care for low-income people. Prior to joining PPIC\, Ms. Belshé was secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency throughout Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure. \nMarian Mulkey is director of the California Health Care Foundation’s Health Reform and Public Programs Initiative. The program works to support implementation of health reform in California and advance the effectiveness of the state’s public coverage programs. Mulkey leads the foundation’s work in analyzing legislation and informing policymakers\, state and local governments\, private stakeholders and the public on ways to implement the law that will improve and expand coverage. Prior to joining the foundation\, she worked as an independent health policy consultant and at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan\, where her responsibilities included pricing\, utilization data reporting and policy development. \nVictoria Colliver has been writing about health for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2001\, primarily focusing on the health care industry\, but more recently concentrating on policy and reform. Prior to joining the Chronicle\, she worked for the San Francisco Examiner\, The Oakland Tribune and the Stockton (Calif.) Record. A graduate of the University of California\, Davis\, Colliver received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She is a 2009 grant recipient from the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. Previously\, she received an Inter-American Press Association Scholarship to Venezuela and a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain. \nModerator:  \nEd Howard\, executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C. \nWHEN:\nWednesday\, February 1\, 6:45 p.m. (light food/drinks at 6 p.m.) \nWHERE:\nSan Francisco Chronicle North Beach conference room 901 Mission St.\, San Francisco \nCheck in at reception. Light refreshments will be served. This event is FREE and you don’t need to be a member of AHCJ to attend. \nRSVP:\nBy 5 p.m. Monday\, Jan. 30\, to BayArea.AHCJ@gmail.com.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/san-francisco-implementing-health-reform-in-the-states/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120131T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120131T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
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SUMMARY:Responding to the New Presidential Memo: Steps to Improve Information Transparency
DESCRIPTION:With the recent presidential memorandum directing agencies to reform and modernize records management practices\, agencies must respond with a plan that includes assessing and managing records in paper and electronic formats. \nJoin Federal Computer Week for this free webcast featuring Adelaide O’Brien\, Research Director\, Government Services Delivery\, IDC Government Insights\, as she discusses recent focus group findings on Open Government and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). \nDuring the one-hour webcast\, you’ll learn: \n\nbest practices for record identification and public posting\n\n\nsteps agencies are taking to apply the presumption of openness and increase proactive disclosure\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/responding-to-the-new-presidential-memo-steps-to-improve-information-transparency/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120131T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120131T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Implementing health reform in the states
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by AHCJ\, Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \nTuesday\, Jan. 31\, in Los Angeles \nThe health care overhaul law passed by Congress in 2010 sets out national goals and requirements. But many of the key decisions implementing the law are left to the states. \nFor example\, states have a lot of leeway in how they set up health insurance exchanges\, where individuals and small business will be able to buy coverage starting in 2014. Florida and Louisiana have said they will refuse to set up exchanges\, meaning the federal government will organize exchanges in those states. Other states are planning their exchanges\, even while asking courts to toss out the law entirely. \nStill other states are working to change their health care systems in ways that go beyond the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Vermont\, for example\, wants the Obama Administration’s approval to put in place a Canadian-style single-payer system. Oregon wants to allow public employees to enroll in Medicaid.    \nWhat’s happening in California to implement exchanges and other aspects of the health reform law? How are states preparing for the law’s Medicaid expansion in a time of budget deficits? As they plan for reform\, how are states addressing tough issues such as health care for undocumented immigrants and cutbacks in mental health services? How do states go about getting waivers from the reform law\, and how many might take advantage of that option?    \nThis briefing will help you better answer these questions for your readers\, viewers and listeners. \nSpeakers:Walter Zelman\, professor and director of health science at California State University – Los Angeles\, is an expert on California government\, politics\, health policy and markets\, specifically on the uninsured\, insurance and managed care\, and health care costs. He has published two books on health policy\, many articles on government and California politics\, and multiple op-eds on government and politics\, health policy and health insurance. Daniel Zingale is senior vice president of the Healthy California program at The California Endowment. Earlier\, he served as chief of staff to Maria Shriver and senior advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Zingale also worked for the previous California Gov. Gray Davis as secretary of the cabinet and as chief of staff to the governor in the Office of the California Controller. He was also the executive director of AIDS Action in Washington\, D.C. and political director of the Human Rights Campaign. As founding director of the California Department of Managed Health Care\, he was the first “HMO czar” in the nation.  Anthony Wright has served as executive director for Health Access\, the California statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition\, since 2002. Health Access has been a leader in state and national efforts to fight health care budget cuts\, to win consumer protections and to advance comprehensive health reform and coverage expansions. Wright led fights to pass a first-in-the-nation law against hospital overcharging of the uninsured\, and to win a prescription drug discount program despite an $80 million industry campaign against it. He has been widely quoted in local and national media on a range of issues. Earlier\, he worked for New Jersey Citizen Action\, the Center for Media Education\, The Nation magazine\, and in Vice President Gore’s office in the White House. \nDeborah Crowe has been the health care and biotechnology industry reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal since July 2005\, and now is also the paper’s Web editor. She earlier covered health care and other business beats for the Ventura County Star\, and reported on business\, government and education for publications in the San Francisco Bay and Dallas/Fort Worth areas. \nModerator: Ed Howard\, executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C.  \n\nWHEN: Tuesday\, Jan. 31\, 6 p.m. (light food/drinks at 5:30 p.m.)WHERE: University of Southern California\, Davidson Conference Center\, Vineyard Room3415 South Figueroa St.\, corner of Jefferson Blvd. – 213/740-5956 – Maps \nRSVP: By noon Monday\, January 30\, to Deborah Crowe at Debcrowe2@yahoo.com (Questions? Phone 323/549-5225\, ext. 232.)
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/los-angeles-implementing-health-reform-in-the-states/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120123T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120123T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213319Z
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SUMMARY:Advance screening of 'U.S. Health Care: The Good News'
DESCRIPTION:The Commmonwealth Fund\, CUNY–TV\, and the Columbia Journalism Review will hold an advance screening of the new documentary “U.S. Health Care: The Good News\,” with correspondent T.R. Reid.  \n This documentary examines how some doctors and hospitals are accomplishing what many thought impossible – providing quality health care at a reasonable cost. The film will be followed by a panel discussion on the New York City perspective on achieving a high performance health system. \nWhen: Monday\, Jan. 23 4:30–7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Reception  5:45 p.m. Screening  6:30 p.m. Panel discussion \nWhere: CUNY Graduate Center  Elebash Recital Hall  365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street  New York\, NY  \n Who: James R. Tallon\, Jr.\, President\, United Hospital Fund (moderator)  Neil Calman\, M.D.\, President and CEO\, Institute for Family Health  Trudy Lieberman\, Contributing Editor\, Columbia Journalism Review  T.R. Reid\, Correspondent  Herbert Pardes\, M.D.\, Executive Vice Chair\, New York Presbyterian Hospital  \n Please RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/6p7rbdb \nOr contact bf@cmwf.org   301-448-7411  Seating is limited.  \n Health Care: The Good News is produced by Photopia Productions\, LLC in cooperation with Rocky Mountain PBS. Coming to PBS Thursday\, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. EST.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/advance-screening-of-u-s-health-care-the-good-news/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120119T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120121T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231025T161120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160543Z
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SUMMARY:ScienceOnline2012
DESCRIPTION:The sixth annual conference\, at North Carolina State University\, will feature more than 70 discussion sessions and workshops over three days and additional demonstrations\, science lab tours\, a museum reception & a dose of comedy. The keynote speaker will be anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor\, author of “Pink Boots and a Machete.” \nAmong the sessions of special interest to health journalists: \n\nThe special perils – and pleasures – of medical blogging\nWhy Scientists Hate & Fear the Media – or\, Science training for journalists\nPodcasting for Beginners\nThe basic science behind the medical research: where to find it\, how and when to use it.\nHarassing the Powerful for Fun and Profit: An Informal Investigative Reporters’ Guide to Uncovering Secrets and Bypassing Flacks\nYou Got Your Politics in My Science\nData visualization\nKnow Your Digital Rights!\nCovering Political Neuroscience in the Blogosphere\nThe Limits of Transparency: Self-Censorship in Physician Writers\nIs encouraging scientific literacy more than telling people what they need to know?\nDo press officers/public information officers need journalists any more?\nScience Communication\, Risk Communication\, and the role of Social Networks\nData Journalism: Talking the talk\nAdvocacy in medical blogging/communication – can you be an advocate and still be fair?\nCharting Your Own Course: How to Make It As a Freelancer\nGenomic Medicine: From Bench to Bedside\nNever Tell Me the Odds: Assessing Certainty and Probability in Scientific Data\n\nMany other sessions are being planned; see a more complete schedule.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/scienceonline2012/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120119T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120119T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160544Z
UID:25566-1326934800-1326934800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: 2009-10 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
DESCRIPTION:Join the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the Data Resource Center (DRC) to learn about the latest findings from the 2009/10 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) at the interactive DataSpeak webinar hosted by MCHB.   \nDate: Thursday\, January 19\, 2012 \nTime: 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET (1:30-2:30 p.m. CT; 12:30-1:30 p.m. MT; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT)   \nWhere: Click here to register now! \nThis program coincides with the release of data from the 2009/10 NS-CSHCN on the DRC Web site. Over the course of the program\, four speakers will discuss the 2009/10 NS-CSHCN purpose\, methodology\, key findings\, and ways to access both national and state level data.    \nPresentations will be made by: \n\nMichael Kogan\, PhD\, Office of Epidemiology\, Policy and Evaluation\, Maternal and Child Health Bureau\nStephen Blumberg\, PhD\, National Center for Health Statistics\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\nBonnie Strickland\, PhD\, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs\, Maternal and Child Health Bureau\nChristina Bethell\, PhD\, MPH\, MBA\, School of Medicine\, Department of Pediatrics\, Oregon Health & Science University\, National Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health\n\nLook for an announcement on the day of this DataSpeak that will highlight key 2009/10 NS-CSHCN data points and provide information on how to access these new data.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-2009-10-national-survey-of-children-with-special-health-care-needs/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120119T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120119T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160545Z
UID:25563-1326934800-1326934800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:ACO Formation: Leading the Transition to New Models of Care
DESCRIPTION:This free 90-minute webinar draws on a forthcoming series of Commonwealth Fund case studies of ACOs by Elliott Fisher\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, and colleagues at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. \nRepresentatives from two of the leading ACO sites\, Tuscon Medical Center and Norton Healthcare\, will comment on the role of executive and physician leadership in the transition to new models of care. Anne-Marie J. Audet\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\, S.M.\, vice president for Health Care Quality and Efficiency at The Commonwealth Fund\, will moderate.   When: Thursday\, January 19\, at 2 p.m.\, E.S.T.  \n Who:  \n\nElliott Fisher\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Director\, Population Health and Policy\, and Bridget Larson\, M.S.\, Director\, Health Policy Implementation\, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice\nJudy Rich\, R.N.\, President and Chief Executive Officer\, Tuscon Medical Center. Palmer Evans\, M.D.\, Senior Advisor\, and John Friend\, J.D.\, Vice President of Business Affairs and Associate General Counsel\, will be available during the question-and-answer session.\nSteve Hester\, M.D.\, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer\, Norton Healthcare\n\nTo register\, go to https://cc.readytalk.com/r/ylicu5v819h   \nThe Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access\, improved quality\, and greater efficiency.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aco-formation-leading-the-transition-to-new-models-of-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120118T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120118T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160546Z
UID:25565-1326848400-1326848400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Building Online Communities in Health\, Science and Technology News
DESCRIPTION:The future of health\, science and technology journalism is being forged\, in part\, by several reporters and editors in the Boston area who have taken the lead in creating online news operations serving specific audiences in new ways. Some have figured out a way to become sustainable in a short time. Others are still searching for long-term viability. This event\, held by the New England Science Writers\, features journalists who have built robust audiences using different editorial strategies\, staffing tactics and business models. \n The panelists will discuss what works\, what doesn’t work\, and what’s changing. Hear and discuss the ideas and experiences that are shaping the future of how people will be informed and engaged about health\, science and technology for decades to come. \n\n\nBob Buderi\, founder of Xconomy (http://www.xconomy.com/) (@Xconomy) \n\n\nCarey Goldberg\, co-host of WBUR CommonHealth (http://commonhealth.wbur.org/) (@commonhealth) \n\n\nGabrielle Strobel\, executive editor of AlzForum (http://alzforum.org/) \n\n\nEthan Zuckerman\, founder of Global Voices (http://globalvoicesonline.org/) (@globalvoices) \n\n\nPanel moderator: Alison Bass\, health care blogger at http://alison-bass.com/blog/ (@AlisonBBass) \n\n\nWhen & Where\nWednesday\, Jan. 185:30 p.m.: Snacks and social 6:30-8:30 p.m.: Panel discussion MIT Faculty Club\, Cambridge\, Mass. (Dining Room East) \nHow to attend\nRSVP at https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=nesw&formId=112835 $15 for NESW members and 2011-12 Knight fellows $20 for guest attendees NOTE: Registration is limited to the first 100 people who RSVP online. \n Organized by Carol Cruzan Morton (@carolmorton) and Alison Bass. Thanks to Knight Science Journalism at MIT for providing the audiovisual equipment. Questions? Contact Carol Morton at ccmorton@nasw.org \n \n  Normal\n  0 \n  false\n  false\n  false \n  EN-US\n  X-NONE\n  X-NONE \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 \n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\n table.MsoNormalTable\n	{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;\n	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n	mso-style-noshow:yes;\n	mso-style-priority:99;\n	mso-style-qformat:yes;\n	mso-style-parent:””;\n	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\n	mso-para-margin:0in;\n	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n	font-size:11.0pt;\n	font-family:”Calibri”\,”sans-serif”;\n	mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n	mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;\n	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n	mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} \nNew England Science Writers http://neswonline.com
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/building-online-communities-in-health-science-and-technology-news/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120117T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120117T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160547Z
UID:25569-1326762000-1326762000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Journalist as Participant: Can a Reporter Get Involved in the Story?
DESCRIPTION:When does a journalist stop being a citizen? Coverage of the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Arab Spring have recently highlighted this ethical dilemma\, but journalistic paragon Edward R. Murrow grappled with it\, too. Do members of the Fourth Estate have the right to publicly express their views at the barricades? Should they tend to the wounded and intervene in attacks/detention? What does it mean to be a fact-gathering reporter and also a commentary writer? Come meet a group of journalists who have experienced these challenges in their lives and work. \nFeaturing \n\nSheri Fink\, M.D.Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow\, New America Foundation\nNatasha LennardArrested at Occupy Wall Street while reporting for The New York Times Program officer\, International News Safety Institute\nJudith MatloffFaculty\, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Veteran foreign correspondent and bureau chief\nLauren SandlerMagazine writer and commentator on gender and religion Author\, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement\n\nPresented in collaboration with the Invisible Institute \nDate & time:\nJan. 17\, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m.discussion at 6:30 p.m.\, Drinks immediately following \nLocation:\n199 Lafayette Street\, Third Floor\, New York CityJust past Spring at Kenmare—and upstairs from La Esquina! \nRSVP now.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/journalist-as-participant-can-a-reporter-get-involved-in-the-story/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120111T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120111T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160547Z
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SUMMARY:Cardiovascular Health Disparities: Integrating Genomic and Social Determinants
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Gary H. Gibbons\, Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute\, Morehouse School of Medicine \nWednesday\, Jan. 11\, 3-4 p.m. \nEvent will be videocast live on the Web   http://videocast.nih.gov   \nEvent sponsored by the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health \nLocation:  On the main NIH CampusMasur AuditoriumNIH Campus Building 1010 Center DriveBethesda\, MD 20892 \nEvent contact: \nSarah HerrmannE-mail:   sarah.herrmann@nih.govPhone:   1-301-594-6747Fax:   1-301-480-8100
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cardiovascular-health-disparities-integrating-genomic-and-social-determinants/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120110T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120110T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160548Z
UID:25562-1326157200-1326157200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Prevention and Health Reform: Bringing Health to Where We Live\, Learn\, Work\, Pray and Play
DESCRIPTION:This conference call is hosted By the HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. It will be at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday\, Jan. 10. \nYou must RSVP to attend. Please RSVP here no later than Monday\, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. EST. \nCall-in information will be provided 24 hours prior to the call ONLY to those who RSVP. \nPowerPoint slides are available by clicking here (Prevention and Health Reform Slides under “Resources”). \nPlease submit any questions you have in advance of the call to ACA101@hhs.gov.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/prevention-and-health-reform-bringing-health-to-where-we-live-learn-work-pray-and-play/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120110T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120110T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160549Z
UID:25554-1326157200-1326157200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:The Global Leaders Healthcare Forum: Can innovation save healthcare?
DESCRIPTION:Can innovation save the world’s broken healthcare system? This question will be before hundreds of chief executive officers\, partners and top executives when they meet in San Francisco for the 2nd Annual Global Leaders Healthcare Forum on January 10\, 2012. \nThe executives\, from healthcare\, biotech and pharmaceutical companies and their financial investment counterparts\, represent 25 countries\, 50 industries and 500 companies with revenues and assets exceeding $1 trillion. They’ll be probing an urgent proposition facing healthcare: can we bridge the gap between innovation and resources? One panel\, moderated by Kathleen Sharp\, a contributor to The New York Times and author of Blood Feud\, will take a global view of healthcare and seek candid conclusions about world progress to date. The panel will grapple with a mixed picture\, because\, despite the enormous obstacles to providing affordable healthcare\, on the horizon are remarkable breakthroughs; for example\, new systems to help people keep track of all their own medical conditions. \nAnother panel will look at “Healthcare Regulatory Changes and the Impact on Innovation\, Pricing and Reimbursement in Emerging Healthcare Companies.” It takes years to get a new drug approved and can cost upwards of $1 billion to deliver a new drug. What incentives\, if any\, does the FDA have to help get new treatments to the market? So often\, it seems that the FDA pulls drugs off the market without complete explanation. \nOther panels will look at efforts to speed up the drug approval process\, how to provide incentives to help develop treatments\, use of the tax structure to reward companies that take risk for the public good\, and use of arbitration rather than litigation. \nThe Global Leaders is a digital community for CEOs and other senior-level executives in business\, government\, education and philanthropy. \nA brochure with details about the forum is at: http://multivu.com/assets/53568/documents/The-Global-Leaders-2nd-Annual-Healthcare-Conference-V-original.pdf. \nTo register: http://tglhealthcaresymposium.eventbrite.com/. \nDistinguished speakers at the forum will include: conference co-chair Dr. Margaret Liu\, Vice Chairman\, International Vaccine Institute; biotech and pharmaceutical pioneer Myrtle Potter\, CEO of The Myrtle Potter Company; and Harry Kraemer\, Executive Partner\, Madison Dearborn. Evening activities include a reception and dinner sponsored by CTPartners and featuring speakers: Dr. Molly Coye\, Chief Innovation Officer\, UCL Health Systems; John Figueroa\, CEO of Omnicare; and Mark Sirangelo\, Chairman\, Sierra Nevada Space Systems. \nLead sponsors include CTPartners\, Epstein Becker & Green\, and IDEA Pharma. Other sponsors are CorpShorts\, PRNewswire/MultiVu\, Robins\, Kaplan\, Miller & Ciresi\, LLP\, M.M. Dillon & Co.\, Elsevier Business Intelligence\, M&A Chicago\, AVG\, LatinVision\, The Conference Forum\, One Mind for Research\, Gershon Capital & Cie\, Synergetics\, Group 50 Consulting\, Remerinc\, International Vaccine Institute\, and HSM Global.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-global-leaders-healthcare-forum-can-innovation-save-healthcare/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120106T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120106T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160549Z
UID:25559-1325811600-1325811600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Science Board to the FDA Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Science Board will hear about and provide input regarding the Centers for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation. The Science Board will also hear an update regarding the Scientific Computing/JANUS program. FDA’s Modernizing Toxicology Working Group will present an overview to the Science Board for input and discussion. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research will provide their response to the May 2011 Subcommittee Report regarding the Review of the FDA/CDER Pharmacovigilance Program. The Board will be provided with an update from Subcommittee for the science review of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. \nJan. 6\, 20129:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.Food and Drug Administration10903 New Hampshire Ave.Bldg. 31\, Rm. 1503Silver Spring\, MD 20993-0002Visitors to the White Oak Campus must enter through Building 1. \nFor those unable to attend in person\, the meeting will be webcast. \nMeeting Materials \n\n\nBackground material should be available no later than two days before the meeting: 2012 Meeting Materials\, Science Board to the FDAIf FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting\, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting\, and the background material will be posted on FDA’s Web site after the meeting. \n\n\nContact InformationMartha MonserOffice of Chief ScientistOffice of the CommissionerFood and Drug AdministrationWhite Oak Bldg 32\, Room 428610903 New Hampshire Ave.Silver Spring\, Maryland 20993Phone: 301–796-4627Fax: 301-847-8617E-mail: martha.monser@fda.hhs.gov
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/science-board-to-the-fda-meeting/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20111214T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20111214T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160550Z
UID:25550-1323824400-1323824400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Philadelphia: Implementing health reform in the states
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by AHCJ\, Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \nWHEN: Wednesday\, Dec. 14\, 6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres available at 5:30 p.m. Soft drinks\, wine and beer provided at no charge. \nThis event\, for reporters only\, will be followed by a separate briefing for the general public from 8 to 9 p.m.\, sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer and WTXF Fox29.) \nWHERE: Philadelphia Inquirer (400 N. Broad St.\, Philadelphia\, 215/854-2000 – Follow signs in the front lobby) \nSPONSORS: Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)\, Alliance for Health Reform\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \nRSVP: By noon\, Monday\, December 12\, to Eric Rosenthal\, chair of the Philadelphia chapter of AHCJ (etrosenthal@verizon.net) \nNOTE: Although AHCJ is cosponsoring this event\, you don’t need to be a member of AHCJ to attend. \nThe health care overhaul law passed by Congress in 2010 sets out national goals and requirements. But many of the key decisions implementing the law are left to the states.    \nFor example\, states have a lot of leeway in how they set up health insurance exchanges\, where individuals and small business will be able to buy coverage starting in 2014. Florida and Louisiana have said they will refuse to set up exchanges\, meaning the federal government will organize exchanges in those states. Other states are planning their exchanges\, even while asking courts to toss out the law entirely.    \nStill other states are working to change their health care systems in ways that go beyond the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Vermont\, for example\, wants the Obama Administration’s approval to put in place a Canadian-style single-payer system. Oregon wants to allow public employees to enroll in Medicaid.    \nWhat’s happening in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey and other states to implement exchanges and other aspects of the health reform law? How are states preparing for the law’s Medicaid expansion in a time of budget deficits? As they plan for reform\, how are states addressing tough issues such as health care for undocumented immigrants and cutbacks in mental health services? How do states go about getting waivers from the reform law\, and how many might take advantage of that option?    \nThis briefing will help you better answer these questions for your readers\, viewers and listeners.  \nSpeakers:  Robert Field\, professor of law\, health management and policy at Drexel University – Dr. Field is an expert on health law and public health\, and is the author of a comprehensive guide to government regulation of health care in the U.S. His research focuses on ethical issues in health reform\, genetic screening\, managed care and public policy. \nJoel Ario was director of the federal Office of Insurance Exchanges from 2009 until September of this year. In that post\, he was the person most directly responsible for helping states set up their health insurance exchanges\, and for organizing exchanges in states choosing not to do so on their own. He is a former insurance commissioner for the State of Pennsylvania. \nJeffrey Brenner is the founder and executive director of the Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers in New Jersey\, which is working to improve the health status of Camden residents by increasing capacity\, quality and access to care. A family physician\, he has practiced in Camden for 11 years. His work in Camden was spotlighted in a Jan. 24 New Yorker article by Atul Gawande. \nKarl Stark is health and science editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer\, and vice president of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ Board of Directors. He has worked as The Inquirer‘s pharmaceuticals reporter\, national/foreign editor\, deputy editor of science and medicine\, and covered health care extensively as a business reporter. He has won many awards for his investigative work\, including the National Press Club’s Consumer Story of the Year. \nModerator:  Ed Howard\, executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/philadelphia-implementing-health-reform-in-the-states/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20111213T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20111213T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231025T161121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160551Z
UID:23817-1323738000-1323738000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Twitter Chat: State of research aimed at ending Alzheimer's disease
DESCRIPTION:This Twitter chat will feature Dr. Guy Eakin and Dr. Diane Bovencamp in amonthly forum is co-sponsored by the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) and other organizations in the Alzheimer’s disease community. At AHAF\, Eakin and Bovencamp lead the Scientific Affairs division that facilitates the funding of innovative studies designed to halt Alzheimer’s disease. Through the foundation’s annual competitive grant program\, AHAF supports scientists working on projects to diagnose\, prevent\, and treat Alzheimer’s disease.  \n The TalkAlz twitter chat\, held every second Tuesday of the month at noon ET\, aims to spark a national discussion around Alzheimer’s disease. TweetChat participants must first join Twitter by signing up for an account at http://www.twitter.com. To access the discussion\, type #talkalz into the search bar at Twitter.com or in their Twitter application at the forum’s start time. For participants’ remarks to show up in the chat feed\, include the #talkalz hash tag in their tweets. \n Other organizations hosting TalkAlz include The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America\, Seniors For Living\, the Crisis Prevention Institute\, M R Strategic Services\, and Fox Group LLC.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/twitter-chat-state-of-research-aimed-at-ending-alzheimers-disease/
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20111208T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20111208T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160552Z
UID:25553-1323306000-1323306000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Conference Call on the Affordable Care Act and Behavioral Health
DESCRIPTION:Hosted By the HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships  \nThursday\, Dec. 8 at 12:30 p.m. EST \nPowerPoint slides will be available on Wednesday by clicking here. \nPlease submit any questions you have advance of the call to ACA101@hhs.gov. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/conference-call-on-the-affordable-care-act-and-behavioral-health/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20111206T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20111206T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231030T213304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160552Z
UID:25552-1323133200-1323133200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Washington\, D.C.\, Holiday Happy Hours
DESCRIPTION:The Supercommittee has been disbanded\, CMS Chief Don Berwick is leaving town and 2012 is almost here. So it’s a good time for …. \n   AHCJ DC Holiday Happy Hours \nCome join your health journalist colleagues and some special guests for some drinks and food. We’ll toast the season\, reminisce about a crazy year and look forward to what promises to be a momentous 2012. \nWhere: *District of Pi\, 910 F Street NW (we’ve reserved a table in back) \nWhen: Tuesday\, Dec. 6\, from 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. Try to arrive early\, as AHCJ is buying the first round of drinks. \nPlease rsvp to pgalewitz@kff.org by Monday\, Dec. 5. \n*Pi is less than two blocks from Metro Center\, between 9th and 10th streets.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/washington-d-c-holiday-happy-hours/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20111204T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20111208T010000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072545
CREATED:20231025T161045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160553Z
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SUMMARY:AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:♦ Need inspiration?   ♦ Story ideas?   ♦ How about new sources?   ♦ What if you could visit labs and watch researchers tackle the latest public health issues?\nThat's what  AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows get … for free:  \n"This  was a great  opportunity to access the most up-to-date information   about some of the biggest  health issues I cover. We learned a month’s   worth of information in only four  days."   – Kate Daily\, Newsweek  \n"You    must offer this fellowship program again! I wish every member of  the    AHCJ could attend. There's no question that it's an experience  that  will   improve my reporting. These briefings really pulled back the   curtain on   many of the CDC's activities. I have enough story ideas to   keep me busy   for years!"   – Lorna Benson\, Minnesota Public Radio  \n\nMarshall Allen (right)\, a Las Vegas Sun  reporter\, speaks to Grant Baldwin\, Ph.D.\, director of the CDC’s Injury  Center\, about interpreting child safety data for localizing stories\,  during the 2008 fellowship. \n \nAbout the fellowships\nAHCJ has teamed up with the  Centers for   Disease Control and Prevention  – with the support of the  CDC Foundation   – for this national fellowship program for journalists.  Ten fellows will be  chosen to spend a week studying public health  issues at   two CDC campuses. The AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows  will:  \n\nattend   sessions on epidemiology\, global disease  prevention efforts\, pandemic   flu preparedness\, climate change\, vaccine  safety\, obesity\, autism and   more\ntour the CDC director's  National Emergency Operations Center\nmeet new sources on policy and  research\nlearn how to tap the agency's abundant resources to  produce better stories\n\nThe    competitive fellowships are open to professional journalists working  in   the United States. The fellowships include  membership\, travel\,  lodging   and meals. The fellowship dates are Dec. 4-8\, 2011.  \nApplications will be due in October.\nStill not convinced? Here's more from former fellows:\n"As  a magazine freelancer\, I was brimming with story ideas   after  leaving  the fellowship\, and I soon put that information to use in    articles  for Good Housekeeping\, Reader's Digest\, More\, Parenting and other publications." That's what fellow Meryl Davids Landau\, a freelance writer based in Florida\, said about the fellowship. In "Eight months later\, freelancer still generating story ideas from fellowship\,"   she  writes about meeting top officials at the CDC\, briefings from   experts on health issues from  genomics   to infectious diseases to   child safety and more. She says they learned about navigating databases   such as the Behavioral Risk Factor  Surveillance Survey and CDC   publications.  \nAnd if you've  ever wanted to tell the CDC what to   do\, be inspired by fellow JoNel  Aleccia  who suggested  they send  media  their tentative Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report lineup the  day  before publication\, something that was implemented and is still in   practice. \nThe Las Vegas Sun's Marshall Allen\, who was a member of first class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows\, learned that avian flu was still a danger. Elizabeth Fernandez of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote about the CDC's efforts to uncover what causes autism. Modern Healthcare’s Jessica Zigmond wrote about the enthusiasm she encountered among public health experts at the CDC.    She says it allowed her to find an expert who   “not only had great    interest in his work\, but who also seemed genuinely   interested in    sharing that information with a group of 11 journalists\,   all of whom    had different backgrounds\, interests and goals.” \n"Great idea and   execution from AHCJ. Thoughtful and balanced approach. A unique  experience that  I can’t get anywhere else. A classroom and time on the  beat can’t give this  combination of education and up-close interview  access. I got a mix of quick  hit news\, light feature\, in-depth  weekender and investigation. I have about  eight concrete ideas I can  definitely use."– Mary Shedden\, The Tampa  Tribune \n"Overall\, a very  informative\, helpful program that aided my knowledge and understanding of  public health coverage."   – Ginger Rough\, The Arizona  Republic \n"It's  been a great opportunity to connect with sources and hear about    issues that fly under the radar. It will significantly improve my    understanding and coverage of CDC-related health issues. Great access to    top level sources. This conference provided that personal connection    that can make the difference in timely\, relevant response."   – JoNel Aleccia\, health writer\, MSNBC.com
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-cdc-health-journalism-fellowship-2/
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SUMMARY:Report: Potential consequences of public release of food safety & inspection data
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is responsible for ensuring that meat\, poultry\, and processed egg products are safe\, wholesome\, and properly labeled.  As part of its regulatory functions\, it collects voluminous amounts of data at thousands of processing facilities.  A new report from the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine examines the potential food safety benefits and consequences of publishing inspection and testing data with the names of specific meat\, poultry\, and egg product processing plants on the Internet for public access. \nAdvance copies of “The potential consequences of public release of food safety and inspection service establishment-specific data” will be available to reporters only beginning at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday\, Nov. 29.  The report is embargoed until 10 a.m. EST Wednesday\, Nov. 30.  To obtain an embargoed copy\, reporters may contact the Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.  \nThe chair of the committee that wrote the report will discuss its conclusions and take questions during a one-hour public web conference beginning at 10:30 a.m. EST Wednesday\, Nov. 30.  To participate\, follow instructions on the study’s website: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/meetingview.aspx?MeetingID=5782&MeetingNo=6. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/report-potential-consequences-of-public-release-of-food-safety-inspection-data/
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SUMMARY:Patient-centeredness in policy and practice: A conference on evidence\, programs\, and implications
DESCRIPTION:Current health reform and many prior initiatives have been moving the healthcare system towards patient-centeredness\, so it’s time to take stock. \n\nWhat is patient-centeredness\, actually?\nWhat programs are working and how do we know?                \nWill patient-centeredness have staying power? \n\nECRI Institute’s 18th Annual Conference\, is planned and co-organized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality\, Health Affairs\, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making\, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy\, American Board of Internal Medicine\, Milbank Memorial Fund\, and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.                         \n\nExpected speakers include: \n\nMargaret Hamburg\, MD\, Commissioner\, FDA\nCarolyn Clancy\, MD\, Director\, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality\nJeffrey Shuren\, MD\, JD\, Director\, Center for Devices and Radiologic Health\, FDA\nJanet Woodcock\, MD\, Director\, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)\, FDA\nJoe V. Selby\, MD\, MPH\, Executive Director\, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute\nKaren Ignagni\, President and CEO\, American’s Health Insurance Plans\n\nOther nationally recognized experts will include policy makers\, practitioners and researchers. \nThis meeting\, Nov. 29 & 30\, will be at FDA’s White Oak Campus in Silver Spring\, Md. (suburban Washington\, D.C.). \nThere is no fee to attend the program\, but space is limited and advance registration is required. The conference will be web streamed and the recording will be archived so press can attend live or by web streaming. Registration is required either way.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/patient-centeredness-in-policy-and-practice-a-conference-on-evidence-programs-and-implications/
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