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1 event,The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the March of Dimes will host a webinar for reporters to discuss the threat posed by the Zika virus in the summer of 2017. Experts will review the ongoing state of the outbreak; the role of local health departments in fighting the disease; impacts to mothers, babies, and families; and how combatting it could be undermined as federal funding wanes. |
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1 event,Learn about major milestones achieved toward sharable and comparable nursing data and advance a National Action Plan for consistent documentation and use of nursing and interprofessional data for analytics and big data science. There are 10 virtual workgroups which are working toward how to improve the capture and continuing use of nurse-sensitive data using national standards to to achieve the quadruple aim of better health, better patient experience, lower costs and improved work life of health care providers. |
3 events,This scientific meeting focuses on advances in diabetes research, treatment and care. It lasts five days and includes more than 3,000 original research presentations.
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Hear from the director of County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, an annual measure of vital health factors revealing a snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. This is a FREE workshop but you do need to register ahead of time. |
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2 events,Hosted by NAS’ Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities and its Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, the event will include discussion of efforts aimed at tackling “systematic disinvestment in rural communities and implications for improving the social determinants of health, including access to and quality of health care services.” |
1 event,Featured speaker Thomas Viola, a pharmacist and dental educator, will deliver an address entitled “Un-break My Heart: An Overview of Cardiovascular Disease, Dental Considerations and Patient Care.” |
4 events,PharmedOut’s CME conference is scheduled for June 15 & 16 in the New Research Building Auditorium at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Topics to be discussed include drug pricing, salespeople in the surgical suite, why researches stay silent about wrongdoings, the prescription drug epidemic, ethics of patient recruitment in clinical trials, condition branding and much more. Register now to join us at an Association of Health Care Journalists rooftop happy hour Thursday, June 15, in downtown D.C. Registration deadline is June 5. The Atlanta-based Carter Center holds a discussion on anxiety disorders with Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow Andrea Petersen, a Wall Street Journal health and science contributing writer and author of “On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety.” |
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1 event,This conference gathers more than 600 cross-disciplinary thinkers and practitioners in one space. Through a mix of thought-provoking talks, workshops, and… |
3 events,Panelists will evaluate federal, state, and local efforts to reduce consumption among youth age 5 and younger. Panelists will also discuss the role of social equity and health disparities on such drink consumption, including income, geography, lifestyle and ethnicity, NAS said. Topics included in the agenda: implicit bias or wound care, substance use disorder treatment or health IT-enabled quality improvement. |
1 event,The largest meeting of its kind, the ARM convenes the foremost experts at the intersection of health, health care, and policy to share important findings and showcase the latest research on how the health system works, what it costs, and how to improve it. |
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2 events,Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a phone call for journalists with some of their top experts to answer questions on cost and coverage provisions of the legislation, and its effect on both the individual market and Medicaid. |
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