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Latest Articles About Medical Meetings
Latest Articles About Medical Meetings
Regulatory Updates-Accreditation Council for CME
Lighthouse Learning Receives Initial Accreditation
Medical education company Lighthouse Learning, which caused a splash in the press when it launched last fall due to a vow not to seek commercial support, has received a two-year initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. ...
CME Income Grows Despite Shrinking Commercial Support
Commercial support may be continuing to decline, but accredited CME income still tops $2 billion....
New Publication: Everything You Want to Know about the ACCME
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education sets the record straight on what the organization is, does, and how its accreditation system works in The ACCME at Work: Accreditation, Recognition, Education, Operations, and Governance. ...
Top 4 Trends in CME
Results of a peer-reviewed study of the past five years in literature about continuing medical education...
Is it Time to Thank the ACCME?
The Accreditation Council for CME, or ACCME, has gotten a lot of criticism lately. Maybe it's time to point out what it's doing right....
Regulatory Updates-Pharma and Medical Devices
New AMEX Product to Simplify Foreign Currency Payments to Healthcare Providers
A new product from American Express Meetings & Events is designed to make it easier to make payments to healthcare providers using foreign currency. ...
Regulatory Updates-Federal/State
CME Coalition Urges CME Providers to Take Action Against Sunshine Act Proposed Rule
The CME Coalition is asking CME providers to oppose a proposed rule to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act that could make CME providers responsible for payment reporting to commercial supporters....
Are You Ready for the Sunshine Act?
A survey of participants at the Fourth Annual Life Sciences Meeting Management Forum reveal the industry's state of readiness for the implementation of the Sunshine Act....
FDA Releases REMS Blueprint
The Food and Drug Administration last week announced in the Federal Register that it has released its draft "Blueprint for Prescriber Continuing Education Program."...
CME Coalition Releases Voluntary Code of Conduct
The CME Coalition, which launched last June to provide a voice on Capitol Hill for those who believe continuing medical education can and does improve patient care, has released a voluntary Code of Conduct. ...
Will the Sunshine Act Be a Tough Act to Follow?
How to meet the challenges posed by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act...
Regulatory Updates-Other Related Organizations
CME Monitor: AMA Logic Harms Medicine
The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs stares at a clear, sunny day and chooses to call for rain....
Task Force 2011: CEJA, Misperceptions, REMS, and More
The AMA National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference explored the challenges of working together to improve patient care in today’s “gotcha” environment, along with hot topics like the controversial recent CEJA report and REMS....
AMA Approves CEJA Commercial Support Recommendations
The fifth time was the charm for the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1-A-11 report, “Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education,” which was passed by the AMA House of Delegates in late June. ...
Is CEJA Becoming an Oxymoron?
The fifth time around, the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs report on CME still misses the mark....
ABMS Questions the Role of CME in MOC
Does the American Board of Medical Specialties’ white paper call for a new accreditation system just for maintenance of certification continuing medical education?...
Tips and Trends-Funding
Pfizer Eliminates Most Unsolicited Grants Under Med Ed Group Reorganization
Ninety percent of Pfizer’s Medical Education Group’s budget now will be allocated through a request-for-proposal process....
CME Income Grows Despite Shrinking Commercial Support
Commercial support may be continuing to decline, but accredited CME income still tops $2 billion....
AMA Approves CEJA Commercial Support Recommendations
The fifth time was the charm for the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1-A-11 report, “Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education,” which was passed by the AMA House of Delegates in late June. ...
Working Together Works
If there’s ever a part of continuing medical education that providers love to hate, it has to be the budget and reconciliation processes. Kudos to a collaborative working group that developed a standardized solution....
The Science of Standardization: CME Budget and Reconciliation Templates
How a working group of educators and grantors collaborated to create standardized CME budget templates and terminology....
Tips and Trends-Pharma/Device
Alternative Staffing Checklist
Use this checklist to evaluate your current situation and determine if alternative staffing is right for you. ...
How to Hire Meeting Planning Contractors
Alternative staffing models could help you manage an increasing workload....
Success Strategies for Digital Meetings
How pharmaceutical companies can gain expert feedback and foster collaboration in a digital venue....
Task Force 2011: CEJA, Misperceptions, REMS, and More
The AMA National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference explored the challenges of working together to improve patient care in today’s “gotcha” environment, along with hot topics like the controversial recent CEJA report and REMS....
Will the Sunshine Act Be a Tough Act to Follow?
How to meet the challenges posed by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act...
Tips and Trends-CME Providers
CECity and the American College of Physicians Partner to Launch Physician Technology Platform
CECity and ACP are piloting a new platform, called MedConcert, designed to give physicians a way to connect with a community of practice, measure their performance with that of their peers, find interventions to help close their practice gaps, and build an e-portfolio to track credentials, board certifications, and licensure....
Alliance 2012 Meeting: More Than a New Name
The Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions unveils a new name, logo, board members, evaluation strategy, and more at the 2012 annual meeting....
Medical Meeting Professionals Tackle Top Challenges
Medical meeting planners took advantage of a closed-door session at PCMA’s Convening Leaders to share strategies on compliance, revenue building, and improving exhibitor and sponsor experiences....
Three Easy Ways to Change Physician Behavior
Behavior-change expert BJ Fogg explains how starting small can add up to big changes that will positively affect patient care. ...
Ethical Hypothetical: No Such Thing as Free CME
Case study: What to do when a commercial supporter offers a fee waiver....
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