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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080130T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080201T010000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080204T010000
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SUMMARY:HHS secretary presents the president's HHS budget for FY 2009
DESCRIPTION:HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt will present the president's HHS budget for fiscal year 2009 at 1 p.m. on Monday\, Feb. 4\, in the auditorium of the Humphrey Building\, 200 Independence Ave.\, SW\, in Washington\, D.C. \nCredentialed media only in the auditorium.  Others may view the presentation via closed circuit television in the Humphrey Building Great Hall. \nAll budget-related materials\, including the FY 2009 HHS Budget in Brief\, will be available online at or shortly after 1:00 PM EST\, Feb. 4\, at http://www.hhs.gov/budget/docbudget.htm \nThis briefing will also be video Webcast. To watch Live online\, visit http://www.hhs.gov/budget/webcast.htm. \nContact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hhs-secretary-presents-the-presidents-hhs-budget-for-fy-2009/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080204T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160751Z
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SUMMARY:National Health Policy Conference
DESCRIPTION:Sessions on the critical health care issues for 2008  with representatives from the Bush Administration\, Congress\, academia and the health care industry. The NHPC provides an overview of the administration and congressional policy agendas\, as well as plenary and breakout sessions looking at hot topics like ensuring equitable access\, fostering better care with better value\, and managing system stressors. \nSession topics include: \n\nA look at the current administration's health policy priorities\, with perspective from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services.\nCan comparative effectiveness research improve quality and reduce costs? How would alternative implementation strategies affect the likelihood of success?\nHospital CEO Roundtable on Quality: What are the top challenges facing hospitals? What are executives doing to ensure high quality care?\nYoung and Uninsured: Closing the Gap for the Invincible and the Ineligible\nImplications of the Obesity Epidemic\nRising Health Care Costs: Where Are We Headed?\nUsing the "Lean" Model to Improve Hospital Quality  \nAddressing Federal Challenges to State Reforms\nChanging the Paradigm from Treatment to Prevention: A Diabetes Case Model\nPresidential Candidates' Health Care Reform Proposals: From the campaign trail\, advisors and staff discuss the candidate's health care proposals.\nHow will Congress prioritize health care issues in 2008? Speakers from both parties will discuss their proposals and priorities.\nHealth Care for Military Personnel and Veterans: Serving Those Who Serve\nPersonal Health Records: Increasing Health Care Value Through Enhanced Patient Engagement\nMental Health Parity: Opportunities and Limitations\nNovel Technologies: Health Care Boon or Bane?\nCase Studies in Public Health Policy and Practice
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-health-policy-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080205T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160750Z
CREATED:20231025T145907Z
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SUMMARY:Covering Science and Health with Robert Bazell
DESCRIPTION:The Poynter Institute and NewsU is hosting this online conversation with NBC News' chief science and health correspondent. Bazell will talk with Poynter's Al Tompkins about the hot science topics of 2008 and ways to cover them. \nThis is a free "beta test" of NewsU's new video technology in this live event You must enroll ahead of time.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-science-and-health-with-robert-bazell/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080206T010000
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SUMMARY:FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee: Zyprexa
DESCRIPTION:The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting  to discuss new drug application (NDA) 22-173\, ZYPREXA ADHERA (olanzapine pamoate depot) long-acting intramuscular injection (210 milligrams (mg)\, 300 mg\, and 405 mg per/vial)\, Eli Lilly and Co.\, for the treatment of schizophrenia. A particular safety concern for discussion is the occurrence of severe somnolence in some patients who are administered this depot formulation of olanzapine. \nThe meeting will be Feb. 6\, 2008\, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nLocation: \n\nCrowne Plaza Silver Spring\, Kennedy Ballroom8777 Georgia Ave.Silver Spring\, Md.The hotel phone number is 301-587-4791. \n\nContact Person: \nDiem-Kieu NgoCenter for Drug Evaluation and  Research (HFD-21)Food and Drug Administration5600 Fishers LaneRockville\, MD 20857301-827-7001FAX: 301-827-6776e-mail: diemkieu.ngo@fda.hhs.gov \nFDA Advisory Committee Information Line\, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington\, DC area)\, code 3014512544. \nBackground material is available. \nOral presentations from the public will be scheduled  between approximately 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fda-psychopharmacologic-drugs-advisory-committee-zyprexa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080211T010000
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SUMMARY:Atul Gawande\, author\, New Yorker columnist and assoc. professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School
DESCRIPTION:Atul Gawande will speak at this session of the NIH Director's 2008-2009 Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series. Lectures are viewable live on the Web. \nGawande is the author of "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance\," as well as a columnist for the New Yorker and an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. \nThe lecture title is to be announced.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atul-gawande-author-new-yorker-columnist-and-assoc-professor-of-surgery-at-harvard-medical-school/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080211T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080212T010000
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Elder Abuse
DESCRIPTION:Program topics will include self neglect\, abuse of medications\, forensic markets of abuse and elder abuse as a human rights issue. \nThe conference is presented by the University of California\, Irvine School of Medicine\, Program in Geriatrics.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/international-conference-on-elder-abuse/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080214T010000
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SUMMARY:2008 TRI National Conference
DESCRIPTION:EPA’s Office of Environmental Information and the Environmental Council of the States will hold the 2008 TRI National Conference. TRI is the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory\, a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2008-tri-national-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080214T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080217T010000
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SUMMARY:Autism Through the Lifespan Conference
DESCRIPTION:The conference addresses the lifespan of autism spectrum disorders \, including "Treating Autism as a Medical Disorder; Bringing Biomedical Treatments\, Behavioral & Developmental Therapies Together." \nThe biennial conference provides comprehensive\, evidence-based information to assist parents\, family members\, caregivers\, physicians\, educators\, therapists\, social workers\, nurses\, and other professionals in building effective interventions for all individuals with autism spectrum disorders. \nMembers of the press who would like to attend should fax a request to attend on your media letterhead to Rebecca Epp\, Congress Administrator\, Autism Today. The fax number is 780-452-1098. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/autism-through-the-lifespan-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080221T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080223T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160745Z
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SUMMARY:Medical Quality 2008
DESCRIPTION:The national conference of the American College of Medical Quality will offer physicians and other quality professionals unique opportunities to learn about the newest developments in health care quality improvement. \nTopics of this year's conference will focus on Quality Measurement and Improvement; the Interaction of Quality with Finance and Economics; Patient Safety; Achieving Quality Through Organizational Design: Future of Health Care\, Addressing Health Disparities; Ethics in Medicine and more.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medical-quality-2008/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080221T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080224T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154601Z
CREATED:20231025T145724Z
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SUMMARY:Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 17th Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This year's meeting  features a mini-conference on ethics\, public health and the environment. The keynote speaker will be Ezekiel J. Emanuel\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, chair\, Department of Clinical Bioethics\, The NIH Clinical Center\, National Institutes of Health. He will speak on ethical issues in universal health care reform. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/association-for-practical-and-professional-ethics-17th-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080224T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080227T010000
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SUMMARY:A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base
DESCRIPTION:Since 1986\, the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health has hosted this event to expand the research base necessary to improve service systems for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances and their families. \nThe agenda will group presentations into tracks that address critical areas of inquiry. Sessions will offer important research and evaluation methods and results in these areas. \n\nFacilitating youth transition to adulthood and independence\nFamily-driven\, youth-guided systems planning\nImplementation of effective systems of care\nImplementing evidence-based practices in the systems of care context\nCreating culturally competent systems to reduce disparities\nSchool-based services and the system of care\nInnovative methodologies for research and evaluation of complex systems\nIntegrating evaluation and performance measurement\nImplementing wrap-around services in systems of care\nRole of public sector agencies in SOC\nDesigning\, conducting\, and disseminating research to maximize its impact\nAddressing the Issue of Unregulated Residential Services: An Agenda for SOC Services and Research\n\nHosted by the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health  in Tampa\, Fla. The Center is jointly funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research\, U.S. Department of Education and the Center for Mental Health Services\, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/a-system-of-care-for-childrens-mental-health-expanding-the-research-base/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080229T010000
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SUMMARY:Application deadline for
DESCRIPTION:The National Institutes of Health presents a free annual training opportunity to help develop journalists' ability to critically evaluate and report on medical research. The course curriculum builds on the best of prior years' offerings to create an intensive learning experience with hands-on application.  \nThe course\, May 5-7\, examines the challenges and opportunities inherent in communicating the results of medical research to the public. Stressing an evidence-based approach and re-examining intuitive beliefs about medicine\, the course will prepare participants for the crucial task of evaluating research findings including statistics\, selecting stories that hold meaningful messages for the public\, and placing them in the appropriate context. \nGet more information and apply for the course online.  Application deadline is Feb. 29. \nThere is no cost for the course\, and meals and lodging are provided. Participants are responsible for their own travel to Hanover\, NH. \nWHO SHOULD APPLY\nWe invite application by journalists and editors whose primary target audience is the general public. Applicants may produce news stories about health or healthcare for newspapers\, magazines\, or newsletters; television or radio; or on-line media. Participants should be eager to develop skills and knowledge necessary for good medical science reporting\, but need not have specific experience or background in medical journalism. \nFOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\nE-mail: MedMedia@od.nih.gov Telephone 301-496-4819 \nPRESENTED BY\nOffice of Medical Applications of Research\, National Institutes of Health Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences\, Dartmouth Medical School VA Outcomes Group\, White River Junction\, Vermont\, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Communication and Public Liaison\, National Institutes of Health. \nThe Office of the Director\, the central office at NIH\, is responsible for setting policy for NIH\, which includes 27 Institutes and Centers. This involves planning\, managing\, and coordinating the programs and activities of all NIH components. The Office of the Director also includes program offices which are responsible for stimulating specific areas of research throughout NIH.   \nThe National Institutes of Health is comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic\, clinical\, and translational medical research\, and investigates the causes\, treatments\, and cures for both common and rare diseases.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/application-deadline-for/
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