The health care and policy communities have been discussing health equity for more than a decade, but race and ethnicity continue to negatively influence a patient’s chance of receiving many specific health care procedures and treatments—even when insurance status, income and education are equal.
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1 event,Join the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center for a discussion of new findings from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey on changes in health coverage, access, and use. |
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1 event,CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. The prize, which is given annually, seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being. Eligible writing includes work appearing in digital media. |
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2 events,The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism presents a free webinar on identifying local story ideas while covering the Affordable Care Act. The Alliance for Health Reform will host a briefing for journalists on network adequacy. |
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The State of Health Information Technology Adoption & The Nation’s Health Information Infrastructure
The State of Health Information Technology Adoption & The Nation’s Health Information Infrastructure
Please join the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the unveiling of this crucial annual report on the state of health information technology (HIT) adoption and discussion of its many implications. |
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1 event,The National Business Group on Health will host this press briefing to discuss the results of its annual survey of large employers on health care benefit costs and changes in plan design. |
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1 event,Aug. 22, 1-2:30 p.m. ET Annual spending for cancer treatment in the U.S. is set to reach $184 billion by… |
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