July 1, 2006 MM
Cover Story
Think Bold
Organizers of the Critical Skills for the New CME Paradigm workshop, held May 11 to 12 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, had two ambitious goals: to teach...
Checkup
Counting on Change
In the film The Bridges of Madison County, Clint Eastwood tells Meryl Streep that change is one of the things you can count on and in that way change...
Feedback
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: Your recent article, CME's Voice in Washington, [March/April 2006] and the call to form a government advocacy task force is a critical and...
CME
Part D CME
With all the confusion created by Medicare Part D, the new drug prescription plan, which went into effect January 1, 2006, many patients are turning to...
The State of State Regs
Minnesota may have been the first state to enact a law related to pharmaceutical marketing, but it definitely was not the last. Five states and the District...
Recipe for Failure
Despite the thoughtful and good intentions of CME professionals, sometimes educational activities fail. While no one purposely creates inappropriate or...
Multiple Grantors, Multiple Challenges
As issues surrounding content validity and fair balance remain in the spotlight, many accredited providers are seeking and receiving grants from multiple...
A Powerful Keynote
As meeting planners, we bring together brilliant minds on a regular basis to teach, to learn, and to inspire. Some of these meetings attract much attention...
Delegate Data: Do Not Disturb
From the time a member of the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association pre-registers for the annual meeting to the time the registration...
Your Peer Review Checklist
While peer review can help you document the integrity of your activity and provide a mechanism for resolving conflicts of interest with faculty and planners,...
Meeting Management
Preparing for a Pandemic
Despite intensive media coverage, many organizations are shying away from preparing for a potential avian flu pandemic. A Mercer Human Resource Consulting...
Congratulations!
Every year, those who fill out a Medical Meetings' Merit & Distinction ballot nominating their favorite hotels, resorts, and conference centers for an...
Krugman Signs on with George P. Johnson
The George P. Johnson Co., the event marketing company based in Auburn Hills, Mich., has hired Carol Krugman, CMP, CMM, as director of client services....
In Memoriam: Chris Pentz
Chris Pentz, CMP, president, Pentz Group Communications, Levittown, Pa., died on May 21 after a battle with cancer. Having worked as a meeting planner...
Crisis Management Action Plan
Here are steps you can take now to prepare for a potential avian flu pandemic: Create a detailed communication plan and a chain of command to be used...
Pharma Meetings
Pharma Incentives
To paraphrase from the movie Shrek: Ogres are like onions you have to peel away their layers to see what lies beneath. The same can be said of incentive...
From Planners to Project Managers
Not long ago, Marybeth Roberts took a ride from Amgen's office in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to Santa Monica to check on a meeting she was overseeing. It...
Sites & Venues
2006 M & D Award Winners
Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving...
Golf Resort News
The 18-Hole Prospector Golf Course, designed by Palmer Course Design Co., is part of Suncadia, a new 6,300-acre resort community in Roslyn, Wash., 80...
Atlantic/Caribbean
What's New In spite of a record hurricane season in 2005, the Caribbean maintained its trend of positive growth, showing a 3.6 percent increase in arrivals...
Puerto Rico: On the Fast Track
Participants in the 2006 Meet the Greens Invitational Golf Classic and Marketplace, held June 9 to 12 in Puerto Rico, got their first big surprise before...
The Mid-Atlantic States
In November, Pennsylvania Governor Rendell released the first $16 million needed for construction plans and land acquisition for the expanded...
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach's claim to fame has always been its great location along the Atlantic Coast, adjoining Chesapeake Bay. Now, with the construction of the...
Second Opinion
Don't Panic
When Arthur Dent is snatched from certain death as Earth is destroyed, and he ends up cruising the universe with intergalactic guidebook developer Ford...
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