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:20101201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160742Z CREATED:20231030T213147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160742Z UID:25475-1291165200-1291165200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health and Wellbeing: The Stats Behind the Stories DESCRIPTION:A workshop for journalists \nDec. 1\, 201010 a.m. – 1 p.m. OR 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. \n \nRoyal Statistical Society12 Errol St\, London EC1Y 8LX \nThis workshop will help journalists see through the numbers behind big stories in health and medicine. Focusing on real stories from recent news\, topics include: \n\nSwine flu and other epidemics\nMedical trials – how to assess the evidence\nWhat is a ‘quality adjusted life year' and how do we measure it?\nThe ‘Spirit Level' – is a more equal society really better for everyone? \nReporting risk responsibly \nMaking fair comparisons between the performance of hospitals and surgeons\nCommon pitfalls in reporting statistics\n\nOur panel of leading statisticians\, with wide experience of working with the media\, will offer plenty of real-life examples\, practical tips and searching questions to ask when reporting on a health story. The session will be repeated morning and afternoon\, and there is no charge. \nThe speakers are: \n\nProfessor Sheila Bird\, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit\, Cambridge\nProfessor Azra Ghani\, Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology\, Imperial College London\nProfessor Stephen Senn\, University of Glasgow\, author of Dicing With Death: Chance\, Risk and Health\nProfessor David Spiegelhalter\, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University and head of Understanding Uncertainty\n\nTo register for a session\, contact Dr. Martin Griffiths\, national coordinator\, Science Training for Journalists at the Royal Statistical Society\, on 020 76143947 or m.griffiths@rss.org.uk. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-and-wellbeing-the-stats-behind-the-stories/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101203T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160742Z CREATED:20231025T160949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160742Z UID:23760-1291165200-1291338000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference DESCRIPTION:The National Rural Health Association presents this event to focus on rural multiracial and multicultural health issues for health care providers to the rural population. Highlights included Camara P. Jones\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, the CDC's research director on social determinants of health and equity\, on how inequality can make people sick\, as well as a panel discussion to increase awareness of the implications of Arizona law SB1070 on health care access and economic impact. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-multiracial-and-multicultural-health-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101205T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101209T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160741Z CREATED:20231025T160950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160741Z UID:23762-1291510800-1291856400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship DESCRIPTION:Eleven AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows will spend a week studying public health issues at two CDC campuses. They will attend attend sessions on epidemiology\, global disease prevention efforts\, pandemic flu preparedness\, climate change\, vaccine safety\, obesity\, autism and more. The visit includes a tour of the CDC director's National Emergency Operations Center\, the chance to meet new sources on policy and research and information about how to tap the agency's resources to produce better stories. \n\nPresentations \nTentative schedule \n11 chosen as 2010 AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows\n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-cdc-health-journalism-fellowship/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101207T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101207T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160740Z CREATED:20231030T213152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160740Z UID:25478-1291683600-1291683600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Atlanta chapter greets visiting journalists DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists will gather to greet two visiting groups of journalists on Tuesday\, Dec. 7th. \nThe social gathering will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby area outside the Club Room at the Emory Conference Center Hotel. That's the same site as our previous meeting. There's free parking in the garage underneath the hotel. \nThe two journalism groups are the Midwest Health Journalism Fellows and the AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. Len Bruzzese and Ev Ruch-Graham from our national office will also attend. \nSome come and find out the latest in health journalism and network with your colleagues. And grab a holiday spirit or two. \n(Note: This event was originally scheduled for Dec. 6 but was changed to avoid a conflict with the Atlanta Press Club's Christmas party.) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atlanta-chapter-greets-visiting-journalists/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101208T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160739Z CREATED:20231030T213141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160739Z UID:25470-1291770000-1291770000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Missouri Foundation for Health's 2010 Health Summit DESCRIPTION:AHCJ board member Julie Appleby\, a health reporter at Kaiser Health News\, will be a panelist on "Breaking News: Media's Role in Health Care Reform" at this event. \nShe will join Noam Levey\, a health reporter in the Los Angeles Times' Washington D.C. bureau\, and Jo Mannies\, a reporter for the St. Louis Beacon and other speakers yet to be announced. \nPanel description:What is the media's role in educating the public about health reform? What challenges are they facing in translating this complex issue into clear\, understandable and fair stories? Join leading national and Missouri-based health care journalists in exploring these critical questions. \nThe panel is 3:30-5 p.m. on Wednesday\, Dec. 8\, 2010. Get more information about the summit. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/missouri-foundation-for-healths-2010-health-summit/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101209T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101209T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160738Z CREATED:20231030T213153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160738Z UID:25479-1291856400-1291856400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data Release: U.S. Mortality Statistics DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release its latest report on deaths in the U.S. \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. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-u-s-mortality-statistics/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101214T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101214T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160738Z CREATED:20231030T213153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160738Z UID:25481-1292288400-1292288400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data Releases: Obesity and socioeconomic status in American children and adults\, 2005-2008 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics will release two reports dealing with obesity and socioeconomic status in America from 2005 to 2008. One report will focus on children while the other deals with the adult population. \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. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-releases-obesity-and-socioeconomic-status-in-american-children-and-adults-2005-2008/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101215T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101215T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160737Z CREATED:20231030T213153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160737Z UID:25480-1292374800-1292374800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: American Community Survey five-year estimates DESCRIPTION:The Census Bureau is expected to release its 2005-2009 five-year estimates\, numbers which will include ages\, types of disabilities\, poverty status and even how many people have health insurance. \nA guide to where to find the data is online now\, as is a related AHCJ tip sheet. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-american-community-survey-five-year-estimates/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101216T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101216T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160736Z CREATED:20231030T213148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160736Z UID:25476-1292461200-1292461200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Evaluating health information and financial conflicts of interest DESCRIPTION:Learn to evaluate health research\, media reports and other sources of health information; identify bias and misrepresentation in studies and use research for your stories. \nWhen:  Thursday\, Dec. 16\, 1-5 pmWhere: University of California\, San Francisco\, Laurel Heights Campus            3333 California St.\, Room 263Register: Contact  whitej@pharmacy.ucsf.edu\, providing your name\, phone number\, email address\, and organization. \nRegistration deadline: Friday\, Dec. 10. \nThis workshop is presented by researchers from the University of California\, San Francisco' Department of Clinical Pharmacy and principal investigator Lisa Bero\, Ph.D. \n  \nPlease note: Workshop attendees will be invited to take part in a voluntary study about the effectiveness of teaching research evaluation skills. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/evaluating-health-information-and-financial-conflicts-of-interest/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101216T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101216T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160735Z CREATED:20231030T213156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160735Z UID:25483-1292461200-1292461200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Conference: Innovations in Health Care Delivery DESCRIPTION:The health policy journal Health Affairs is hosting "Innovations Across the Nation in Health Care Delivery\," a free one-day conference. Full video will be available after the conference. \nSee the full agenda here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/conference-innovations-in-health-care-delivery/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101222T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101222T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160735Z CREATED:20231030T213156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160735Z UID:25482-1292979600-1292979600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Preliminary data on births for 2009 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release preliminary data about births for 2009. \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. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-preliminary-data-on-births-for-2009/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR