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:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070529T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070601T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163503Z CREATED:20231025T145352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163503Z UID:23371-1180400400-1180659600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:34th Annual International Conference on Global Health DESCRIPTION:The Global Health Council's annual international conference attracts more than 1\,600 health and development professionals. This year the conference program will detail a range of partnerships – among others\, between NGOs\, the private sector and governments; between and among service delivery\, advocacy\, research and academic organizations; among institutions based in the Developing World (South-to-South) and between them and those based in industrialized countries; and between bilateral donors\, multilateral institutions\, and foundations\, and those who implement programs. \nLocationOmni Shoreham Hotel2500 Calvert St.\, N.W.Washington\, D.C. 20008Event Contact: 202-833-5900 or 802-649-1340\, ext. 2134; e-mail\, conference@globalhealth.org URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/34th-annual-international-conference-on-global-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070603T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070605T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163502Z CREATED:20231025T145412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163502Z UID:23378-1180832400-1181005200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join health services researchers\, providers\, and key decision makers to discuss topics ranging from pay-for-performance to coverage issues to pandemic influenza preparedness. \nThe event will be held at the Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin in Orlando\, Fla. On-site registration begins Saturday\, June 2 at 2 p.m. \nRegistration information \nHow to get press credentials \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/academyhealths-annual-research-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070608T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070608T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163501Z CREATED:20231025T145412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163501Z UID:23379-1181264400-1181264400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Quality Care and Comfort at the End of Life: Changes Needed? DESCRIPTION:The American health system is focused on curing\, and spends billions of dollars on "treatment" at the end of life. But now more than 40 million adult Americans suffer with life-altering\, chronic health conditions. They and their families are often more concerned with pain management\, comfort care\, and coordinating care as they transition from setting to setting. It is only in the last days of life\, if at all\, that most enter a hospice care program usually paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. \nAs people live longer with grave chronic illness\, are they getting quality care? Where in the delivery of care spectrum should palliative care come into play? Who should pay? Medicare limits the hospice benefit to those judged to have no more than six months to live; does that rule make sense? Is there adequate staffing to provide quality end-of-life care in hospitals\, nursing homes or at home? Are patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias being left out of this picture? \nTo address these and related questions\, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are sponsoring a June 8 luncheon briefing. Panelists will be:  \nJoan Teno\, M.D.\, professor of community health and medicine and associate director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at the Brown University Medical School. Both as a researcher and clinician\, Dr. Teno has devoted her career to understanding how to measure and improve the quality of end-of-life care for vulnerable populations. \nDiane Meier\, M.D.\, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care\, a national organization devoted to increasing the number and quality of palliative care programs in the United States. Also director of the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute; Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics and professor of geriatrics and internal medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. \nBrad Stuart\, M.D.\, a general internist and senior medical director of Sutter VNA (Visiting Nurse Association) and Hospice\, which provides home care and hospice services throughout much of Northern California. Dr. Stuart was just voted Physician of the Year by the California State Home Care Organization \nSteve McConnell\, vice president for advocacy and public policy at the Alzheimer's Association. In addition to his public policy role\, he has directed the association's program services division and in 2002 served as interim president and CEO. \nThis panel of experts will address questions related to end-of-life treatment at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington\, D.C. The event is June 8\, from 12:15-2 p.m. \nRegister for the event by noon on Wednesday\, June 6\, by calling 202-789-2300 or visting the event's Web site. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/quality-care-and-comfort-at-the-end-of-life-changes-needed/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070613T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070613T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163500Z CREATED:20231025T145410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163500Z UID:23376-1181696400-1181696400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Commonwealth Fund to release state health scorecard DESCRIPTION:The scorecard will assess states on 32 different measure including access\, quality\, avoidable hospital us and costs\, equity and healthy lives. The State Scorecard is a follow up to the National Scorecard released by the Commonwealth Fund in September 2006. \nIt will be released at an event held in Washington\, D.C.\, where commission members will react to overall scorecard findings and offer recommendations for moving forward. \nWhen: Wednesday\, June 13; 10:30 a.m.-noon \nWhere: The Sky Room of the Hotel Washington\, 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue\, NW\, Washington\, D.C. \nRSVP to the event through Erin Kerr at ekerr@burnesscommunications.com or 301-652-1558. \nClick here for more information on the Commission on a High Performance Health System. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/commonwealth-fund-to-release-state-health-scorecard/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070619T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070619T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163500Z CREATED:20231025T145352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163500Z UID:23372-1182214800-1182214800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Medical Management System Innovations Conference DESCRIPTION:The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians\, Inc. (ABQAURP) is offering a symposium examining the latest developments in managing individuals with chronic or high-cost conditions. The Medical Management System Innovations Conference will be at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver in conjunction with the 17th Annual Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Conference and Expo. \nComplimentary reservations are available for qualified journalists. The reservations are available on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Journalists interested in attending should contact Renee Willoughby by e-mail\, rwillog@abqaurp.org\, or by telephone at 727-569-0190 ext. 112. \nSessions include: \n\n\nPromoting Evidence-Based Medicine: Does Your Evidence Trump My Evidence? \n\n\nEngaging Patients and Providers in the Medical Management Process \n\n\n5 Healthcare Trends That Will Shake Your World and Reshape Your Organization \n\n\nTake Two Aspirin and Bring Your Passport: The Challenge of Medical Tourism \n\n\nCalculating Case Loads: Update from the CMSA Work Group \n\n\nDeveloping Effective Hospital Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Programs \n\n\nAre You Drowning in a Sea of Disconnected Data? Solutions for Success \n\n\nExploration of Outsourcing Healthcare Quality \n\n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medical-management-system-innovations-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070626T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070626T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163459Z CREATED:20231025T145413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163459Z UID:23380-1182819600-1182819600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media briefing: JAMA Theme Issue on Chronic Diseases of Children DESCRIPTION:Media Briefing: 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Millennium Broadway Hotel\, 145 W. 44th St.\, NYC \n Register online or call 312-464-JAMA to register or for more information. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-briefing-jama-theme-issue-on-chronic-diseases-of-children/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070628T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070629T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163458Z CREATED:20231025T145335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163458Z UID:23369-1182992400-1183078800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Topics in Child Development Conference - Autism DESCRIPTION:The sixth annual Topics in Child Development Conference will address assessment-driven interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. \nRegional\, state and national leaders in the study and treatment of autism spectrum disorders will provide strategies\, insights and research-based information valuable to implementing assessment-driven models of intervention for schools\, health practitioners and families. \nConference activities on June 29 will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in KSC and include a discussion on brain differences in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and related implications for learning with Dr. Nancy Minshew\, University of Pittsburg. \nAdditionally\, 20 breakout sessions on topics including assistive technology\, communication assessment\, data system development\, family participation\, functional behavior analysis\, medical intervention\, music therapy and occupational therapy intervention\, play-based assessments\, social-emotional assessment\, and social skill instruction will take place June 29. A resource room featuring information from vendors and service agencies also will be open both days to provide materials to participants. \nA complete listing of the sessions and registration information is featured at http://www.ehhs.kent.edu/offices/PDO/conferences/index.html\, or register by phone at 330-672-3100 or 800-672-KSU2. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/topics-in-child-development-conference-autism/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR