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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120903T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160349Z
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SUMMARY:Science and Global Health: The Role of Basic Science
DESCRIPTION:Live Webcast from the Kavli Prize Science Forum – Oslo\, Norway \nSept. 3\, 3:30-6 p.m. CEST/9:30 am–Noon EDT \nWhat difference can science make to global health? Four international science and health experts will address this issue during the second biennial Kavli Prize Science Forum. Moderated by BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh\, panelists include: Rita Colwell (Former Director\, National Science Foundation\, US); Alice Dautry (President\, Institut Pasteur\, France); Harvey Fineberg (President\, Institute of Medicine\, National Academy\, US); and Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman\, Health and Global Policy Institute\, Japan). The Forum will also feature an opening address by the Prime Minister of Norway\, Jens Stoltenberg. Before and during the Forum\, viewers may also submit questions for consideration. Questions can be submitted via Twitter (#KavliSF) or email: info@kavlifoundation.org. Full program and webcast information: http://bit.ly/MEksmI
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/science-and-global-health-the-role-of-basic-science/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120909T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120912T010000
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SUMMARY:American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeries Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Annual Meeting & OTO Expo will be held this fall in the nation’s capitol. This year marks the 116th meeting of the world’s largest conference of otolaryngologists – head and neck surgeons – and researchers\, educators and clinicians in head and neck medicine.  \nMedia should register by contacting newsroom@entnet.org.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-academy-of-otolaryngology-head-and-neck-surgeries-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120910T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120911T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160347Z
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SUMMARY:IOM Workshop: Infectious Disease Detection
DESCRIPTION:The systems to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks have suffered decades of underfunding and neglect in the United States and other countries\, and the global financial crisis has worsened the problem.  At the same time\, the recent outbreak of hantavirus in Yosemite National Park\, illnesses due to salmonella-contaminated mangoes\, the whooping cough epidemic in Washington state\, and reports of increasingly drug-resistant tuberculosis abroad all point to the crucial need for systems that can effectively prevent\, detect\, and mount a rapid response to infectious agents. \nThe Institute of Medicine is hosting a two-day workshop to explore how to maintain effective infectious disease surveillance and response capacity in an age of austerity.  Participants will look at the impact of budget cutbacks on population health and public health agencies among other topics. \nThe workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT on Sept. 10\, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11 in Room 100 of the National Academies’ Keck Center\, 500 Fifth St.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C.  An agenda and registration are available online. Reporters with questions can contact the National Academies’ Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/iom-workshop-infectious-disease-detection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120912T010000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Overview of the HCUP Products and Tools
DESCRIPTION:This one-hour session will introduce health services and policy researchers to the HCUP products and tools that facilitate research\, with a particular emphasis on HCUPnet\, the free online data query system. \nWednesday\, Sept. 12\, at 2 p.m. ET. \nRegistration for this webinar will open on Wednesday\, Sept. 5\, at 8 a.m. ET. Registration details are available on the HCUP User Support Website. Registration is limited and capacity is often reached quickly. \nRelated: Webinar: Overview of the HCUP Databases
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-overview-of-the-hcup-products-and-tools/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120918T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120918T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160346Z
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SUMMARY:JAMA Media Briefing on Obesity
DESCRIPTION:At this media briefing\, leading researchers will present new findings on various topics regarding obesity: \n\nWhat effect may a manufactured chemical commonly found in consumer products have on the risk of obesity in children and teens?\n\n\nWhat are the long-term effects of gastric bypass surgery on weight loss and conditions such as diabetes\, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels ?\n\n\nDoes a certain type of body fat increase the risk for diabetes?\n\n\nWhat should be the role of government and the food industry in reducing the excess consumption of calories?\n\nThe briefing will feature speakers from: \n\nNYU School of Medicine\nUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center\, Dallas\nNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene\nUniversity of Utah School of Medicine\, Salt Lake City\n\nThe moderator will be JAMA Editor-in Chief Howard Bauchner\, M.D. \nHilton New York1335 Avenue of the AmericasNew York City \nTuesday\, Sept. 18\, 2012\, 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m.A continental breakfast will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. \nTo register\, send email to mediarelations@jamanetwork.org or call 312-464-JAMA. Program details will be sent in a future email. \nTeleconference Call: For those unable to attend the briefing\, a teleconference call will be available. To register\, send email to mediarelations@jamanetwork.org. Details regarding participating in the teleconference call will be emailed before the briefing.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/jama-media-briefing-on-obesity/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120919T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120919T010000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Social Media for the Working Journalist
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists is planning an event to help you make the most out of Twitter and other social media. \nJoin us for a discussion of how to use Twitter and other social media to find sources\, generate story ideas\, promote your work and keep up with the competition. \nDate: Wednesday\, Sept. 19\, 2012Time: 6 p.m. wine and cheese reception\, 6:30 program start Location: Columbia College Journalism Department\, Room 21933 East Congress\, southwest corner of Wabash and Congress\, under the L tracks \nPanelists:\n\n\nChristine Cupaiuolo is an award-winning writer and editor specializing in politics\, culture and gender. She currently covers women’s health and public policy for Our Bodies\, Ourselves and is managing editor of the “Our Bodies\, Ourselves” book. She is also an editor of Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning\, an online publication supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Twitter: @cmc2 \n\n\nAshlee Humphreys is an assistant professor in the Integrating Marketing Communications program at the Medill journalism school at Northwestern University. She studies online communities and how consumers interact with companies and other consumers. Her background in marketing and PhD from the Kellogg School of Management will give us a fresh perspective on development of norms and institutions in social media. @ProfHumphreys \n\n\nAsher Klein is the editorial assistant at the Chicago Reader\, where he mans the Twitter and Facebook feeds\, with 38\,000 followers and 13\,000 subscribers respectively. He also uploads the Reader‘s print articles to the web and sometimes writes and reviews. An occasional freelancer\, Asher wrote a profile of Austan Goolbee in July for his University of Chicago alumni magazine. Twitter: @Chicago_Reader \n\n\nKimber Solana\, web producer at The Medicare NewsGroup\, implements the organization’s social media strategies on Facebook and Twitter. Twitter: @MedicareNewsgrp  \n\n\nPlease RSVP to AHCJ_Chicago@mac.com so we can get an estimate for refreshments.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/panel-discussion-social-media-for-the-working-journalist/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120919T010000
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SUMMARY:Live Webinar: Making Sense of the Census Uninsured Numbers
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: Wednesday\, Sept. 19\, 1:30–2:30 p.m. EDT \nThe Census Bureau just announced that the number of people without health insurance dropped from 50 million to 48.6 million in 2011\, marking the first decrease since 2007. That information came from the Current Population Survey\, but it isn’t the only data that Census is releasing on the uninsured. \nCensus is preparing a second report that it will announce Sept. 20 – based on the American Community Survey – that will offer a more local view of insurance coverage. It will go beyond state data to examine recent trends in cities\, many counties\, and in congressional districts. This survey is much larger\, and can be used to examine sub-state data and smaller demographic subgroups. \nHow are various demographic groups faring when it comes to insurance coverage? Specific geographic areas? What are the trends moving forward? \nLeading uninsured experts will answer these questions – and your questions – the day before Census releases its second set of numbers. \nSPEAKERS:  \nLynn Blewett\, director\, State Health Access Data Assistance Center\, University of Minnesota \nPeter Cunningham\, senior fellow\, Center for Studying Health System Change \nRachel Garfield\, associate director\, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured  \nEd Howard\, executive vice president\, Alliance for Health Reform\, will moderate. \nTO WATCH THIS LIVE WEBINAR: Log onto www.allhealth.org a few minutes before 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 19. No charge. No registration needed. To ask a question during the webinar\, email ZackThompson@allhealth.org or tweet @AllHealthReform. \nPresentations from the speakers and many other downloadable resources on this topic will be available\, along with an expert source list\, the day of the webinar\, at www.allhealth.org. \nSPONSORS: Alliance for Health Reform\, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured \nCONTACT: Marilyn Werber Serafini mserafini@allhealth.org | (202) 789-2300
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/live-webinar-making-sense-of-the-census-uninsured-numbers/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120920T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120921T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160344Z
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SUMMARY:2012 RDC Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 RDC Annual Conference\, hosted by the Chicago Census Research Data Center\, will showcase research from the nationwide network of RDCs – including research using demographic\, business\, and linked employee-employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau\, as well as health data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. RDC research performs statistical analyses on non-public versions of data from these government agencies.   \nThe Chicago RDC provides an opportunity for researchers to engage in approved projects using microdata from the Census Bureau. It is a collaboration between the Census Bureau and a consortium consisting of Argonne National Laboratory\, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago\, Northwestern University\, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois. \nContact: Frank Limehouse or Bhash Mazumder.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2012-rdc-annual-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120920T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120922T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160343Z
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SUMMARY:National Adult Day Services Conference
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 National Adult Day Services Conference is expected to draw at least 400 professionals in the field of adult day services: educators\, researchers\, students\, policy makers\, persons interested in opening a center and others with an interest in home and community-based care.  We are pleased to announce this year’s conference will focus on “Striving\, Thriving: Advancing the Future of Adult Day Services.” \nClick here for registration and hotel information.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-adult-day-services-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120921T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120921T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160342Z
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SUMMARY:Excellence in Journalism conference: 10 Local Stories on Health Reform
DESCRIPTION:AHCJ put together a panel for the annual joint conference of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association. Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ’s health reform topic leader and deputy health editor of Politico; and Stacey Singer\, investigative reporter at The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post; offer ideas for local stories about health reform. \nNow that the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on health reform\, what stories should reporters focus on? One presidential candidate promises to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act\, another to enhance it. Either way\, changes will affect every community in America. Where do we stand at the moment? What stories can be done before the year ends? Learn how to localize this huge story that touches everyone. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/excellence-in-journalism-conference-10-local-stories-on-health-reform/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120924T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120924T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160342Z
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SUMMARY:Telebriefing: Improving regional health care markets
DESCRIPTION:“Aligning Forces for Quality” is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to lift the overall quality of care in 16 targeted communities. For six years\, Aligning Forces communities have worked with local health care stakeholders – the people who give\, get and pay for care – to improve their health system. Local leaders and national experts will explain how different communities are making fundamental changes to enhance care. Speakers will discuss how communities are: \n\nUsing data to measure and report on the performance of local doctors\nMeasurably improving the quality of care delivered\nEngaging patients in their health care\nExploring ways to pay health care providers based on quality of care\n\nSpeakers:\n\nAnne Weiss\, MPP – Director of Quality/Equality Team; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\nDennis P. Scanlon\, PhD – Professor; Pennsylvania State University\nRandall Cebul\, MD – Director; Better Health Greater Cleveland\nLisa Letourneau\, MD\, MPH – Executive Director; Maine Quality Counts\nBetsy Stapleton – Lead Consumer Representative\, Aligning Forces Humboldt (Humboldt County\, Calif.)\nKaren Timberlake\, JD – Director; Partnership for Healthcare Payment Reform (Wisconsin)\nJohn R. Lumpkin\, MD\, MPH – Director of Health Care Group; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\n\nWhen:\nMonday\, Sept. 24\, 201212:30–1:30 p.m. ET \nFor more information\, contact Erica Garland at 202-745-5119 or egarland@gymr.com.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/telebriefing-improving-regional-health-care-markets/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120925T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120925T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160341Z
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SUMMARY:Atlanta chapter: Dr. Otis Brawley
DESCRIPTION:Many of you had the pleasure of hearing Brawley\, chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society\, speak at Health Journalism 2012. Now\,  Dr. Brawley has been invited back to talk to our Atlanta chapter about various health topics. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, Sept. 25\, at 6 p.m. \nThe venue will be the Ri Ra Irish Pub on Crescent Avenue in Atlanta. (1080 Peachtree St NE\, Suite 1\, located at the corner of Crescent and 12th\, Atlanta\, GA 30309). \nThis will be a fun event\, and guaranteed to be thought-provoking as well. \nIf you can come\, RSVP to amiller@georgiahealthnews.com.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atlanta-chapter-dr-otis-brawley/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120927T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120928T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160340Z
CREATED:20231025T161240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160340Z
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SUMMARY:Future of Medicine Summit VI
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 Future of Medicine Summit VI will feature local and nationally recognized speakers to share their wisdom. \nThe Future of Medicine is designed to engage physicians and key community stakeholders in the reformation of the County’s health care delivery system to one that make sense and addresses fundamental patient care and cost issues\, creating a road map to where medicine should be in five years. \nIn November of 2007 a summit of 135 of these stakeholders from Palm Beach County representing businesses\, physicians\, hospitals\, public health officials and elected officials\, gathered to begin the creation of this map. Using data collected from over 300 surveys done across the county they decided to create four distinct working groups to address health issues in the county. These groups were to address: \n\nCovering more people and improving access to primary care\nEncouraging and enhancing prevention and wellness activities across the county\nEnhancing quality of care and patient safety\nImproving the viability of physician practices and other healthcare providers\n\nEach of these working groups\, comprised of volunteers from the county\, have met on a regular basis since then and have created specific goals to address the mandates given them.  The work is re-addressed each year with an annual Summit. \nThe Summit is partnering with Scripps Florida to explore three areas relevant to many in the general public\, as well as physicians and health care providers.  This year three chronic conditions will be covered:  diabetes\, heart disease\, and mental health with a focus on bipolar disorder.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/future-of-medicine-summit-vi/
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