BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160146Z CREATED:20231103T154557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160146Z UID:25939-1397005200-1397005200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:NY Chapter: Panel Discussion on Genetically Modified Foods DESCRIPTION:The next chapter event with Science Writers in New York (SWINY) will be a panel on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  The panel will take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. on April 9 at the New York State Health Foundation\, 23rd floor of 1385 Broadway\, between 37thand 38th streets. Refreshments will be available. \nFoods containing ingredients with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been dubbed Frankenfoods. They generate scary headlines. Some consumer advocates urge a GMO ban\, arguing that they’re untested\, unregulated\, and linked to potential health problems. Others insist the answer is labelling GMO foods or ingredients so that consumers can choose — and this spurs intense lobbying efforts. And yet others assert that GMO foods can be a boon. Several countries have already barred specific GMO crops. \nBut what do we really know about GMOs? Why do they cause such a firestorm of controversy? Find out at this informative\, thought-provoking discussion. \nPanelists:  \n\n\nThe Sense and Science of GMOs: Doug Gurian-Sherman\, Union of Concerned Scientists \n\n\nGMOs – The Food Industry Perspective: John Ruff\, past president\, Institute of Food Technologists \n\n\nThe Case Against GMOs: Michael Boms\, adjunct assistant professor of biology\, SUNY\, New Paltz \n\n\nThe Argument for Labeling GMO Products: Jean Halloran\, Consumers Union \n\n\nPlease contact Trudy Lieberman to RSVP. It helps to know how many to expect. If you say you are coming\, but it turns out you can’t come\, it helps to know that too. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ny-chapter-panel-discussion-on-genetically-modified-foods/ LOCATION:Georgia CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160145Z CREATED:20231103T154849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160145Z UID:25945-1397005200-1397005200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Finding fresh stories in newly released Medicare data DESCRIPTION:Resources\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentation: \n460 kB PDF \n\nAs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prepares to release payment information for individual doctors\, AHCJ will host a webcast to help reporters find the stories in the data. \nAHCJ will host a webcast at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday about the CMS data with details of Medicare payments to individual physicians and other health care professionals. The details will include the number and type of services provided\, and the amount paid for those services delivered in 2012. \nJournalists can use this data to help consumers to make more informed choices about the care they receive. AHCJ has long advocated for the release of this data. \nThe new data provides a more detailed picture of how physicians practice in the Medicare program\, and the payments they receive. This data contains information on more than 880\,000 health care professionals in all 50 states who collectively received $77 billion in payments in 2012 for services delivered to beneficiaries under the Medicare Part B Fee-For-Service program. With this data\, it will be possible to conduct a wide range of analyses that compare 6\,000 different types of services and procedures provided\, as well as payments received by individual health care providers. \nSpeakers:\n\n\nNiall Brennan\, acting director\, CMS Offices of Enterprise Management \n\n\nMarc Hartstein\, director\, CMS Center for Medicare’s Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group \n\n\nCharles Ornstein\, senior reporter\, ProPublica; member of AHCJ board of directors \n\n\nChristopher Powers\, acting director of the CMS Office of Information Products and Data Analytics’ Information Products Group \n\n\n \nRelated\n\n\nCharles Ornstein: Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data \n\n\nPresentation from Christopher Powers \n\n\nIntro to investigating health data using spreadsheetsThis tutorial will give you a jumpstart on using spreadsheets to investigate health data. While it’s important to remember that a spreadsheet can give you a lead but can’t replace your news judgment\, this will help you navigate around spreadsheets\, understand some basic references and learn some good practices in dealing with data. \n\n\nFinding patterns and trends in health data: Pivot tables in spreadsheetsExcel pivot tables are a powerful way to organize\, interpret and manipulate numerical data. In this tip sheet\, reporters will learn the skills necessary to apply these tables in real-world situations\, URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/finding-fresh-stories-in-newly-released-medicare-data/ LOCATION:Georgia CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140423T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140423T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160037Z CREATED:20231103T154850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160037Z UID:25948-1398214800-1398214800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Noise: Covering the Health Care Law DESCRIPTION:The Affordable Care Act is a big\, sprawling\, complex and politically explosive piece of legislation. It will touch all aspects of the U.S. health care system\, reverberate in the economy and the workplace– and keep politicians at high decibel levels at least through the November midterms and probably beyond. \nIn this webinar\, which will take place at 2 p.m. April 23\, Politico health care editor Joanne Kenen will help you sharpen your reporting and deepen your understanding of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on your community. \nYou will learn: \n•        How to interpret the latest enrollment figures for the health exchanges and Medicaid; \n•        Some tools for analyzing and fact-checking claims both sides make about the health law; \n•        Ideas for how to blend policy and narrative; \n•        What to watch for as states prepare for year two; \n•        And the 90 percent of the law that doesn’t hit the headlines – but should. \nWho should take this course? \nIf you are a reporter or an editor on a health\, business\, or politics beats\, and you want to get beyond the heated and confusing rhetoric and understand what the health law means to your community and where it’s heading\, you should take this course. \nJoanne Kenen is AHCJ’s topic leader on health reform and the health care editor of Politico/Politico Pro. She has covered health policy and health politics\, mostly in Washington\, since 1994 and has been at Politico since 2011. \nThis $29.95 Webinar is free thanks to the support of the McCormick Foundation. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/beyond-the-noise-covering-the-health-care-law/ LOCATION:Georgia CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140424T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140424T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160037Z CREATED:20231103T154723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160037Z UID:25944-1398301200-1398301200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Southern California AHCJ chapter meeting DESCRIPTION:The new Southern California chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists cordially invites you to its first meeting\, 6:45- 8 p.m.\, on Thursday\, April 24\, at the Los Angeles Times.  \nInformation and refreshments will be served in generous portions! \nHealth care price and financial transparency: A reporter’s guide \n\n\nSpecial Guest Speaker: Dylan H. Roby\, Ph.D.\, director\, Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program\, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research \n\n\nAdditional Speaker: Ron Shinkman\, editor\, Payers & Providers\, editor/columnist\, Fierce Health Finance  \n\n\nAdditional Business: An open discussion among attendees of the new L.A. area chapter’s direction\, mission and potential topics for future meetings.   \nLos Angeles Times Community Room202 W. First Street\, Los Angeles 900126:45 – 8 p.m.Please park in the Times parking structure at 213 Spring Street (MAP) \nPlease RSVP by email to Ron Shinkman at editor@payersandproviders.com or call/text him at 323-547-4307. \nThe onsite contact on the evening of the event ONLY is Chad Terhune (213-237-7989\, chad.terhune@latimes.com) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/southern-california-ahcj-chapter-meeting/ LOCATION:Georgia CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140429T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140429T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160033Z CREATED:20231103T154850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160033Z UID:25947-1398733200-1398733200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Family Caregiving: View from the front row DESCRIPTION: \nWatch now\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nResources\n\n\nMissing Jim\, Karen Garner’s blog \n\n\nFamily Caregiver Alliance \n\n\nSally Abrahms on LinkedIn \n\n\n\nWhat is it really like to be a family caregiver for someone with dementia or serious illness? What are some of the key issues that aren’t being discussed? And how can journalists better bring untold caregiver stories to light? \nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 29\, at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)\, for “Family Caregiving: View from the front row” with: \n\n\nKathleen Kelly\, executive director\, National Center on Caregiving\, Family Caregiver Alliance\, the first community-based nonprofit organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care for loved ones at home] \n\n\nKaren Garner\, wife\, mother\, and caregiver to a husband diagnosed at age 48 with younger-onset Alzheimer’s \n\n\nSally Abrahms\, award-winning writer and blogger on boomers and caregiving for AARP and other media – who will speak about her work and also provide insight as a primary family caregiver for the past 14 years. \n\n\nLiz Seegert\, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging\, will moderate the discussion. \n\n\nThere will be plenty of time for the speakers to address questions from the participants. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/family-caregiving-view-from-the-front-row/ LOCATION:Georgia CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR