September 1, 2004
Cover Story
La Gran Vision
CME IS FOR SPECIALISTS, not primary care physicians. Commercial supporters won't fund education unless they can influence the content. That was the prevailing...
CME, Mexican-Style
At the 2003 Global Alliance for Medical Education conference, Angel Vzquez Hernandez, president, LiveMed S.A. de C.V., a Mexico City based CME company,...
Checkup
CME, Cranberries, and Cereal
LEST YOU THINK that the pharma industry is the only one to come under fire for its support of CME, check out Food Makers Urge Doctors to Push Specific...
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Letters to the Editor
CME at Risk Dear Editor: Good issue! A couple of comments regarding your July/August editorial [CME at Risk]: Yes, at the moment, CME is at risk. Funding...
CME
Stark Raving Mad
THE PHASE II interim rules to the decade-old Stark Law that went into effect at the end of July are raising a ruckus in the CME community. The Stark II...
Catch-22, Revisited
What some providers say they find particularly galling about Stark II is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement...
CME: Big Business Just Got Bigger
The recent release of the ACCME Annual Report Data 2003 makes it official: CME just keeps growing to the tune of $1.77 billion in total income reported...
What You Can Do About Stark II
FIRST, HAVE FAITH that the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, the Alliance for...
Accreditation Stats
This year, the ACCME included data on its accreditation decisions in its ACCME Annual Report Data 2003. Of the 209 providers the ACCME reviewed for accreditation...
GAME Debates CME Ethics
CME professionals worldwide are debating how to develop independent education and ethical partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. That was one of...
Low-Risk CME for Pharma
Two well-known CME firms, Pegasus Healthcare International, Montral, which specializes in content development, and Saber Communications, New York, a meeting...
Collaborate on Outcomes Measurement
THE RECENT FOCUS on outcomes research and evaluation has created a dilemma among CME providers and others involved in the process. On the one hand, most...
Taking the Next Step
TAKING A STEP-BY-STEP approach toward your goals gives you the focus to stay on track and helps build credibility. In his book, The Heart of Change, Harvard...
Implementing the New Standards
IF THE RATIFICATION of the Accreditation Council for CME's new Standards for Commercial Support proceeds on schedule, you should be prepared to begin...
7 Strategies to Liven Up Lectures
I'VE BEEN GOING to CME for something like 1,000 years, and I do think lectures are getting better, says David Davis, MD, associate dean, continuing education,...
Meeting Management
MPI Pushes ROI
MEETING PROFESSIONALS International's World Education Congress, held in Denver in late July, attracted some 3,151 meeting planners and suppliers, the...
Meetings and Hurricane Charley
When a natural disaster hits, the adage every man for himself goes out the window. People do have a tendency to work together when things look bleak,...
And the Winner Is
One of the several awards Meeting Professionals International gave out at the Congress in Denver in July went to Matawan, N.J. based Altered Image and...
Travel Club Mixes Work and Play
Four years ago, a couple of hand surgeons who had gone through training together had a great idea: They decided to start a travel club where they'd meet...
Make a Great First Impression
I WAS RECENTLY reminded of how to make a great first impression. This past August, I attended the Drug Discovery Technology conference in Boston. The...
Easing the Pain of Attrition
THERE IS LITTLE worse than winding up a successful meeting only to find that the hotel is claiming that your group did not fulfill its room block requirements...
THE AMAZING SHRINKING EXHIBITOR BLOCK
WE DRAGGED AN OLD PROBLEM attrition into the new millennium, and despite everyone's best efforts, it continues to plague many medical societies. While...
Sites & Venues
CONVENTION CENTER News
IN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., the 350,000-square-foot Palm Beach County Convention Center opened in January. Three miles from Palm Beach International Airport,...
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
SPRAWLED ON A BLUFF overlooking Lake Grapevine, the newest addition to the Gaylord Hotels portfolio, a 150-acre oasis of Texas charm, hospitality, and...
Melbourne, Australia
BY THE YEAR 2008, Melbourne will be home to Australia's largest exhibition and convention center. The city's new 5,000-seat convention center will be...
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
AT A TOTAL OF 1.7 MILLION square feet, the much-awaited Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is open for business, and it's targeting technology events...
Park City, Utah
Meeting groups might find it a little difficult and a bit pricey to book one of Park City's 23 meeting and convention properties in the height of winter...
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