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,Those Midwest Health Journalism Program Fellows who are in Kansas will go to Topeka for briefings and meetings with state health policy experts. This program is designed to provide a basic understanding of how the regulatory and legal environment has evolved and affects the marketing and promotion of pharmaceuticals. It also provides practical, day-to-day guidance on what can be learned from the latest FDA enforcement actions, and how companies can do their jobs better. |
6 events,New Date & Location! Whether you're a staff reporter or freelancer, you've undoubtedly heard that to survive in the media in the future, you'll need to blog, podcast, and Twitter. A few writers have become conversant in online technologies and are using them to the benefit of their careers. Many of the rest of us, though, may have experimented with a blog or used Facebook to find sources for a story, but are still waiting to see how the digital revolution is really going to help our work lives. We'll explore this question with a panel of folks who are using online technology or helping others to do so. The FDA's Science Board will hear updates and discuss Bisphenol A in FDA-regulated products. Working groups on economically motivated adulteration of FDA-regulated products and on rapid detection of salmonella in foods also will update the board on their work.
At an hour-long briefing beginning at 11 a.m. EST, the NAS' Institute of Medicine will release a report on the consequences felt when a large part of the population is uninsured. Reporters will be given access to materials starting at 10 a.m. the previous day, but the information will be embargoed until the briefing. |
5 events,The committee consists of 15 experts in fields associated with immunization who have been selected to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the control of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Institute of Medicine's 2009 Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public aims to advance and explore integrative medicine, the process of integrating the The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health will host its third annual summit on eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. Disparities and issues in the treatment of lupus, HIV/AIDS and oral health, among other things, will be discussed. |
2 events,Our Imperfect Craft: A Workshop for Writers Working as Journalists The Workshop is open to journalists who've been working for at least three years and for no more than eight. For the 2009 session, 20 journalists will be chosen by a panel of professionals, they will work with an assigned coach and with their peers on a project of their choosing.
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2 events,The fellows in the Midwest Health Journalism Program who are in Missouri will travel to Jefferson City for a series of briefings and meetings with state health policy experts. |
2 events,Palliative medicine is developing rapidly in the United States. This symposium focuses on providing an intensive multidisciplinary review of cutting-edge topics in the field. The intent is to provide updates on the latest advances in the field of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Oncology in a format that allows interaction between the faculty and attendees. |
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2 events,Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at research and findings coming out of UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. You'll hear about leads, contacts, and valuable background for your stories in the areas of health research, new treatments for diseases, solutions to health business and policy challenges, and much more. |
4 events,A new report examining the state of health care journalism and a survey of members of the Association of Health Care Journalists will be released. An expert panel will discuss the findings and the general topic. The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release state-by-state estimates, taken from 2007 survey data, of the percentage of households have a wireless phone and no landline connection and the percentage of adults living in such households. The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data from January to September 2008 on national health insurance coverage. |
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3 events,The forum, hosted by the governors of Vermont and Massachusetts, is part of a series of regional health reform forums announced by President Barack Obama. The forums are intended to continue the public discussion about bringing down health care costs and making coverage more widely available. Fifteen of Northern California's most distinguished editors, publishers, innovators and academics will meet with the public Tuesday, March 17, for "A Conversation About the Chronicle," a forum presented as a public service by the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. |
3 events,The National Center for Health Statistics will release a preliminary report on a variety of birth statistics taken from comprehensive national birth certificate reporting. The National Center for Health Statistics is expected release updates for 15 health measures, including health status and disability, access to care, immunization, ability to perform daily activities and mental health. The statistics come from the National Health Survey, January to September 2008. |
2 events,The New England News Forum at UMass Amherst, the Boston University College of Communication and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute are joining to host a one-day collaboration which we hope will probe and offer action-oriented answers to this question: "What happens when the newsroom lights go out? |
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2 events,The Des Moines forum is part of a series of regional health reform forums announced by President Barack Obama. The forums are intended to continue the public discussion about bringing down health care costs and making coverage more widely available. |
2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is expected release an overview of the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey "with an emphasis on new clinical content collected." |
2 events,The FDA and New York Academy of Sciences are hosting a two-day public forum to discuss obstacles to the clinical success of promising cytokines and cytokines antagonists and alternate methods for their delivery. |
2 events,If you want to survive in the 21st Century, no matter what business you are in you are going to have to be online. And if you're going to be online today, you MUST learn to communicate in video. This CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Continuing Education Workshop is a short course taught by Jeff Jarvis and Michael Rosenblum. |
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2 events,The National Council on Disability's quarterly meeting is free and open to the public. At the meeting, the NCD will release their annual progress report to the president and congress and listen to presentations and discussions led by administration officials. Other topics discussed will include emergency preparedness, healthcare, employment and civil rights. |
3 events,The Greensboro forum is part of a series of regional health reform forums announced by President Barack Obama. The forums are intended to continue the public discussion about bringing down health care costs and making coverage more widely available. |
2 events,The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance will hold a confirmation hearing and vote on whether to send Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' nomination to the full Senate. |
2 events,The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will meet to discuss the $300 million stimulus investment in AHRQ's research into the comparative effectiveness of medical treatment as well as other agency research, programs and initiatives. |
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