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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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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4 events,Health journalists in New York get together to chat about science, health care and journalism. |
5 events,This is an international forum to enhance knowledge and continue discussion for anyone engaged in the aging community of researchers, academics, caregivers, and practitioners. Studies show that optimal staffing reduces mortality rates, adverse patient outcomes, length of stay, and rates of readmissions and medical errors. This conference aims to empower nurses to improve patient care by developing innovative solutions to the complex challenge of determining and delivering appropriate nurse staffing. At this conference, the nation’s top health care leaders will discuss next steps in health reform. Journalists can attend the conference in person or via live streaming online. |
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3 events,Speakers for this JAMA theme-issue briefing will include JAMA editor Howard Bauchner, M.D.; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.; and Joshua Sharfstein, M.D. |
5 events,The 6th annual CtaD conference will relate experiences from international teams covering every stage of clinical trials in Alzheimer’s Disease. From animal models to human trials, CtaD 2013 provides an opportunity to learn about the latest results on new therapies in development, advances in fundamental research, biomarker validation, PET imaging and cognitive assessments. Keynotes and symposia will also cover internet screening of cognition to recruit for clinical trials, designing drug trials taking into account neuropsychiatric symptoms of AD, Down syndrome and AD as well as ethical issues and methodological considerations. This free workshop is designed for professional journalists from all fields of the media to learn more about this increasingly important problem and to provide the tools and approaches necessary to recognize, understand and report sex trafficking in their communities. This interactive webinar for journalists will feature Kaiser Health News’ Sarah Varney and Michelle Andrews, discussing approaches to covering the story by incorporating individual examples; provide tips and techniques for digging into the details of the law to describe how its provisions play out in real life; and suggest new angles and under-reported story ideas. |
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4 events,This workshop will examine how the changes to the health system as a result of the ACA may impact the medical and public health preparedness programs across the nation, and how the ACA provisions may be leveraged to strengthen the resilience of the medical and public health preparedness systems. During the AHIP Operations and Technology Forum health plan executives will outline the operational and technical challenges health plans in the health insurance marketplaces. The forum is sponsored by the Association of Health Insurance Plans. Speakers will outline strategies health plans are using to market plans on the exchanges and the methods used increase consumer engagement. Among the feature speakers will be Steven Brill, author of the cover story for Time magazine in March, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” and Judith Hibbard, a senior researcher and professor emerita at the University of Oregon, who has worked on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), which health plans use to characterize how engaged patients are in their care. |
6 events,GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting brings together more than 4,000 people in the field of aging to participate in more than 400 scientific sessions including symposia, paper, and poster presentations. The National Center for Health Statistics will release data on Dementia Special Care Units in Residential Care Communities from the 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities. |
5 events,Health plan executives will outline strategies plans use as they adopt retail sales and marketing strategies. In this conference is sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans, health plan administrators will outline consumer engagement strategies. Among the featured speakers will be Anne Filipic, president of Enroll America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization seeking to enroll the uninsured in health insurance plans. |
7 events,This Roundtable on Health Literacy workshop will feature the presentation of a commissioned paper on health literacy activities underway in public health organizations.
For the third consecutive year, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and all 50 State Offices of Rural Health will join forces with other local, state, and national rural health care providers and stakeholders to celebrate National Rural Health Day. Events, including a series of free webinars, are planned. |
4 events,Despite the increase of both the aging population and the number of institutionalized older people, clinical research on nursing homes is still scarce. The improvement of the quality of care in nursing homes will rely on the evidence from research performed in these settings, their feasibility in real life and the successful dissemination of clinical evidences. The International Conference on Nursing Homes offers an opportunity to learn and share ideas, and promote knowledge among researchers. |
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3 events,One of the world’s largest dental congresses, this annual event charges no registration fee and offers scientific presentations, seminars for dentists and auxiliaries, hands-on workshops, technical exhibits and an a trade show with hundreds of exhibitors. |
3 events,This year’s theme is “Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation.” The annual observance is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. |
We’ll get early assessments of whether health care reform is actually getting dental care to more kids, through private insurance and Medicaid expansions. 
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