July 1, 2007 MM
Cover Story
Time to Clean Up
The CME system has to straighten its oversight--or risk government intervention...
Checkup
Spread the Word: CME Saves Lives
The Government has widened its probe into CME. Two months after the United States Senate Finance Committee issued its CME report, the Senate Special Committee...
CME
Proposed Rules Threaten MECCs
The Accreditation Council for CME has proposed two new positions regarding the Standards for Commercial Support, one of which could have drastic consequences...
Consult
How Medical Education and Communication Companies Should Respond to Accreditation Council for CME's New Definition of Commercial Interest
You've probably heard that the Accreditation Council for CME has proposed a revised definition of commercial interest. The new definition states: A commercial...
In Practice
Fight for CME
It's unclear how or when the pharmaceutical industry became the new whipping boy for the press and Congress alike. Fair or unfair, this is the new reality,...
Lighten Up!
Why Isn't CME More Structured?
Let's Look at this logically: Physicians commit to a lifetime of learning. Regardless of specialty, practice setting, and/or location, one common need...
Peer Perspectives
Leave the Blame Game Behind
Stakeholders in the CME enterprise could learn a lot from John F. Kennedy. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past, Kennedy once said. Let us accept...
Lose the Snooze
We've all sat through lectures while struggling to keep our eyes open. Is anyone really learning anything? Probably not. However, we don't have to throw...
Meeting Management
HCEA Creates Top 100 List
Index of leading medical meetings will track industry trends Just as the Dow Jones Industrial Average is used to judge the movements of the stock market,...
New Certification for Healthcare Exhibitors
A certification exclusively for healthcare exhibit marketing professionals, Certified Manager of Exhibits-Healthcare, has been created by the Trade Show...
BIO Show Handles Protesters
To most association meeting planners, the threat of protesters at the annual convention would cause sleepless nights. But for Robbi Lycett, vice president,...
APEX Webinar on Contracts
On Wednesday, July 25, join an attorney, a meeting planner, and a hotelier as they discuss the finer points of the APEX panel report on contracts and...
Carol Duke's Lucky Day
Every year, readers who fill out a ballot nominating their favorite hotels, resorts, and conference centers for a Merit & Distinction Award are entered...
Marketing Medical Meetings
Making Your Meeting Accessible
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has transformed millions of lives and has made everyone more attuned to ensuring accessibility in all areas,...
2007 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...
Pharma Meetings
Branding with a Bang
When Lorna Murdock took the role of director of marketing communications at Sunnyvale, Calif.-based IMPAC Medical Systems Inc., it wasn't long before...
Sites & Venues
Golf Venues to the Fore
Fresh from a $140 million renovation necessitated by a visit from Charley, of hurricane fame, South Seas Island Resort, on Florida's Captiva Island, reopened...
Marco Island Marriott
Walk out from the glass-walled lobby, a towering A-frame, and stand amid palm trees. Wander down to soft white sand and watch the sun melt into the wide...
On Location: Friendly Fiji
Ebullient Fijians often raise both arms in salutation (bula!), leaving no doubt that visitors to this archipelago of 333 islands are welcome. Ocean breezes,...
Puerto Rico: Island of Enhancements
The top-tier planners who participated in the 2007 Meet the Greens Invitational Golf Classic and Marketplace, June 3 to 6, may have had golf on their...
The Mid-Atlantic States
What's New In Washington, D.C., the cherry trees have dropped their blossoms, but much more is coming to entice planners to take a new look at the nation's...
Ethical Hypothetical
How Thick Are Your Firewalls?
The Case Med Ed Unlimited, a full-service communication company, has developed a publication plan and is drafting several review articles on an investigational...
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