Upcoming Medical Conferences in Santa Clara

9th Annual Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Conference: Solidarity & Self-Care - Supporting Social Justice and Balance in Integrative Health is organized by Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US) and will be held from Aug 22 - 24, 2019 at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. Target Audience: IM4US strives to be an inclusive community that embraces diversity and welcomes all individuals caring for the underserved, especially those from under-represented healing professions or backgrounds. Health care providers, healers, researchers, public health workers, policy analysts, students, administrators, patients, and community members are warmly encouraged to attend and to submit a proposal. Conference Theme: Solidarity & Self-Care - Supporting Social Justice and Balance in Integrative Health The conference aims to examine the inextricable connections between social justice, health equity and the delivery of quality integrative health care for the underserved. This is an opportunity to learn innovative practical strategies for providing care for the underserved while addressing the social determinants of health. We will explore ways to support providers and advocates in achieving balance between managing their own self-care while striving to provide care in an under-resourced and increasingly fast-paced health care environment. In solidarity, we will work to close the gap in health equity and find our way back to wellness for ourselves, our communities, and the most vulnerable in our society. Conference Description: This Conference will continue to explore integrative modalities through the lenses of both provider competencies and infrastructure for addressing social determinants of health. Of special focus this year, we explore self-care, which is a challenge for providers serving the underserved and for those we serve. This conference seeks to explore our commonalities, and share solutions that we have found in our own practices and communities. In solidarity, we will heal and find our way back to wellness together. Join us for an experiential learning opportunity and return home with deliverable skills and knowledge for those who need them most as well as those of us who serve them. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Health 2.0 13th Annual Conference 2019 is organized by Health 2.0 and will be held from Sep 16 - 18, 2019 at Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. Why Attend: Year-round, worldwide, Health 2.0 is recognized as a powerhouse in digital health thought leadership—highlighting the revolutionary ideas and practical solutions that are advancing digital health and improving care. The 2019 Annual Conference will mark Health 2.0’s 13th Annual Conference, convening a cumulative 26,450 attendees. But it’s not the stats that set Health 2.0 apart, it’s the steadfast commitment to building a community of trailblazers and changemakers devoted to discovering the next frontier of health technology. Overview: Where else can you find the full spectrum of early-stage tech, highly-vetted startups, top investors, patient-dedicated programs, policy-focused dialogues, and authentic provider perspectives all in one place? Health 2.0 doesn’t just showcase the “cool tech,” we emphasize the revolutionary ideas and practical solutions behind the technology because we’re focused on adaptability, user experience, and data-driven decisions from the clinician to the consumer. Connect to the real people, products, and purpose that fuels Health 2.0’s innovative ecosystem. Here’s what’s new in 2019: • Experience the most comprehensive line-up of technology innovation • Explore curated networking opportunities to discuss the latest changes in health care and meet the best minds moving digital health forward • Witness our legendary Health 2.0 startup competitions at a spectrum of funding stages • Be a part of the brand new, interactive exhibit floor, with more amenities and activities than ever before, including HIMSSTV major event interviews.  

Fighting Back Against Diseases of Devastation is organized by National Nurses United (NNU) and will be held on Nov 15, 2019 at Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6 CEHs. Description: Of concern to registered nurses is that drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury and death in the United States - claiming 350,000 lives over the past two decades, with 47,000 deaths in 2017 alone. Twenty seven states have sued the pharmaceutical companies behind the opioid explosion. Yet, people who are in dire need of healthcare and treatment are targeted and penalized for opioid use. As opioids claim lives from nearly every gender, race, ethnicity, and community in the United States, disparate treatment and police responses to the epidemic expose deep-seated race-based fault lines in the U.S. health care and criminal justice systems. Opioid use disorder should be treated as a public health issue. By comparing the opioid crisis with similar diseases of devastation, nurses will analyze the opioid epidemic as a symptom of the outsized influence of Big Pharma in our broken, for-profit health care system. The class will conclude with discussion of systemic interventions nurses can take to heal diseases of devastation and protect nurses’ professional judgment. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to:  • Describe diseases of devastation, specifically the opioid epidemic. • Discuss the role of rising drug prices, “me too” drugs, and race in opioid treatment policy. • Compare and contrast registered nurses’ role in advocating for robust public health measures with the pharmaceutical industry’s exploitation of public health. • Explain how nurses’ advocacy for systemic public health interventions - like Medicare for All and others - can counter Big Pharma’s hold on our health care system. Note: All class times 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, additional hour available.

How Nurses Can Heal America With Medicare For All is organized by National Nurses United (NNU) and will be held on Dec 16, 2019 at Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 3 CEH. Description: American health care is in crisis, and nurses are on the frontlines. Skyrocketing costs are causing nurses’ patients to get sicker as they delay or forgo necessary care. RNs witness growing frustration and despair in their communities as medical debt undermines economic security and hospital closures exacerbate public health disparities. And on top of it all, nurses are forced to deal with constant health and safety risks and increasingly stressful workplaces as they struggle to provide the highest quality care for their patients and advocate for their communities.  Nurses know that at the root of this crisis is a health care system that puts profits over people. But why does America have the system it has, when virtually every other wealthy nation manages to guarantee health care as a right-and at a fraction of the cost? Why do industry leaders and politicians continue to engage in endless policy debates when a majority of the public already agrees that Medicare for All is the obvious solution to our healthcare crisis? How can nurses help achieve Medicare for All so that America can join the rest of the industrialized world in guaranteeing health care as a right for all people? What else will RNs have to do, beyond winning Medicare for All, in order to bring about real health justice in the United States? This class will provide answers to these questions and will equip nurses with the basic tools they need to put this knowledge into action for the good of their patients, their profession, and their communities. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to: • Draw on a wide range of up-to-date research and international comparisons to accurately diagnose the underlying causes of the current health care crisis. • Describe how a Medicare for All (single-payer) system works, and explain how it will lower health care costs, improve patient outcomes and public health, and safeguard the nursing profession. • Assess how Medicare for All compares to other health care reform proposals on ethical, clinical, professional, and socioeconomic grounds. • Articulate which problems Medicare for All will solve and what challenges will remain under a single-payer system. • Explain how nurses can work with patients, other clinicians and caregivers, and their communities to achieve health justice through Medicare for All and more.

How Nurses Can Heal America With Medicare For All is organized by National Nurses United (NNU) and will be held on Dec 16, 2019 at Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 3 CEH. Description: American health care is in crisis, and nurses are on the frontlines. Skyrocketing costs are causing nurses’ patients to get sicker as they delay or forgo necessary care. RNs witness growing frustration and despair in their communities as medical debt undermines economic security and hospital closures exacerbate public health disparities. And on top of it all, nurses are forced to deal with constant health and safety risks and increasingly stressful workplaces as they struggle to provide the highest quality care for their patients and advocate for their communities.  Nurses know that at the root of this crisis is a health care system that puts profits over people. But why does America have the system it has, when virtually every other wealthy nation manages to guarantee health care as a right-and at a fraction of the cost? Why do industry leaders and politicians continue to engage in endless policy debates when a majority of the public already agrees that Medicare for All is the obvious solution to our healthcare crisis? How can nurses help achieve Medicare for All so that America can join the rest of the industrialized world in guaranteeing health care as a right for all people? What else will RNs have to do, beyond winning Medicare for All, in order to bring about real health justice in the United States? This class will provide answers to these questions and will equip nurses with the basic tools they need to put this knowledge into action for the good of their patients, their profession, and their communities. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to: • Draw on a wide range of up-to-date research and international comparisons to accurately diagnose the underlying causes of the current health care crisis. • Describe how a Medicare for All (single-payer) system works, and explain how it will lower health care costs, improve patient outcomes and public health, and safeguard the nursing profession. • Assess how Medicare for All compares to other health care reform proposals on ethical, clinical, professional, and socioeconomic grounds. • Articulate which problems Medicare for All will solve and what challenges will remain under a single-payer system. • Explain how nurses can work with patients, other clinicians and caregivers, and their communities to achieve health justice through Medicare for All and more.

Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2020 is organized by Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) and will be held from Jan 21 - 24, 2020 at Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Pharma/Biotech, Academia/Research, Tools Company/Consumer, Medical Centers, Patients, Health Providers, Media, Regulatory & Reimbursement, VC/Finance. Overview: PMWC, the “Precision Medicine World Conference” is the largest & original annual conference dedicated to precision medicine. PMWC’s mission is to bring together recognized leaders, top global researchers and medical professionals, and innovators across healthcare and biotechnology sectors to showcase practical content that helps close the knowledge gap between different sectors, thereby catalyzing cross-functional fertilization & collaboration in an effort to accelerate the development and spread of precision medicine. Since 2009, recognized as a vital cornerstone for all constituents of the health care and biotechnology community, PMWC provides an exceptional forum for the exchange of information about the latest advances in technology (e.g. DNA sequencing technology), in clinical implementation (e.g. cancer and beyond), research, and in all aspects related to the regulatory and reimbursement sectors. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.