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:20070731T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070802T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163457Z CREATED:20231025T145353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163457Z UID:23375-1185843600-1186016400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (PHEMC) Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop DESCRIPTION:The workshop seeks to bring together representatives from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries\, professional societies\, state and local public health organizations\, the academic research and development community\, public interest groups\, stakeholder federal agencies\, and Congress. \nDiscussion of the Project BioShield Act of 2004\, and the new HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act is also on the agenda. \nPDF of the preliminary workshop agenda \nComplete Workshop and Registration Information \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hhs-public-health-emergency-medical-countermeasures-phemc-enterprise-stakeholders-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070805T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070808T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154605Z CREATED:20231025T145624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154605Z UID:23387-1186275600-1186534800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Conference of State Legislatures DESCRIPTION:The National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices is sponsoring an "ancillary group" policy workshop on prescription drug marketing and conflicts of interest\, and a breakfast reception\, at the National Conference of State Legislatures' annual meeting. \nIn addition\, the NCSL Health Committee has scheduled a panel discussion on PBM and data mining issues\, featuring NLARx member and New Hampshire Rep. Cindy Rosenwald and Associate Member and NCSL President Texas Sen. Letitia van de Putte. For more information\, contact Sharon Treat at nlarx@gwi.net. \nFor more information about the conference go to: http://www.nlarx.com/ \nFor information about obtaining NCSL press credentials\, go to: http://www.ncsl.org/annualmeeting/Media.htm \nAchieving Pharmaceutical Access: The Roles of Disclosure and Privacy Monday\, Aug. 6\, 3-5 p.m. \nMost Americans rely on the private market for their medicines. This session will examine two hotly-debated prescription drug policies facing states and pharmacists. First\, should states set standards for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)\, the middlemen that negotiate prices and transactions for 200 million Americans? Second\, should prescription records identifying doctors or patients be available for marketing purposes by industry professionals? \nBREAKFAST RECEPTION Tuesday\, Aug. 7\, 7:15-8:30 a.m. \nThis get-to-know-you breakfast session will be hosted by NLARx and the Prescription Project (Community Catalyst). It is an opportunity for interested legislators to meet NLARx staff and members and also to find out more about the Prescription Project\, on which NLARx is partnering with Community Catalyst. Meet policy experts and advocates working on state initiatives across the country to reduce drug prices and rein in medical marketing tactics that create conflicts of interest\, and find out about resources and information you can use in your work on prescription drug policy. \nWorkshop – White Coats\, Grey Area: Medical ethics\, drug marketing and public policy Wednesday\, Aug. 8\, 4:30-6 pm \nThis workshop is being jointly presented by NLARx and the Prescription Project. A distinguished panel will present on the how conflicts of interest in medical marketing\, clinical guidelines and the delivery of health care affect practitioners\, patients\, and the cost of care. Panelists will discuss the conflicts of interest at work in the medical profession with a particular focus on pharmaceutical marketing\, and effective policies that can be implemented at the state level to keep patient care high and medical costs down. \nDraft agenda: \nModerator: W.V. Delegate Don Perdue\, NLARx Vice Chair (invited) \nPerdue is assistant majority whip\, as well as serving as the chair of the House Health and Human Resources Committee\, and as a member of the Finance Committee for the 78th West Virginia Legislature. Perdue is a pharmacist and has sponsored much prescription drug legislation including on PBM and marketing issues. \nPanelists: \nDavid Rothman\, Ph.D. – President of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession and Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons and Associate Director of the Prescription Project. David Rothman is an expert in the field of medical ethics and professionalism in medicine. He will speak about financial conflict of interests in the medical profession related to the pharmaceutical industry\, as well as the role of the Prescription Project in promoting new standards. \nJerry Avorn\, MD – Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Avorn is an internist\, geriatrician\, and pharmaco-epidemiologist\, his research centers on medication use\, with particular reference to elderly patients and chronic disease. He will speak about the need for an evidence-based approach to prescribing as well as academic detailing\, a strategy for physician education which he pioneered. \nDavid Grande\, MD\, MPA – RWJ Health and Society Scholar and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania\, and National Physicians Alliance Board of Directors member. \n Dr. Grande is an internist whose research focuses on pharmaceutical marketing and medical professionalism. He will speak about the practice of and solutions to pharmaceutical company data mining. \nJulie Brill\, Esq. – Vermont Assistant Attorney General. Julie Brill has worked extensively on consumer protection issues and her efforts on prescription drugs in particular. She will speak about the legal issues associated with implementing solutions to conflicts of interest in medicine and prescribing\, including Vermont 's experience implementing gift and payment disclosure law. \nMaine Rep. Sharon Treat is Executive Director of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Pricing and a Maine state representative. She has sponsored legislation on PBMs\, academic detailing\, and data mining and other marketing issues. Rep. Treat will speak about successful legislative approaches to addressing conflicts of interest and evidence based prescribing. \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-conference-of-state-legislatures/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070812T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070815T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163456Z CREATED:20231025T145709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163456Z UID:23395-1186880400-1187139600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Midwest Health Journalism Program DESCRIPTION:Training event for the 2007-08 Midwest Health Journalism Program fellows. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/midwest-health-journalism-program/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070813T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070815T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163454Z CREATED:20231025T145411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163454Z UID:23377-1186966800-1187139600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women's Health DESCRIPTION:Speakers will present the latest sex- and gender-specific research and programs to improve the health status of women\, especially rural women. \nThe conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. For more information and to register for the conference\, visit the Web site. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/charting-new-frontiers-in-rural-womens-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070817T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070818T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154604Z CREATED:20231025T145524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154604Z UID:23385-1187312400-1187398800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Stroke Recovery Conference DESCRIPTION:The 2007 conference will feature three themes: medical management\, recovery and living with stroke\, and increasing capacity to manage. \nAttendees will have a chance to meet researchers and professionals at the forefront of stroke treatment\, as well as professionals\, stroke survivors and family members. \nConference speakers and trade show exhibitors will focus on providing attendees with a "toolbox" of resources and practical ideas for maintaining and improving health and lifestyle after stroke\, as well as rehabilitating lost capacities. \nFor complete information on the conference visit http://www.strokeconference.ca/ \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/stroke-recovery-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070819T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070822T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163302Z CREATED:20231025T145709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163302Z UID:23393-1187485200-1187744400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Sixth Annual Quality Colloquium DESCRIPTION:The Healthcare Colloquium Conference Series addresses issues of health care policy and practice through executive courses offered at major academic institutions. The 2007 Colloquium will address patient safety\, health care reliability\, teams and team training\, medical education\, and medical errors reduction. The program will focus on interactive sessions using experiential tools to maximize learning from speakers and other participants. \nThe Colloquium faculty of national and international experts will dig deeper into the underlying causes of these problems and articulate possible proven solutions. This special edition of the Healthcare Colloquium Series provides a strategic road map for healthc are purchasers\, plans and providers in their efforts to enhance patient safety\, reduce medical errors\, and improve health care quality. The program in 2007 will focus on interactive presentations that enable the participants to learn while being engaged by other learners. \nMany hospitals\, clinics\, health plans\, and others have launched a variety of initiatives to reduce medical errors and improve safety. Many such initiatives have enjoyed substantial success in reducing risks and enhancing the safety of patient care in these organizations. The Colloquium will feature case studies in successful efforts in safety improvement and will focus on presentations from organizations and individuals that have succeeded in reducing or eliminating risks to patients and improving the safety of their care. \nThe Colloquium takes place on the campus of Harvard University. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sixth-annual-quality-colloquium/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070827T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070829T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163301Z CREATED:20231025T145353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163301Z UID:23373-1188176400-1188349200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Fifth Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference DESCRIPTION:The conference will be held at the Omni hotel in the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta and will include workshops\, informatics training\, and networking opportunities with informatics colleagues. \nSessions will be held each day of the conference\, and will be broken into tracks that participants choose at registration. The tracks are as follows: \n\nTechnical Development and IT Solutions – Established systems \nResearch and Evaluation – New applications and initiatives\, systems under development\, and education/training \nManagement – Leadership\, policy\, and business practices\nProgrammatic – Collaboration\, best practices\, and partnerships\n\nPHIN 2007 Conference Draft Agenda \nRegistration information \nFor updated information on the 2007 conference as it becomes available\, visit PHIN's Web site. \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fifth-annual-public-health-information-network-phin-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070828T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070828T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163300Z CREATED:20231025T145743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163300Z UID:23404-1188262800-1188262800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Census Bureau releases data on health insurance DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Census Bureau released the consolidated 2006 report on money income\, poverty and health insurance coverage for the nation. The report shows that the number of uninsured people in the United States has increased. \nThe data are derived from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). Simultaneously\, the Census Bureau will release data on income\, earnings and poverty from the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) for all areas within the United States with a population of 65\,000 or greater. \nThe Census Bureau's CPS-ASEC produces the official national estimates of poverty\, as well as estimates of money income and health insurance coverage\, collecting detailed information on income sources. In addition to the national-level data\, the CPS-ASEC consolidated report provides state-level health insurance estimates. Annual state estimates of median household income and poverty will be available in the ACS report. \nThe Census Bureau simultaneously releases the CPS and ACS income and poverty measures because together the two surveys cover the range of geographic areas from the nation to counties\, cities\, congressional districts and metro areas. \nAlso useful when looking at these numbers: \nComparing federal government surveys that count uninsured people in America\nThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality\, and the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, have issued this brief comparing estimates of health insurance coverage from three national surveys sponsored by the federal government\, identifying the differences in their estimates of uninsurance and identifying two common themes. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/census-bureau-releases-data-on-health-insurance/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR