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:20090804T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090804T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163201Z CREATED:20231025T150348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163201Z UID:23695-1249347600-1249347600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:IOM vitamin D and calcium workshop DESCRIPTION:The federal Institutes of Medicine will host a public workshop to discuss and get data and insights related to an AHRQ report on vitamin D and calcium. \nFrom the press release: \n\nThe workshop will run from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. in Room 100 of the National Academies' Keck Center\, 500 Fifth St.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C. Due to space limitations\, advance registration is required. Reporters: For more information\, contact the Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/iom-vitamin-d-and-calcium-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090805T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090805T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154540Z CREATED:20231025T150356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154540Z UID:23702-1249434000-1249434000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH lecture: Is the pharmaceutical industry ready for personalized medicine? DESCRIPTION:The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will webcast (and later podcast) a lecture addressing the question "Is the pharmaceutical industry ready for personalized medicine?" from noon to 1 p.m.\, Eastern time. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-lecture-is-the-pharmaceutical-industry-ready-for-personalized-medicine/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090811T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090811T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163200Z CREATED:20231025T150405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163200Z UID:23706-1249952400-1249952400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH lecture: Membranes\, the flu and in between DESCRIPTION:Hebrew University researcher Isiah Arkin will present "Membranes\, the flu and in between\," a discussion of structural biology which will be webcast at 11 a.m. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-lecture-membranes-the-flu-and-in-between/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090812T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090812T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154540Z CREATED:20231025T150356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154540Z UID:23703-1250038800-1250038800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH lecture: How should we make treatment decisions for incapacitated patients? DESCRIPTION:The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will webcast (and later podcast) a lecture addressing the question "How should we make treatment decisions for incapacitated patients?" from noon to 1 p.m.\, Eastern time. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-lecture-how-should-we-make-treatment-decisions-for-incapacitated-patients/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090812T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090812T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163159Z CREATED:20231030T212958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163159Z UID:25364-1250038800-1250038800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Delayed childbearing DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report on delayed childbearing. The report will indicate that more women are having their first child later in life\, a trend that holds true for all locations and races in the United States and across all developed nations. \n To access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-delayed-childbearing/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090812T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090815T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163159Z CREATED:20231025T150407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163159Z UID:23710-1250038800-1250298000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:International conference on mild traumatic brain injury DESCRIPTION:The 2009 international conference on mild traumatic brain injury will focus on six themes: sports concussions\, diagnosis and treatment\, rehabilitation\, combat injuries\, motor vehicle accidents and litigation. For more information or to register\, visit the conference Web site. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/international-conference-on-mild-traumatic-brain-injury/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090819T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090819T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154539Z CREATED:20231025T150356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154539Z UID:23704-1250643600-1250643600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH lecture: The challenges of collaboration and team science DESCRIPTION:The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will webcast (and later podcast) a lecture addressing "The challenges of collaboration and team science: Everything you didn't learn in kindergarten" from noon to 1 p.m. ET. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-lecture-the-challenges-of-collaboration-and-team-science/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090819T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090819T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163158Z CREATED:20231030T212958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163158Z UID:25365-1250643600-1250643600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics\, part of the CDC\, will release the latest death statistics for the United States. The data are from a new report\, "Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2007" and are embargoed until noon EDT. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. \n\n\nPress release (PDF) \n\n\nComplete report (PDF) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-2/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090820T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090820T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163157Z CREATED:20231030T213008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163157Z UID:25366-1250730000-1250730000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Fact versus fiction: Key issues in health reform DESCRIPTION:Reforming the way health care is paid for and delivered in the United States is serious business. It deserves an equally serious discussion rising above partisanship and hot air. \nJoin Health Affairs\, the nation's leading health policy journal\, for a special conference on Fact vs. Fiction: Key Issues in Health Reform. \nWHEN: Thursday\, Aug. 20\, 2009\, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. WHERE: National Press Club\, Washington\, D.C. RSVP: Please RSVP for this event online. There will be a call-in number for those who cannot attend in person. If you wish to receive the dial-in number\, please contact Meghan Hanrahan at Meghan.Hanrahan@burnesscommunications.com.LIVE TWEETING: This event will be live tweeted using #healthreform \nTOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED: \n\nWhat exactly is the U.S. government's role in health care and how might it change under health reform? \nWhat are the implications of slowing the rate of growth in Medicare spending and what would the impact be on beneficiaries? \nEnd of Life Health Care: How the issues really look to the people and providers who live it. \n\nSPEAKERS TO INCLUDE: \n\nWelcoming remarks by telephone from former Surgeons General C. Everett Koop and Richard Carmona \nLen Nichols\, Director\, Health Policy Program\, New America Foundation \nGail Wilensky\, Senior Fellow\, Project HOPE and former head of HCFA \nC. Eugene Steuerle\, Vice President\, Peter G. Peterson Foundation \nChristine Cassell\, MD\, President\, American Board of Internal Medicine \nDiane E. Meier\, MD\, Director\, Center to Advance Palliative Care\, Mount Sinai School of Medicine \nJerald Winakur\, MD\, Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Noted Author of "What Are We Going To Do With Dad\," Health Affairs essay\, and Memory lessons: A Doctor's Story (Hyperion Books) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fact-versus-fiction-key-issues-in-health-reform/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090824T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090825T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163156Z CREATED:20231025T160840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163156Z UID:23724-1251075600-1251162000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CDC flu briefing DESCRIPTION:AHCJ has sponsored 12 journalists to take part in a two-day workshop at the CDC about covering seasonal influenza and the A-H1N1 flu virus\, now grabbing the headlines. \nThe workshop includes a series of on-the-record sessions with CDC experts to prepare front-line journalists for the upcoming flu season. Public health experts are providing a primer on the flu\, examine how it is being tracked\, expectations for vaccines and antivirals\, and what communities can do to deal with the fallout. \nHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius\, joined by CDC director Thomas R. Frieden\,  was a surprise addition to the schedule. \nThe AHCJ-sponsored journalists are: \n\nErin Allday\, San Francisco Chronicle\nRan An\, China Newsweek\nKim Archer\, Tulsa World\nLorna Benson\, Minnesota Public Radio\nBlythe Bernhard\, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\nDon Finley\, San Antonio Express-News\nJeff Hansel\, Rochester Post-Bulletin\nSandra Jordan\, St. Louis American\nAlma Martinez\, Radio Bilingue\nPohla Smith\, Pittsburgh  Post-Gazette\nFred Tasker\, The Miami Herald\nEric Whitney\, Colorado Public Radio URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-flu-briefing/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090824T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090826T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163155Z CREATED:20231025T150405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163155Z UID:23707-1251075600-1251248400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Family history and improving health DESCRIPTION:The NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Family history and improving health promises "pivotal discussions on the effectiveness of family history information for disease prediction and improvement of patient health outcomes." For more information\, to register or to watch a live videocast\, visit the conference website. \nThe conference will draft answers to the following questions\, taken from their website : \n\nWhat are the key elements of a family history in a primary care setting for the purposes of risk assessment for common diseases? \nWhat is the accuracy of the family history\, and under what conditions does the accuracy vary? \nWhat is the direct evidence that getting a family history will improve health outcomes for the patient and/or family? \nWhat is the direct evidence that getting a family history will result in adverse outcomes for the patient and/or family? \nWhat are the factors that encourage or discourage obtaining and using a family history? \nWhat are future research directions for assessing the value of family history for common diseases in the primary care setting? URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-state-of-the-science-conference-family-history-and-improving-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090826T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090826T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154538Z CREATED:20231025T150356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154538Z UID:23705-1251248400-1251248400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NIH lecture: Knowledge translation research 'Type 2': Where the smart researchers are going DESCRIPTION:The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will webcast (and later podcast) a lecture addressing "Knowledge translation research 'Type 2': Where the smart researchers are going" from noon to 1 p.m.\, Eastern time. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nih-lecture-knowledge-translation-research-type-2-where-the-smart-researchers-are-going/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090828T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090828T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163154Z CREATED:20231030T213009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163154Z UID:25369-1251421200-1251421200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Backgrounding Local Health Professionals DESCRIPTION: At the SPJ Convention \n \nWhile it's getting easier to check the quality of health care institutions such as hospitals\, nursing homes and dialysis centers\, investigating the quality of health professionals\, including doctors\, nurses and pharmacists\, still requires a lot of legwork. This session will focus on the use of public records\, court documents and interviews to background the people to whom we trust with our care. Several investigative reports that have done it well will be highlighted. \n10:45 a.m. at the SPJ Convention in Indianapolis \nModerator:Len Bruzzese\, executive director\, Association of Health Care Journalists \nSpeakers: \n\nCharles Ornstein\, senior reporter\, ProPublica\nGina Barton\, investigative reporter\, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\nAndrew McIntosh\, senior writer\, The Sacramento Bee\n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/backgrounding-local-health-professionals/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR