Health Journalism 2010, national conference on health care journalism

描述（由申请人提供）：医疗保健新闻卓越中心要求5万美元，以支持该中心在2010年医疗保健记者协会全国会议上的教育计划。该中心确保记者得到适当培训，以报道卫生保健各方面的新闻、趋势和问题。2000年，亚洲人权Q首次支持这一会议。该中心和AHCJ有一个良好的记录，有助于实现AHRQ的使命，以提高卫生服务的质量，适当性和有效性，并通过加强向公众传播信息的记者的知识和技能获得这种服务。每年，我们都提供循证医学研讨会和小组会议，涵盖护理质量，提升正确分析数据的技能和知识。赞助和赠款有助于保持与会者的注册和其他费用低。新闻编辑室的经济状况迫使许多人支付自己的培训费用。会议规划团队在为记者举办大型培训活动方面拥有丰富的经验。例如，PI领导了24个全国会议的规划，为至少10，000名记者提供服务。会议将使许多记者有机会熟悉卫生保健比较有效性研究和数据。我们将努力扩大有效医疗保健领域重要研究的范围和影响，进一步教育记者了解提供医疗服务方面的问题，并总结关于提高医疗保健质量、安全性、效率和有效性的研究结果。2010年会议符合工程处的利益，即支持改善保健成果，加强质量衡量和改进，并确定改善获得服务、促进适当使用和减少支出的战略。我们预计将有100多位演讲者和40多个小组会议，研讨会，课程和实地考察。会议记录张贴在我们的网站上，在我们的通讯中介绍，如果我们获得足够的资金，还将编写成路上培训材料，以接触更多的记者。 公共卫生相关性：会议、资料来源和报道指南讲义将加强向公众传播信息的记者的知识和技能。指导如何追求具体的故事想法和健康数据将使健康记者返回他们的社区，并迅速产生重要的新闻故事，可以导致改善当地的卫生活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is requesting $50,000 to support the Center's educational program at Health Journalism 2010, the national conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists. The Center ensures that journalists are properly trained to cover news, trends and issues in all aspects of health care. AHRQ first supported this conference in 2000. The Center and AHCJ have a proven track record that helps fulfill AHRQ's mission to enhance the quality, appropriateness and effectiveness of health services, and access to such services by strengthening the knowledge and skills of journalists who disseminate information to the public. Each year, we offer workshops and panel sessions on evidence-based medicine, covering the quality of care, upgrading skills and knowledge in properly analyzing data. Sponsorships and grants help keep registration and other expenses low for attendees. Newsroom economic conditions force many to pay for their own training. The conference planning team has extensive experience in conducting large-scale training events for journalists. The PI, for example, has led planning for two-dozen national conferences serving at least 10,000 journalists. The conference will allow opportunities to acquaint many journalists with health care comparative effectiveness research and data. We will work to extend the reach and impact of important research in the areas of effective health care and further educate journalists with issues and problems in the delivery of health services and will summarize research findings on improving quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness for health care. The 2010 conference fits the Agency's interest in supporting improvements in health outcomes, strengthening quality measurement and improvement and identifying strategies to improve access, foster appropriate use and reduce expenditures. We expect to have more than 100 speakers and more than 40 panel sessions, workshops, classes and field trips. Conference proceedings are posted on our Web site, presented in our newsletter, and if we secure sufficient funding, developed into on-the-road training materials to reach more journalists. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The conference sessions, sources and reporting guide handouts will strengthen the knowledge and skills of journalists who disseminate information to the public. Instruction on how to pursue specific story ideas and health data will allow health reporters to return to their communities and quickly produce important news stories that can lead to improved localized health activity.