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 National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a trend report on Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States from 1991 to 2006, using comprehensive national data taken from birth certificates. The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report examining health risk behaviors among adolescents. Behaviors to be addressed include smoking, alcohol use and illicit drug use. |
2 events,The FDA's Risk Communication Advisory Committee will discuss the risk communication strategic plan and solicit input and advice. |
4 events,Health reform is picking up steam in Congress. A major flash point in the coming debate is whether employers and individuals should be able to obtain health insurance through a public plan that is similar to Medicare, as well as private insurance from commercial carriers. Our next Talking Health program will feature two experts: Cathy Schoen, senior vice president for research and evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund, and Bruce M. Bullen, chief operating officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. They will be on hand to offer their judgments on what we can expect. Our two journalist experts, Noam Levey, a reporter at the Los Angeles Times; and Ceci Connolly, a staff writer at The Washington Post; will provide their insights and suggestions for covering what will be a major story in the coming months. The speakers will answer questions submitted before and during the webcast. The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host host "The Future for Ethical Journalism" on the University's campus, though interested parties from around the world are also invited to participate online. The conference will cover ethical dilemmas, media accountability, the future of investigative journalism, and the ethics of new media and democratic journalism. |
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2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a report on the "Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Adults 20 Years of Age and Older." |
4 events,This year's workshop will focus on data available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The workshop is free and open to the public but registration is required.
Data Release: Wireless Substitution: Estimates from the July-December 2008 National Health Interview
Data Release: Wireless Substitution: Estimates from the July-December 2008 National Health Interview
The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report on the "Wireless Substitution: Estimates from the July-December 2008 National Health Interview Survey." A summit conversation about health care reform, partially sponsored by America's Agenda Healthcare For All, will be held at the University of California, San Francisco, and viewable online. |
3 events,Health policy professor Laura Schmidt, PhD, will speak on the relationship between health reform and health in America as part of the UCSF's Mini Medical School for the Public series on health care reform. At 1 p.m., Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will provide an overview of the HHS Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. She will be joined by leaders from across the department who will provide a full briefing on the HHS budget after Sebelius delivers remarks. |
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4 events,The Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health will hold a public meeting to discuss health care reform, including "health care access, social determinants of health, and the role of culture and health, as well as other related issues." The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a report titled "One-Third of U.S. Adults Taking Steps for a Healthy Heart." Congress is preparing to tackle the major task of reforming America's health care system. As the country may soon be asked to make fundamental changes, it's critical to understand the principles that should guide the debate. The Heritage Foundation is hosting Sen. Mike Enzi, the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to explain how to shape the national conversation on health care reform. |
4 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a report on the "Data Release: Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the U.S." The Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research will seek public comment on research into the comparative effectiveness of various health care treatments and practices, a field which is set to receive more than a billion dollars of stimulus money. |
2 events,Health policy clinical professor Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, will speak on "Creating a 60 Mile Per Gallon US Health Care System" as part of the UCSF's Mini Medical School for the Public series on health care reform. |
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3 events,AHCJ member Gary Schwitzer will address the challenges of writing accurate, balanced and complete stories on deadline despite biased sources and commercial pressures in the medical industry. Schwitzer will use real stories as examples to show how it doesn't take an extra thousand words of type or 10 minutes of air to write a solid medical story. The FDA's Science Board will review of each Center's projects within scientific priority areas, review research at the Center for Veterinary Medicine, and review the FDA's scientific information technology infrastructure modernization initiatives. |
3 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a report titled "An Overview of the National Nursing Home Survey: Data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey." At the 2009 BIO International Convention, politicians who have all played starring roles in the health care debate at one point or another — Senator Tom Daschle, Senator Bill Frist, M.D., Governor Howard Dean, and Karl Rove — will discuss the "Challenges and Opportunities Surrounding Healthcare Reform." |
3 events,Family and community medicine professor Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH will speak on "Health Reform and Primary Care: A Medical Home for All Americans?" as part of the UCSF's Mini Medical School for the Public series on health care reform. According to a release, a new survey of experts in toxicology conducted by the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) and The Center for Health & Risk Communication at George Mason University, in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology, will be released at 9:30 a.m. |
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3 events,UCSF instructor Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and expert on pediatric infectious diseases will help folks separate fact from fiction when it comes to vaccinations.
Data Release: Smoking, alcohol use, and illicit drug use reported by adolescents aged 12-17 years, 1
Data Release: Smoking, alcohol use, and illicit drug use reported by adolescents aged 12-17 years, 1
The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively set to release a report titled "Data Release: Smoking, alcohol use, and illicit drug use reported by adolescents aged 12-17 years." |
3 events,Professor Emeritus and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institut Director Harold S. Luft, PhD, will speak on "Better Ways to Pay for Health Care" as part of the UCSF's Mini Medical School for the Public series on health care reform. The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council will release "Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines," a report recommending updates to the guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy. The guidelines, designed to balance risks and benefits for mothers and infants, were last revised in 1990. The revision accommodates changes in the American population, notably the rise in the percentage of women who are overweight or obese. |
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