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 focus of the 32nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine will be "Behavioral Medicine: Accelerating our Impact on the Public's Health." The American Society of Breast Surgeons will hold a press briefing (live or by webinar) on the medical research presented at their annual meeting this same week. |
4 events,This conference will examine the ethics of new strategies for health promotion. The goal is to identify potential ethical pitfalls of these interventions so that ethical problems and controversies do not reduce their potential benefit for population health. |
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2 events,A media conference call will give reporters a chance to hear from the co-author of a new study of group purchasing organizations. A press release from the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, a trade group, says the study "concludes that GPOs deliver cost savings to hospitals and the health care supply chain – particularly to small providers – and that GPO contract administrative fees do not have an impact on the prices paid by hospitals for medical goods and services." The call will feature study co-author and Purdue University Professor Leroy Schwarz, Amerinet, Inc. President and HIGPA Board Chair Todd Ebert, and HIGPA President Curtis Rooney. |
2 events,We will select 10-12 journalists from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska for this special opportunity. The aim of the program is to provide already-established journalists with the tools needed to improve the depth and amount of coverage focused on localizing critical health issues. The program is designed by journalists for journalists. Although the training is spread over a year’s time, actual time away from the newsroom totals about two weeks. |
3 events,The American Headache Society's 2011 scientific meeting is set for Washington, D.C.
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4 events,The American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 annual meeting will cover everything from oncology research to the practical aspects of running an oncology practice.
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Dr. Mendel Singer, director of the Jewish Community Health Initiative at Case Western Reserve University, and Rabbi Akiva Feinstein, spiritual care adviser, will talk about various groups making up the northeast Ohio Jewish community; Jewish public health issues, health care use and perceptions; health research issues primarily affecting Jews; and the new health website that's been receiving a lot of national recognition, 
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