BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180202T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155529Z CREATED:20231103T172828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155529Z UID:26420-1517533200-1517533200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CDC update on widespread flu activity DESCRIPTION:  \nCDC will provide an update on the current flu season. \n\n\nAnne Schuchat\, M.D.\,RADM\, USPHS\, Acting Director\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \n\n\nDan Jernigan\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\,CAPT\, USPHS\,Director\, Influenza Division\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases \n\n\nWhen: Friday\, Feb. 2\, at 11 a.m. ET \nDial-In Media: 888-795-0855 \nNon-Media: 800-779-2638 \nInternational: 1-210-234-0009 \nPASSCODE: CDC Media \nImportant Instructions Media should dial in a few minutes before the start of the conference.If you would like to ask a question during the call\, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending. \nTRANSCRIPT A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site:www.cdc.gov/media. \nContact:CDC Media Relations \n(404) 639-3286 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-update-on-widespread-flu-activity-2/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180202T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155530Z CREATED:20231103T172708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155530Z UID:26411-1517533200-1517533200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Wear Red Day DESCRIPTION:Go Red For Women encourages awareness of the issue of women and heart disease\, and also action to save more lives. The movement harnesses the energy\, passion and power women have to band together and collectively wipe out heart disease. It challenges them to know their risk for heart disease and take action to reduce their personal risk. It also gives them the tools they need to lead a heart healthy life. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-wear-red-day/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180228T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155531Z CREATED:20231025T162032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155531Z UID:24258-1517446800-1519779600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:American Heart Month DESCRIPTION:Activities this month raise awareness about heart disease and how people can prevent it — both at home and in the community. \nMore information about the month can be found here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-heart-month/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154213Z CREATED:20231103T172736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154213Z UID:26415-1517446800-1517446800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Forum on Health Spending: Tackling the Big Issues DESCRIPTION:Live event and webcast: Health Affairs and the National Pharmaceutical Council \nThursday\, Feb. 1\, 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. \nNational Press Club \nWashington\, DC (Metro Center Metro) \nRSVP here or contact Debbie Boylan at 301-347-3910 or dboylan@projecthope.org \nWith support from the National Press Club\, Health Affairs launched a new\, multi-year project on “Health Spending.” The project aims to promote an evidence-based conversation about health spending by exploring questions involving the level and growth rate of health spending\, the distribution of spending\, efforts to improve the value of care\, and analysis of options for constraining health care costs.  \nTo begin the public dialogue\, Health Affairs and NPC are hosting a kickoff event on Thursday\, February 1\, 2018\, in Washington\, DC.   \nPanels will discuss what we know about health care spending\, examine the effectiveness of current efforts to improve value\, and explore how various sectors are responding to high levels of health care spending.  \nAmong the confirmed speakers are:  \n\n\nKatherine Baicker\, Dean\, Harris School of Public Policy\, University of Chicago \n\n\nAmber Barnato\, Susan J. and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor of Health Care Delivery\, The Dartmouth Institute\, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth \n\n\nMarc Boutin\, Chief Executive Officer\, National Health Council \n\n\nOtis Brawley\, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer\, American Cancer Society/Emory University \n\n\nMollyann Brodie\, Senior Vice President\, Public Opinion and Survey Research\, Kaiser Family Foundation \n\n\nMelinda Buntin\, Professor & Chair\, Department of Health Policy\, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine \n\n\nAmitabh Chandra\, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy\, Harvard University \n\n\nDavid Cutler\, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics\, Harvard University \n\n\nRobert Dubois\, Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President\,  National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) \n\n\nLeslie Greenwald\, Chief Scientist and Vice President\, RTI International \n\n\nDarin Hinderman\, Global Benefits Manager\,  Caterpillar Inc. \n\n\nAshish Jha\, K.T. Li Professor  and Senior Associate Dean\, \, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nKatie Martin\, Vice President for Health Policy and Programs\, National Partnership for Women and Families \n\n\nMark McClellan\, Robert J. Margolis Professor of Business\, Medicine\, and Policy; and Director\, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy\, Duke University \n\n\nCraig Mitton\, Professor\, School of Population and Public Health\,University of British Columbia \n\n\nCorinna Sorenson\, Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences\, Duke School of Medicine\, Duke University \n\n\nAlan Weil\, Editor-in-Chief\, Health Affairs  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/forum-on-health-spending-tackling-the-big-issues/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180131T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155532Z CREATED:20231103T172708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155532Z UID:26412-1517360400-1517360400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Sound Science and Sound Journalism in an Era of Fake News DESCRIPTION:Jan 31\, 10:15-11:15 a.m. PST\n\n \n\n\n\nIsland Press\, in partnership with the Security and Sustainability Forum\, has set a date for our upcoming webinar featuring veteran journalist Carey Gillam\, who is Research Director for the non-profit U.S. Right to Know and author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer\, Cancer\, and the Corruption of Science. On January 31 at 1:15 PM EST Carey will be joined by Dr. Dana Barr\, Environmental Health Professor at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health for a conversation on the impacts of glyphosate on our food and health and how this research serves as a case study for the importance of scientific and journalistic rigor. The discussion will be moderated by journalist Paul Thacker and will be followed by a question and answer session.\nRegister here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sound-science-and-sound-journalism-in-an-era-of-fake-news/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155532Z CREATED:20231103T172707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155532Z UID:26410-1516323600-1516323600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Will the Real Cost Drivers Please Stand Up? DESCRIPTION:High health care spending is a top concern for policymakers\, advocates and consumers alike. But what is driving our ever-increasing spending? New research provides details about the relative importance of various cost drivers (e.g.\, unit prices\, disease prevalence and intensity\, obesity\, etc.)\, both overall and within patient diagnoses groups (e.g.\, diabetes or heart disease). This research identifies the cost drivers that matter most and actionable information we can use to tackle our high health care spending trend. \nSpeakers:  \n\n\nJoseph Dielman\, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation\, University of Washington \n\n\nLarry Levitt\, Kaiser Family Foundation \n\n\nLynn Quincy\, Healthcare Value Hub (moderator) \n\n\nRegister here. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/will-the-real-cost-drivers-please-stand-up/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180113T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180113T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155533Z CREATED:20231103T172403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155533Z UID:26390-1515805200-1515805200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:SciCommSouth DESCRIPTION:The South Central States (Texas\, New Mexico\, Oklahoma\, Arkansas\, and Louisiana) are located where scientific innovation\, fragile biomes\, and the dynamic energy\, biotech\, and biomedical industries all meet political conservatism. The issues facing a science communicator in the region couldn’t be more diverse or important. \nDespite their unique geographic and political position\, the science communicators in the region are only loosely connected to each other\, if at all. We recognize the power of strong connections among science communicators\, not just for professional development\, but for moral support in what may be a more challenging era for science than in the past. \nHighlights\n\n\nKeynote by David Biello\, Science Curator of the TED Conferences \n\n\nBreakout sessions to facilitate networking and collaboration among previously-disparate science communicators. \n\n\nThe Art of Science Slideshow: Do you have a stunning visual that illustrates one of your science stories? Hayley Gillespie\, owner of Art.Science.Gallery will put together a slideshow featuring our images — photos\, illustrations\, data plots\, infographics\, posters\, you name it — for the evening reception.  \n\n\nRegister by Nov. 15 for the early bird discount. Register here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/scicommsouth/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155534Z CREATED:20231103T172707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155534Z UID:26409-1515718800-1515718800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CDC update on widespread flu activity DESCRIPTION:  \nCDC will provide an update on current U.S. flu activity. \nWho \n\n\nCDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald\, M.D. \n\n\nDan Jernigan\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Captain\, U.S. Public Health Service\, Director\, Influenza Division\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases \n\n\nWhen \nFriday\, Jan. 12\, at 11 a.m. ET \nDial-In   \n\n\nMedia: 888-795-0855 \n\n\nNon-Media: 800-369-1605 \n\n\nInternational: 1-630-395-0331 \n\n\nPASSCODE: CDC Media \n\n\nImportant Instructions If you would like to ask a question during the call\, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending. \nTRANSCRIPT A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media. \nContact: CDC Media Relations\, (404) 639-3286 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-update-on-widespread-flu-activity/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180109T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180109T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154214Z CREATED:20231103T172537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154214Z UID:26406-1515459600-1515459600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Approaches to Improving the Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance System DESCRIPTION:New Report and Webinar Jan. 9\nThe landscape and nature of work in the United States has changed remarkably over the past several decades. Yet occupational safety and health (OSH) surveillance approaches have generally not evolved to address these shifts in the changing nature of work. \nA new report from the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine recommends a number of actions aimed at improving the coordination and cost-effectiveness of the OSH surveillance system. It looks specifically at areas such as injury and illness recording enhancement\, interagency coordination\, and state-based OSH surveillance programs. \nAdvance copies of “A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century” will be available to reporters only beginning at noon EST on Monday\, Jan. 8. The report is embargoed and not for public release before 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday\, Jan. 9. \nMembers of the committee that conducted the study and wrote the report will present their findings and recommendations and answer questions during a webinar beginning 2 p.m. EST Tuesday\, Jan. 9. Participants are: \n\n\nEdward H. Shortliffe (committee chair)\, Arizona State University \n\n\nDavid L. Buckeridge\, McGill University \n\n\nMargaret M. Seminario\, AFL-CIO \n\n\nDavid H. Wegman\, University of Massachusetts \n\n\nPlease register for the webinar here.  Reporters who wish to obtain a copy of the report should contact the Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/approaches-to-improving-the-occupational-safety-and-health-surveillance-system/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180108T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180111T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155535Z CREATED:20231025T162029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155535Z UID:24251-1515373200-1515632400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Organization for Safety\, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) Dental Infection Control Boot Camp 2018 DESCRIPTION:This annual meeting offers a review of infection prevention and safety for dental professionals working across the health care system. This year’s speakers will offer insights on topics ranging from patient safety to antibiotic resistance and bloodborne pathogens. \nFor more information see this link: http://www.osap.org/page/2018BootCamp \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/organization-for-safety-asepsis-and-prevention-osap-dental-infection-control-boot-camp-2018/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171220T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155535Z CREATED:20231103T172407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155535Z UID:26396-1513731600-1513731600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:DC Chapter Holiday Party DESCRIPTION:See photos from this event: Health journalists\, HHS officials meet at annual party \nPlease join us for our annual holiday party to toast a great year of health care journalism!  \nThis year we are not asking you to bring drink or food contributions for the group. Instead\, the venue will serve us appetizers paid for by the D.C. AHCJ chapter. We are also purchasing a couple of bottles of wine as a treat for those who arrive early\, and everyone in attendance will have the opportunity to select his or her beverage of choice for purchase with cash or credit. You also will have the option of purchasing a bottle to share if you’d like.  \nFor this event\, we have invited HHS public affairs staff to join us\, so be sure to say hello and introduce yourselves!  \nRSVPs are required to attend this event. Send an email to Kimberly Leonard (kleonard@washingtonexaminer.com). URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/dc-chapter-holiday-party-2/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171219T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171219T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154214Z CREATED:20231103T172536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154214Z UID:26405-1513645200-1513645200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:New National Report on Health Security Preparedness to Be Released DESCRIPTION:Trust for America’s Health\, a D.C.-based nonpartisan\, nonprofit organization focused on community disease prevention policies will be releasing its annual state-by-state report on preparedness for health emergencies and will hold a press conference with media to discuss its findings. \nWHAT: Press briefing conference call to release Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases\, Disasters and Bioterrorism which includes a report card for how well states scored on 10 indicators of high priority areas and concerns\, such as vaccination rates\, climate change readiness\, public health funding and more. \nSome topics include the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and other natural disasters\, Zika\, Superbugs and antibiotic resistance\, Healthcare-associated Infections and the Flu. The report also features detailed recommendations and key priorities. The report will be released by the Trust for America’s Health. \nWHEN: 10-11:00 a.m. (ET)\, Tuesday\, Dec. 19\, 2017 \nWHO: John Auerbach\, president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health and Dr. Karen Remley\, CEO/Executive Vice President of the American Academy of Pediatrics \nHOW: Contact Albert Lang at (202) 864-5941 or  alang@tfah.org at TFAH to reserve a line for the audio conference and to access embargoed materials. \nTo access the call\, dial 1-877-879-6203 and use passcode 2086176. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/new-national-report-on-health-security-preparedness-to-be-released/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155536Z CREATED:20231103T172507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155536Z UID:26401-1513558800-1513558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CMS/CDC Rural Health Webinar DESCRIPTION:The Rural Health Information consortium holds an one hour-long webinar to discuss a recent federal government report regarding health disparities in rural America. Speakers include Cara James\, head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of Minority Health and co-chair of CMS Rural Health Council and Jeffrey Hall\, deputy associate director for Science Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Minority Health & Health Equity. James\, Hall and others authored a recent report\, Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults – United States\, 2012-2015 that examined health disparities among rural racial and ethnic groups. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cms-cdc-rural-health-webinar/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154215Z CREATED:20231103T172335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154215Z UID:26382-1513558800-1513558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Covering antibiotic resistance in the post-antibiotic world DESCRIPTION:Resources\n\nRecorded webcast\nPresentation\nAHCJ core topic on infectious diseases\nCDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion\nRelated article: Slowing the threat of antibiotic resistance\, ContagionLive\n\n \n\nDec. 18\, noon ET\nThe threat of antibiotic resistance continues to grow. About 2 million Americans annually contract an antibiotic resistant bacteria and 23\,000 die\, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \nIn some cases\, resistant bacteria have already meant patients are living in a “post-antibiotic” world. In 2016\, a Nevada woman died after developing an illness from bacteria that were resistant to all approved antibiotics in the U.S. \nHow are these bugs spreading? What is the U.S. doing to halt their spread? And how can reporters cover antibiotic resistance in their communities? Two CDC officials will talk to reports about this evolving story. \n\n\nMichael Bell\, M.D.\, deputy director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \n\n\nMichael Craig\, senior adviser for antibiotic resistance coordination and strategy\, Division of Health Quality Promotion at the CDC Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nAn expert in drug-resistant pathogens and hospital-acquired infections\, Michael Bell’s career has focused on investigating and preventing transmission of health care-associated illnesses for hospital patients and staff alike as well as developing evidence-based infection control guidelines. He began his CDC career in 1997 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. Bell earned a bachelor’s in biology and microbiology as well as the doctor of medicine from the University of Washington. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He completed a clinical fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of California\, San Francisco. \nMichael Craig leads the coordination of CDC’s cross-cutting antibiotic resistance activities by developing and guiding CDC’s strategic direction to address national goals to combat antibiotic resistance. Craig serves on the President’s Advisory Committee for Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB)\, and works closely with leadership within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to align public health activities related to antibiotic resistance across multiple federal agencies. Before that\, he spent 12 years in Washington\, D.C.\, working for the CDC on various policy issues. \n \n\nMichael Bell \n\n\nMichael Craig \n\n\nBara Vaida \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-covering-antibiotic-resistance-in-the-post-antibiotic-world/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155537Z CREATED:20231103T172237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155537Z UID:26380-1513299600-1513299600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:ACA open enrollment ends DESCRIPTION:Open enrollment ends for the Affordable Care Act for 2018. \nPreview 2018 plans & prices \nPlans joined during open enrollment start Jan. 1\, 2018. \nThe Trump administration plans to shut down the federal health insurance exchange for 12 hours during all but one Sunday in the upcoming open enrollment season. The shutdown will occur from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET on every Sunday except Dec. 10. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aca-open-enrollment-ends-2/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155538Z CREATED:20231103T172507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155538Z UID:26400-1513213200-1513213200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:PCORI Fall Meeting on Disparities DESCRIPTION:Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) holds a public meeting on addressing disparities as part of its advisory panel on examining gaps in health and health care. The meeting is part of the panel’s work to set the organziation’s priorities for funding research. It will be webcast but registration is required; sign up here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pcori-fall-meeting-on-disparities/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155538Z CREATED:20231103T172406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155538Z UID:26395-1513213200-1513213200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Federal Communications Commission meeting DESCRIPTION:There are two agenda items related to health care: \nRestoring Internet FreedomThe Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling\, Report and Order\, and Order that will restore Internet Freedom by returning broadband Internet access service to its prior classification as an information service\, and reinstate the private mobile service classification of mobile broadband Internet access service. The item also will eliminate the Commission’s vague and expansive Internet Conduct Standard\, along with the bright-line rules. Additionally\, it will modify the transparency rule to promote additional transparency\, while eliminating burdensome and unnecessary requirements. (WC Docket No. 17-108)Background: Net neutrality in jeopardy: What happens next? \nRural Health Care Support MechanismThe Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order to strengthen the Rural Health Care Program and improve access to telehealth in rural America. (WC Docket No. 17-310) \nThe meeting is open to the public\, will be webcast and can be followed on social media with #OpenMtgFCC. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/federal-communications-commission-meeting/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171213T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171213T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155539Z CREATED:20231103T172506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155539Z UID:26398-1513126800-1513126800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Immigrant Families in America Today: How Fear and Toxic Stress Are Affecting Daily Life\, Well-Being DESCRIPTION:New restrictions on immigration and increased immigration enforcement being pursued by the Trump  Administration are reshaping U.S. immigration policy. To understand how the new environment is affecting people\, the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a public briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 13 to examine the experiences of immigrant parents and children\, including immigrants who are undocumented and those lawfully present. \nAt the briefing\, the Foundation will release a new report\, Living in an Immigrant Family in America: How Fear and Toxic Stress Are Affecting Daily Life\, Well-Being\, and Health. The report is based on focus groups in eight cities and four states with 100 parents in immigrant families from 15 countries\, as well as telephone interviews with 13 pediatricians who serve immigrant communities. \nKFF Executive Vice President Diane Rowland will moderate the briefing. Panelists include: \n\n\nSamantha Artiga\, director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Foundation\, who will present key findings from the Foundation’s new report; \n\n\nJenny Rejeske\, senior health policy analyst at the National Immigration Law Center\, who will provide an overview of recent policies affecting immigrant families; and \n\n\nLanre Omojokun Falusi\, MD\, FAAP\, pediatrician\, Children’s National Health System and past president\, American Academy of Pediatrics – Washington D.C. Chapter\, who will provide perspective on the report findings and insights from her experiences serving immigrant families. \n\n\nWhen:Dec. 13\, 9:30–11 a.m. (Registration and breakfast begins at 9 a.m.) \nWhere:Barbara Jordan Conference Center Kaiser Family Foundation 1330 G Street NW\, Washington DC (one block west of Metro Center) \nRegister here. \nContact:Chris Lee | (202) 347-5270 | clee@kff.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/immigrant-families-in-america-today-how-fear-and-toxic-stress-are-affecting-daily-life-well-being/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171212T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171213T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155540Z CREATED:20231025T162031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155540Z UID:24256-1513040400-1513126800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NAS Public Workshop on Urbanization and Disease DESCRIPTION:The National Academy of Sciences’ Health and Medicine Division hosts a public workshop on  how humans’ built environment is impacting the spread of disease. \nThe event\, “Urbanization and Slums: New Transmission Pathways of Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment” will examine how such urban spread is impacting people’s health; the role of certain characteristics such as land-use patterns; social and behavioral factors; and how to shape such environments to prevent and mitigate infectious disease outbreaks\, among other topics. \nThe event will be held at NAS headquarters in Washington\, D.C.; register here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nas-public-workshop-on-urbanization-and-disease/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171207T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171207T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155541Z CREATED:20231103T172401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155541Z UID:26387-1512608400-1512608400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NAS Workshop on Tax Policy and Health Equity DESCRIPTION:The National Academies of Sciences’ Health and Medicine Division hosts a one-day workshop examining how changes to tax policies could help improve population health. \nEntitled “Exploring Tax Policy to Advance Population Health\, Health Equity\, and Economic Prosperity\,” the event aims to “address the use of tax policies to channel resources and shape economic incentives affecting population health” and will include a ‘tax policy 101’ overview. \nThe event will be held at California Endowment Oakland Conference Center. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nas-workshop-on-tax-policy-and-health-equity/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171206T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171206T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155541Z CREATED:20231103T172506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155541Z UID:26397-1512522000-1512522000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Behind the headlines: The separation of conjoined twins at MGH DESCRIPTION:The Boston chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists is back in business\, and we’re inviting you to a panel discussion and reception with key members of the team that separated 22-month-old conjoined twins at Massachusetts General Hospital\, knowing one would almost certainly die. The case raised a host of surgical and ethical challenges that Dr. Allan M. Goldstein\, surgeon-in-chief at MassGeneral Hospital for Children\, Dr. Brian M. Cummings\, chair of the hospital’s Pediatric Ethics Committee\, and Dr. Oscar J. Benavidez\, chief of pediatric/congenital cardiology\, will discuss. \nBefore the operation\, Dr. Cummings recently wrote\, the surgical team “talked through whether separation was technically possible. Were there enough organs to ‘make’ two people from one? What would happen afterward? The evaluation … concluded that separation was physically possible but Twin A would not survive afterwards. \n“Even though we could do the separation\, should we do it?” \nPlease join us for what’s sure to be a riveting conversation\, as well as a chance to mingle with your journalist colleagues and celebrate the coming holidays. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, Dec. 6\, 6-8 p.m.; appetizers and drinks at 6\, followed by the program at6:45. \nWHERE: New offices of The Boston Globe and Stat\, 53 State St.\, Boston (corner of State and Congress; please use the Congress Street entrance) \nRequired RSVP: If you plan to attend\, please RSVP to Alex Spinelli\, Alexander.Spinelli@statnews.com\, with your name and affiliation. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/behind-the-headlines-the-separation-of-conjoined-twins-at-mgh/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155542Z CREATED:20231103T172406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155542Z UID:26394-1512435600-1512435600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Mercer Select Intelligence Health & Benefits web briefing - What's the latest on HSAs? DESCRIPTION:Join Mercer experts as they discuss the latest on health savings accounts (HSAs)\, which are on the rise. Topics will include recent market trends\, legislative proposals\, and key compliance issues for employers that offer HSAs.  \nYou can listen live\, or sign up and get a version to watch later. Register here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/mercer-select-intelligence-health-benefits-web-briefing-whats-the-latest-on-hsas/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171204T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171208T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155543Z CREATED:20231025T162029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155543Z UID:24252-1512349200-1512694800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Older driver safety awareness week DESCRIPTION:The American Occupational Therapy Association’s Older Driver Safety Awareness Week aims to promote understanding of the importance of mobility and transportation to ensuring older adults remain active in the community — shopping\, working or volunteering — with the confidence that transportation will not be the barrier to strand them at home. \nThroughout the week\, AOTA will bring attention to a different aspect of older driver safety. \nContact Katie Riley\, AOTA  kriley@aota.org   URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-older-driver-safety-awareness-week/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171204T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171204T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154216Z CREATED:20231103T172337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154216Z UID:26386-1512349200-1512349200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Seminar on Migrant Farmworkers’ Health DESCRIPTION:The University of California Davis holds a talk on tackling migrant farmworkers health as part of its monthly seminar series. Dr. Seth Holmes\, an associate professor of public health and medical anthropology at UC Berkeley discuss health inequities and possible solutions. The hour-long event starts at 4 p.m. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/seminar-on-migrant-farmworkersae-health/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171203T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155544Z CREATED:20231025T162029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155544Z UID:24253-1512262800-1512781200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Influenza Vaccination Week DESCRIPTION:The National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination. \nThe CDC has print material and images that can be used with coverage\, as well as a media Toolkit. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-influenza-vaccination-week/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155544Z CREATED:20231103T172406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155544Z UID:26393-1512090000-1512090000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:World AIDS Day DESCRIPTION:World AIDS Day takes place on Dec. 1st each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV\, to show support for people living with HIV\, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988\, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/world-aids-day-3/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155545Z CREATED:20231025T162030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155545Z UID:24254-1512003600-1512090000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:ONC Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:The office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold the 2017 Annual Meeting from November 30 – December 1\, 2017 at the Washington Hilton in Washington\, DC. The 2-day meeting will gather approximately 1\,200 health IT partners and will include a mixture of plenaries and breakout sessions each day. The plenary sessions will include keynote addresses and panel discussions with breakout sessions focusing on interoperability & usability.  \nSee the full program here. \nWebcast:  \n\n\nPlenary Sessions (Thursday and Friday) \n\n\nTrusted Exchange Framework & Common Agreement Session (Thursday) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/onc-annual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155546Z CREATED:20231103T172021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155546Z UID:26355-1511917200-1511917200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Confronting self-perceptions of aging DESCRIPTION:Resources\n\nRecorded webcast\nJacqui Smith’s presentation\nAHCJ core topic: Aging\nAging news from Covering Health\nUniversity of Michigan Institute for Social Research\nThe Gerontologist\, August 2017\, special supplement\n\n \n\nRecorded Nov. 29\n \nA group of four studies led by University of Michigan researchers finds that beliefs about one’s own aging are predictive of future health. Self-perception affects a person’s physical and mental well-being – from timeliness of seeking care to feelings about themselves\, their partners\, and other older adults. \nJacqui Smith\, Ph.D.\, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging\, and co-author of several of the studies\, will discuss how self-perceptions of aging affect health and the role the media plays in reinforcing those perceptions. \n\n\nJacqui Smith\, Ph.D.\, professor of psychology\, University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ topic leader on aging \n\n\nSmith’s research deals with the potential and limits of development and change during adulthood and old age. She uses experimental and survey methodologies to investigate age-cohort differences and age-related change in cognitive functioning\, self-regulation\, and well-being. Her current research focuses on psychological vitality in the Third and Fourth Age (65 to 100 )\, psychological predictors of longevity\, individual differences in intra-person psychological dynamics\, and the application of intelligence\, cognition\, and life knowledge (wisdom) during adulthood. \nHere is some of the research Smith will be discussing from the Aug. 2 issue of The Gerontologist: \n\n\nSelf-Perceptions of Aging and Perceived Barriers to Care: Reasons for Health Care Delay — Sun\, Smith\, et. al. \n\n\nAge Differences in Explicit and Implicit Age Attitudes Across the Life Span – Chopik\, Glasson \n\n\nAge Group Differences in Perceived Age Discrimination: Associations With Self-Perceptions of Aging — Glasson\, Queen\, et. al. \n\n\nCouples’ Shared Beliefs About Aging and Implications for Future Functional Limitations — Mejia\, Gonzalez \n\n\n \n\nJacqui Smith \n\n\nLiz Seegert \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-confronting-self-perceptions-of-aging/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154244Z CREATED:20231103T172336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154244Z UID:26385-1511830800-1511830800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NAS Workshop on Immigration and Health DESCRIPTION:The National Academies of Sciences’ Health and Medicine Division holds a roundtable discussion on “Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health\,” a one-day workshop to discuss immigration “laws and policies and their implications on immigrant and population health.” \nSpeakers include representatives from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health\, Arizona’s Pima County Health Department\, the Immigration Policy Center\, University of California\, Los Angeles’ Center for Health Policy Research\, and more. \nThe event\, which will not be webcast\, will be held at the Cal State East Bay Conference Center. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nas-workshop-on-immigration-and-health/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171127T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171127T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155547Z CREATED:20231103T172405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155547Z UID:26392-1511744400-1511744400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Briefing: California’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic DESCRIPTION:The opioid epidemic is the worst drug crisis in American history. More than 33\,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2015 – an almost three-fold increase from 2002. Nearly 2\,000 of those deaths were in California. \nGovernment\, health care providers\, health plans\, law enforcement\, and many others throughout California have been working to respond to the crisis at the local and state levels. Even though there is still much work to be done\, California is starting to see some early successes. While the national death rate continues to climb\, in California it remains stable. California’s Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard shows that opioid prescribing is down and access to effective addiction treatment is increasing. \nThis event will examine the role of state agencies in combating the epidemic. Participants will hear about different collaborative approaches\, including promoting safer prescribing practices\, expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for addiction\, improving communication between prescribers and providers\, among others. \nPlease join the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) for this briefing on Nov. 27 at noon at the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)  Auditorium in Sacramento. Speakers will include: \n\n\nJennifer Kent\, director\, DHCS \n\n\nLance Lang\, MD\, chief medical officer\, Covered California \n\n\nMelanie Fontes Rainer\, JD\, special assistant attorney general\, California Department of Justice \n\n\nKaren Smith\, MD\, director\, California Department of Public Health \n\n\nModerator: Kelly Pfeifer\, MD\, director\, High-Value Care\, CHCF URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/briefing-californiaaes-response-to-the-opioid-epidemic/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR