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 FTC will host "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?," a free two-day event with workshops geared toward "journalists, privacy experts, direct marketers, online advertisers, academics, and consumer advocates." The workshops will explore new economic models for journalism, online advertising and any changes the government can make in regulations or tax code to facilitate such things.
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Our panel of experts and journalists will discuss these issues and more with an eye toward what journalists need to know to best inform their readers and viewers. Send questions in advance to talkinghealth@healthjournalism.org. |
3 events,Whether the topic is vaccines, climate science or health care reform, experts often complain that journalists don't pay enough attention to data. But it's not that simple. How can two intellectually rigorous journalists look at the same evidence and come to completely different conclusions? How should reporters sift through what appears to be contradictory scientific evidence? Join us as two nationally known journalists and authors, Shannon Brownlee and Michael Specter, pick apart the evidence on the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine and other issues. Moderated by Ivan Oransky, M.D., adjunct professor at SHERP and executive editor of Reuters Health. The Employee Benefit Research Institute is holding its 65th forum, this one titled "Employers, Workers, and the Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits." At the forum, panels will discuss trends in employee benefits, related public opinion, and the opinions of consultants, consumers and employers. |
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5 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release data on deaths in the United States in a report which will also include an analysis of trends in death and mortality numbers. The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release estimates from the January—June 2009 National Health Interview Survey. Estimates will cover "wireless phone use, lack of health insurance coverage, receipt of medical care, vaccinations for flu and pneumonia, obesity, leisure-time physical activity (exercise), smoking, alcohol consumption, HIV testing, general health status, personal care needs, serious psychological distress, diagnosed diabetes, and asthma episodes and current asthma." The Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists is having a social gathering next week to welcome 10 fellow health journalists from across the country who are in town for a fellowship program at the CDC. Our visitors include newspaper, magazine and freelance journalists. |
3 events,A press conference on Thursday at the National Press Club will feature U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and experts from HHS, the CDC, the NIH and the FDA. They will provide updates and give perspective on the H1N1 outbreak and discuss the next phase of the response to the pandemic. |
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NIH Director Francis Collins to Address National Press Club on ‘New horizons in biomedical research’
NIH Director Francis Collins to Address National Press Club on ‘New horizons in biomedical research’
NIH Director Francis Collins is expected to deliver a presentation to the National Press Club regarding "New horizons in biomedical research." This event has been postponed because of snow. |
2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively expected to release final data on leading causes of death in the United States for 2005. Data is taken from death certificates and will be broken down by race, age and sex. |
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What do current Medicare beneficiaries think of the program? What do they like and don't like? How would they change their coverage if they could? Experts will explore the high out-of-pocket costs some beneficiaries still must still pay and whether they have too many choices for supplemental and drug coverage. What are the prospects for preventive care services that many beneficiaries say they want? Experts will also look at the long-term prospects for Medicare.
The Association of Health Care Journalists has teamed up with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this national fellowship program for journalists. Ten fellows are chosen to spend a week studying a variety of public health issues at two CDC campuses. The fellowships include membership, travel, lodging and meals.Health journalism saves lives.
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