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.
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3 events,The Joint Forces Pharmacy Seminar is an annual event for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard pharmacy communities. The seminar has grown since its first meeting in 1994 and continues to grow to record numbers of attendees, which in 2006 surpassed 1,200. Over the years, the services have added annual award's recognition programs as part of the annual event, honoring those among them who have excelled in service and the provision of pharmaceutical care. Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach will address a National Press Club luncheon. |
3 events,The Science Board will hear about and discuss the FDA's critical path program, about updates on the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Program, activities related to melamine, the subcommittee review of the agency's science programs, and updates on drug safety. |
2 events,The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. |
3 events,A conference that covers five days of invited lectures and investigative reports that represents all fields of cardiovascular and related disciplines. |
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5 events,The New York chapter heard from five speakers about conflicts of interest in health care. The event, at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, examined how to recognize potential conflicts, including marketing vs. education, the pharmaceutical industry's gift giving to doctors and how it might affect prescribing habits and similar issues. The Commonwealth Fund and the Alliance for Health Reform are sponsoring a November 5 luncheon briefing about Medicare Part D. The briefing will aim to answer questions like: Do beneficiaries continue to fill prescriptions when they reach the "doughnut hole" and the full cost comes out of their pockets? Do beneficiaries in rural areas have access to pharmacies that can handle this new benefit? How are dually-eligible beneficiaries, those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, faring? |
4 events,This meeting will provide an overview of the use of both primary cells and stem cells in high-throughput screening and the drug-discovery process. Presentation topics will include: primary cells in drug discovery; primary cells as a tool for ADMET; stem cells & target validation; and emerging applications of stem cells. |
2 events,The meeting includes workshops and presentations about current pharmaceutical topics. More than 575 companies are expected to showcase the latest equipment, technical developments, publications and other services for the pharmaceutical scientist at the 2007 exposition. |
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4 events,Health Improvement Institute's 2007 Workshop: Quality of Health Information on the Internet will provide a forum in which experts, representatives of diverse organizations, and consumers can discuss issues regarding health information on the Internet. The workshop is intended to stimulate exploration of ideas and to create a framework to facilitate policy decision making. Presentations by experts will start the workshop to set the scene for small work group discussions that will follow. The Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists held an after-work gathering where AHCJ board member Mary Chris Jaklevic, who edited the new AHCJ guide "Covering Obesity: A Guide for Reporters," discussed the book and AHCJ board member Carla K. Johnson gave an update and answered questions about AHCJ nationally and in Chicago. |
3 events,For the first time, Florida health reporters will gather to share tips, ideas and meet some of the state's top health regulators. The gathering also will serve as an exploratory meeting to discuss the possible formation of an AHCJ Florida Chapter. All Florida health reporters are invited. You do not have to be an AHCJ member to attend. |
3 events,The FDA is interested in obtaining public comment as it explores the public health benefit of certain drugs being available without a prescription but only after intervention by a pharmacist. |
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