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,Healthy Aging Month is an annual observance focusing national attention on the positive aspects of growing older. The HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team, part of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will be holding a virtual, public hearing to explore practical ways to provide patients with greater transparency about the uses and disclosures of their digital, identifiable health information. |
3 events,The National Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Clinic Conference 2013 be immediately followed by the NRHA Critical Access Hospital Conference 2013. People can start enrollwing in the Health Insurance Marketplace, a new way for people without insurance to get coverage and a key component of the health reform law. |
3 events,This meeting, jointly presented by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medicine Association and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, features the latest science and bench-to- bedside approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, across the lifespan. |
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The first day will feature hands-on classes focused on spreadsheet basics for the novices. The second day will feature more advanced training. |
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4 events,The National Academy for State Health Policy will hold its 26th annual Conference. The NASHP, a nonprofit and non-partisan organization, is an independent academy of state health policymakers. Wellness and human resources executives will discuss, debate and exchange ideas on the impact of strong culture of health in the workplace on employee productivity and costs. The keynote speaker will be Don Berwick, M.D.,, former administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the founding CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Mass. |
3 events,National Depression Screening Day is the nation’s oldest, voluntary, community-based screening program for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders. The event gives people access to a validated screening questionnaire and provides referral information for treatment. More information: Angela Devereaux, Screening for Mental Health Inc., 781-239-0071, adevereaux@mentalhealthscreening.org |
3 events,The U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative promotes this annual Bone and Joint Health National Action Week, which focuses on disorders including arthritis, back pain, osteoporosis and trauma. The events and projects organized by individuals and organizations worldwide are designed to raise awareness of prevention, disease management and treatments as well as advances in a number of areas. Contact: Toby King, 847-430-5053
World Arthritis Day, was established in 1996, joins together people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases from around the world to raise awareness and reduce the impact of arthritis. For more information, contact the Arthritis Foundation, 404-965-7595, help@arthritis.org |
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3 events,Phil Galewitz, a Kaiser Health News reporter and AHCJ board member, will address how the media has performed in communicating the intricacies of the law and how journalists and public relations professionals cut through the rhetoric. |
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This workshop explores stigmas, stereotypes, and facts about mental health, and covers sources, precision, relevance, language, cultural considerations and many other issues that can help reporters and editors tell more complete stories. There’s never been a more pressing need for robust reporting about mental health. This workshop can provide you with some tools for telling that story accurately.
Nearly one in five uninsured Americans live in rural areas, and a greater proportion of rural residents lacks health insurance compared with the proportion of urban residents without health care coverage. One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is help make health insurance coverage affordable and accessible for the approximately 60 million Americans who live in rural areas. You will need your AHCJ user name and password to access the webcast, so make sure you have that information beforehand. Click here if you need help. |
3 events,The Society for Medical Decision Making meeting will provide a forum for discussion of novel research based on decision and behavior theory and analytical models applied to health related decisions. Presentations of original research, keynote talks, special symposia and short courses will offer attendees the opportunity to explore diverse topics in medical decision making. |
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3 events,The science of violence will be the focus of a public symposium taking place as part of the IOM meeting. The event will feature a keynote address by Mark Rosenberg, president and CEO, The Task Force for Global Health Inc. Sessions will explore the links between violence and brain disorders, drugs, and psychopathy; exposure to violence at home and in the media; environmental and neighborhood determinants of violence; and evidenced-based violence prevention. |
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Freelancers often walk a fine line between doing work that pays the bills and doing work that helps them reach their creative and career goals. Reporting fellowships are a way to do both. There are a number of reporting fellowships out there, and most are open to freelancers. But how do you make yourself stand out? How do you line up the clients, the story ideas and the plans for doing a fellowship, all while maintaining your other freelance work? A recording of this webcast is now available for AHCJ members. What do employees at large companies think about the Affordable Care Act? The National Business Group on Health will announce the embargoed results of a survey on this topic. |
4 events,The CCA Forum convenes the leaders of the health care industry, technology innovators, government officials, researchers and academics. This year it will focus on the implementation of population health models and strategies from development to delivery. The Committee on Strategies for Responsible Sharing of Clinical Trial Data will hold an open public session to hear from invited speakers and the public. Meeting discussion will inform the development of an interim report to be released in January 2014. |
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4 events,This conference will address the challenges wellness programs and disease managers face from employers and health plans today.
This is an event for AHCJ members so you will need your AHCJ user name and password to access the webcast. Make sure you have that information beforehand. Click here if you need help or contact info@healthjournalism.org. The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will host a roundtable to discuss the latest developments in aging research and ways to increase collaboration. |
3 events,The summit will feature a plenary launched by NIH director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and sessions on inflammation, adaptation to stress, epigenetics and regulatory RNA, metabolism, macromolecular damage, proteostasis and stem cells and regeneration. An Institute of Medicine report studying sports-related concussions in young people from elementary school through college will be released during a public briefing. The report examines factors that may be associated with increased rates of reported concussions, the effectiveness of protective devices and equipment, which sports have the highest rates of reported concussions, screening and diagnosis, treatment and management, and long-term consequences. |
4 events,This year’s annual session, which will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, will include an opening address by former President Bill Clinton. Attendees of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s annual meeting will hear about 2013 as a key year to focus on the particular needs of home care and hospice providers. With the future of Medicare at stake, NAHC members will strategize and share stories with key stakeholders about the impact only hospice and home care providers can make. Contact: Barbara Wooley, PR & Marketing, NAHC, bdw@nahc.org |
4 events,This observance focuses on raising awareness about care for the 1.5 million patients each year who receive care from hospices in the United States. |
5 events,APHA’s meeting addresses health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. More than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists and related health specialists attend the meeting. |
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