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:20080107T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080107T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160756Z CREATED:20231025T145849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160756Z UID:23442-1199667600-1199667600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media briefing: U.S. Health Spending in 2006 DESCRIPTION:Health Affairs hosts members of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' National Health Statistics Group for a media-only briefing on their article analyzing U.S. health spending in 2006. \nSpeakers will include: \n\nAaron Catlin\, economist\, National Health Statistics Group\, CMS\nCathy Cowan\, economist\, National Health Statistics Group\, CMS\nStephen Heffler\, director\, National Health Statistics Group\, CMS \nMicah Hartman\, statistician\, National Health Statistics Group\, CMS\n\nAn archived audio-only webcast of this session will be available after 12:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 8\, 2008. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-briefing-u-s-health-spending-in-2006/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080110T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160756Z CREATED:20231025T145836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160756Z UID:23429-1199926800-1199926800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Surviving the NICE storm DESCRIPTION:Presented by theAssociation of Health Care Journalists\nHosted by Bloomberg News London\n\nJournalists covering medicine\, health care or business are invited to join us for a press event.\nAndrew Dillon\, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence\, will meet with British and American reporters to discuss his agency's role in advising the UK's National Health Service on the cost-effectiveness of medical treatments\, and some of the subsequent rumbles across the Atlantic. \nIn this role\, he is at the center of a storm over how his young agency reaches its decisions\, and indirectly\, how the NHS spends its 12 billion pound ($24 billion) annual drug budget. At least one pharmaceutical company has sued the agency\, and patients have likewise gone to court to force the government to pay for medicines that NICE has deemed not worth the price. Other companies have responded by proposing discounts or money-back guarantees. \nJoin us for a discussion\, followed by a wine-and-hors d'oeuvres reception.Jan. 10\, 2008\, 6-9 p.m.City Gate House39-45 Finsbury SquareLondon EC2A 1PQDining Room \nSorry\, registration for this event is now closed. For more AHCJ events\, please check our calendar. \nQuestions? E-mail khallam@bloomberg.net URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/surviving-the-nice-storm/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080115T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080115T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160755Z CREATED:20231025T145850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160755Z UID:23445-1200358800-1200358800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CDC releases DESCRIPTION:This report is the comprehensive annual report on mortality in the U.S.\, a follow-up to the preliminary report and the much shorter Health E-stat version. Data looks at maternal and infant mortality\, life expectancy\, and leading causes of death by age\, race and sex and also includes data by state. Data come from all 50 states as part of the National Vital Statistics System. \n(Note: The National Center for Health Statistics has listed this release as being "tentative." to access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must first register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here.) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-releases/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080116T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080116T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160754Z CREATED:20231025T145844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160754Z UID:23440-1200445200-1200445200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:FOIA Community Conference on the FOIA Amendments of 2007 DESCRIPTION:Gary M. Stern\, general counsel for the National Archives and Records Administration\, will lead a FOIA Community Conference discussion of the FOIA Amendments of 2007 on Wednesday\, Jan. 16\, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\, at American University's Washington College of Law. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/foia-community-conference-on-the-foia-amendments-of-2007/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080118T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080119T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160754Z CREATED:20231025T145836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160754Z UID:23428-1200618000-1200704400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Science Blogging Conference DESCRIPTION:The conference will address issues and perspectives on science communication\, including science literacy\, the popularization of science\, science in classrooms and in homes\, debunking pseudoscience\, using blogs as tools for presenting scientific research\, writing about science\, and health and medicine. \nSessions include an introductory track on blogging\, visits to several research labs\, panels on moving from print to the Web (and vice versa)\, public scientific data\, science blogging ethics\, blogging public health/medicine and more. \nRegistration is free. Visit scienceblogging.com for details. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/science-blogging-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080123T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080123T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160753Z CREATED:20231025T145859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160753Z UID:23448-1201050000-1201050000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CDC releases DESCRIPTION:Latest data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) on HIV infection in the U.S. general population\, including discussion related to its association with Herpes simplex-virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection. \n(Note: The National Center for Health Statistics has listed this release as being "tentative." to access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must first register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here.) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-releases-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150825Z CREATED:20231025T145824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150825Z UID:23423-1201568400-1201568400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Bay Area experts on aging: New research and resources for health journalists DESCRIPTION:The panel will present an update on cutting-edge news\, research\, and innovations in longevity and aging currently being developed in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nThe speakers will be the widely respected psychologist Laura L. Carstensen\, director of the new Stanford Center on Longevity\, which focuses on how increased life-expectancy can improve quality of life at all ages\, and Martin Lynch\, CEO of Lifelong Medical Care in Berkeley\, the comprehensive health plan that grew out of the Gray Panthers' Over 60 Clinic. Both speakers are nationally recognized for their achievements and will focus on the challenges ahead in research and practice innovations as boomers become elders. \nThe panel will be moderated by Bay Area journalist Paul Kleyman\, editor of the American Society on Aging's publication Aging Today and the national coordinator of the Journalists Exchange on Aging. Kleyman knows this topic thoroughly and will provide insider's tips about how to report effectively and compellingly on aging and related health issues. \nJoin us\, 6-8 p.m.\, at:London Wine Bar415 Sansome Street\, San Francisco415-788-4811Accessible by BART; street and garage parking nearbyNo host bar/food menu \nPlease RSVP to Colleen Paretty (cparetty@pobox.com). \nLearn more about the SF area chapter. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/bay-area-experts-on-aging-new-research-and-resources-for-health-journalists/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080130T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160752Z CREATED:20231025T145905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160752Z UID:23454-1201654800-1201827600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Employer Health and Human Capital Congress DESCRIPTION:The Mission of the Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress is to help the executive delegation of large employers maximize bottom-line corporate performance\, improve overall employee health and productivity and achieve cost containment targets. Topics addressed by the EHHC Congress will encourage our executive delegation to make strategic and specific actions to improve the management of employee benefits\, health & wellness programs and the delivery of effective economic incentives for better employee health. \nFind more information at the event's Web site and information for the press at the Media/Press Credentials page. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/employer-health-and-human-capital-congress/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR