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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2 events,The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health hosts this event to expand the research base necessary to improve service systems for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances and their families. The 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. |
2 events,The National Institutes of Health presents a free annual training opportunity to help develop journalists' ability to critically evaluate and report on medical research. |
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3 events,The Health 2.0 conference was founded in 2006 by Indu Subaiya and Matthew Holt. The definition of Health 2.0 is currently focusing on user-generated aspects of Web 2.0 within health care but not directly interacting with the mainstream health care system. That means, a) search, b) communities, c) tools for individual and group consumer use. USC's Annenberg School for Communication is calling for applications for its national health journalism seminars – application deadline is March 3 for the April 13-18 seminar. Based in Los Angeles, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships are open to professional print, broadcast and multimedia journalists from around the country who have a passion for health news. |
2 events,Medical device and health care technology companies from Maryland to Florida will gather at the conference, which will feature panel discussions, expert commentaries and networking opportunities for medical technology companies, investors and service providers. |
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2 events,This Chicago chapter event featured two doctors who specialize in treating addictions. |
2 events,Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know. |
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2 events,The Commonwealth Fund's Program on Quality of Care for Underserved Populations is hosting this online meeting, "Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: A New Chartbook." Presenters include: chartbook co-author Bruce Siegel, M.D., M.P.H., research professor at George Washington University; Dora Hughes, M.D., M.P.H., health policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama; and Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Nearly 600 people attended Health Journalism 2008 for dozens of panels on medical research, public health, the business of health care and consumer health. They also hear actor Dennis Quaid's very personal perspective on medical errors, Elizabeth Edwards' take on John McCain's health care plan, top experts debate the future of health care in this country and much more. News briefings by HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt and officials from the American Public Health Association and its partners let attendees write stories for their news outlets during the conference. Health journalism saves lives.
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