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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Seminar 2This 10-month program allows mid-career journalists to pursue a significant reporting project examining health care systems. Guidance is provided through customized seminars on health performance, conference calls and e-mail consultations with AHCJ fellowship leaders. |
2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report titled "Health Insurance Affects the Diagnosis and Control of Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertension Among Adults Aged 20-64 Years, 2005-2008." The data will come from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
2 events,The Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health is sponsoring a workshop for journalists covering veterans' issues called, “When veterans come home: A workshop for local and regional journalists in the Greater Philadelphia area.” |
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The news-breaking event will provide the tools needed to improve the depth and amount of coverage focused on critical state and local health issues. The seminar will provide journalists from Missouri insight into state government's role in health policy. Attendees will leave the event with stories for their newsrooms right away, plus solid ideas for future health-related stories. |
2 events,In a morning and luncheon sessions, the Mayo Clinic is bringing together researchers and other experts to deliver a briefing on women and cardiovascular disease that they've titled "In the Prime of Her Life." The focus will be on heart conditions that disproportionately affect women, both in general and by age group. |
2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release obesity comparisons between the United States and Canada based on data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2005 to 2008. |
2 events,The Chronic Heart Failure and Hypertension 2011 annual meeting, billed as the third national conference, will address "current issues, latest developments and practical management of of chronic heart failure and hypertension." |
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2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data on death in the United States in 2008. According to the release, the data will address the following: "life expectancy, leading causes of death, mortality trends, infant mortality, chronic disease mortality, injury mortality, influenza/pneumonia mortality." |
3 events,The committee makes recommendations to the director of the National Vaccine Program on matters related to program responsibilities. This meeting will include updates on the safety of the latest influenza vaccines and the flu season. It will be available online. The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data on state and national trends in fertility titled "Recent declines in U.S. fertility." The numbers will come from the National Vital Statistics System. |
2 events,![]() Kansas health is making news. Health reform battles are moving to the state level. Tight tax dollars are straining local health programs. And the list goes on. Journalists across Kansas have the chance to access government officials and health experts with a focus on health stories that impact the state's residents and media audiences. The news-breaking event will provide journalists with the tools needed to improve the depth and amount of coverage focused on critical state and local health issues. The seminar will provide journalists insight into state government's role in health policy. Attendees will leave the event with stories for their newsrooms right away, plus solid ideas for future health-related stories. |
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2 events,The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively expected to release a report with the self-explanatory title of "Sexual Behavior, HIV Risk and STD Risk Among Adults in the U.S., 2006-2008." The data will come from the National Survey of Family Growth. |
2 events,The Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists invites you to a panel discussion of health care overhaul as the law nears its anniversary. |
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Journalists across Missouri have the chance to access government officials and health experts with a focus on health stories that impact the state's residents and media audiences. 