The White House Conference on Aging is launching a series of regional forums to engage older Americans, their families and communities on the key issues affecting older Americans. Cities include Tampa, Phoenix, Seattle, Cleveland, Boston.
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2 events,The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will host a special web event Feb. 25. Viewers will learn about the new scientific report from the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), released last week. |
3 events,These symposia will cover a wide range of social and personality psychology topics including the psychology of food choice, the link between ecology and behavior, and more. Learn about what is new this year for the County Health Rankings in preparation for the March 25th release. |
3 events,The Association of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) will take a look at how countries are dealing with their aging populations. |
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4 events,Please join the Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists for an update on health information technology in Illinois and the nation. Arizona State University journalism professor Tim McGuire will share lessons from his new memoir on living with a physical disability and raising a child with Down syndrome during a webinar hosted by the National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ). The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presents an panel discussion exploring the determinants of health. |
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4 events,Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, will be the keynote speaker at “National Health Policy Conference: Making Health Care Work,” sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans. This event will attract top researchers in dental health and oral science from all over the world. Mathematica hosts a webinar on the Medicare “doc fix” and how it could spur changes to payment and delivery of health care. |
2 events,This six-week enrollment period on HealthCare.gov will be open to people with certain qualifying life events, and to those who paid a penalty with their federal income tax return for not having insurance in 2014. |
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3 events,Open DataFest II will explore ways of using cutting-edge technologies and statewide information-sharing to tangibly improve the well-being of California’s residents. |
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Come meet the top communications officials from many of the nation’s largest biopharmaceutical companies, including Merck, Pfizer, Eli Lilli, Johnson & Johnson and others, as well as from the PhRMA. |
4 events,Health insurers and the federal Medicare program are seeking the best ways to pay providers based on value and performance rather than on the volume of services they deliver. The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a series of webinars titled, Improving Cost Transparency and Quality of Care: All Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) Working for You. |
3 events,The IOM will convene health leaders, policy makers, and other stakeholders to discuss the IOM report Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life. |
3 events,The 12th Annual World Health Care Congress will provide an opportunity for leaders in the field to discuss various opportunities and challenges in health care. |
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4 events,The 2015 Aging in America Conference from the American Society on Aging (ASA) is a multidisciplinary event that will feature a variety of services and product innovations to improve the lives of older Americans |
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3 events,This giant conference for global health innovators, leaders and students draws more than |
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4 events,Despite recent progress towards ending health disparities, racial and ethnic minorities continue to face significant health disparities.
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