Health Literacy Month is an annual worldwide event for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information and raise awareness.
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3 events,America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) ongoing series on exchanges provide information on regulatory and operations issues for exchanges, best practices, and the changing business environment for health plans. Hear experts present new research on the ways that early-life exposures can shape adult health and vulnerability to disease. |
4 events,Kaiser Health News will host an interactive web briefing for reporters covering Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. |
4 events,The Leapfrog Group will release new safety scores for 2,500 general hospitals. |
5 events,November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Caregiver Month. |
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6 events,This one-day workshop will examine possible biomedical and public health research that would best prepare the United States to safeguard the public from the emergence of Ebola. |
8 events,The 2014 NCHD will focus on policies and programs to reduce health disparities, with one panel addressing a new topic: the impact of health issues, including disparities, on our nation’s military personnel and national security. Over 4,000 of the world’s top researchers, practitioners and advocates present the latest evidence on aging-related connections. This media-only briefing looks at the challenges for consumers in the next ACA enrollment season, which starts Nov. 15. |
9 events,This free conference will examine how America’s health care system is changing to care for complex patients, how this care is being financed, and how and where this care takes place. |
9 events,The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health presents the next event in HSPH’s Voices in Leadership webcast series. |
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7 events,Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research, this meeting will focus on health inequity and cancer. |
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7 events,More than 400 employers, business and health coalitions, health plans, providers and others will discuss how employers can improve the value and quality of care delivered to employees and their families. |
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Media audiences far away from west Africa are seeing more and more Ebola-related stories in their own states or communities. What do reporters need to know? AHCJ members will get some help sorting out the answers to that question in this webcast. NOTE: This is exclusively for AHCJ members; you will need to be logged in. If you’re having trouble logging in, please email info@healthjournalism.org. |
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8 events,This forum forum targets the different aspects of active aging, and will feature over 60 presenters discussing how the industry can support healthy, productive living in older adults. The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health presents the next event in HSPH’s Voices in Leadership webcast series. |
9 events,APHA’s meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. Open enrollment for year two of the Affordable Care Act begins today. |
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7 events,The Alliance for Health Reform will host a webinar on network adequacy, timed for the start of ACA open enrollment. |
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