Medical Meetings News Archive

JCAHO Announces Six Patient Safety Goals For 2003

Jul 25, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Confusion in identifying patients, miscommunication among caregivers, wrong-site surgery, infusion pumps, medication mix-ups and clinical alarm systems...

Nurses Can Earn CEUs For Clinical Information System Training

Jul 24, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Eclipsys Corporation, has announced the availability of continuing education units (CEUs) or contact hours for nurses taking part in end-user training...

International Medical Education Meeting Opens In Guadalajara

Jul 22, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), hosted and joint-sponsored by the Universidad Autónoma...

First Inner-City Health Conference To Be Held In Toronto In October

Jul 19, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

The 1st International Conference on Inner City Health: Improving the Health of the Disadvantaged will be held October 3 – 6 at the Toronto Hilton Hotel,...

Cancer-Care Company Hosts Oncology Nurses Symposium

Jul 18, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

U.S. Oncology, a cancer-care firm based in Houston, is hosting a national nursing symposium for oncology nurses. "Leading the Way in Cancer Care: Latest...

Michigan, With Lilly Grant, To Offer New Model For Primary Care Physicians Treating Depression

Jul 17, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

A new $750,000 gift to the University of Michigan Depression Center will accelerate new programs that will, among other things, offer education and guidance...

Picker Institute Meeting To Discuss Best Practices, Policy Issues

Jul 16, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

National Research Corporation, a provider of healthcare performance measurement research, today announced that healthcare leaders from eight countries...

Pfizer To Acquire Pharmacia

Jul 15, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Pfizer Inc and Pharmacia Corporation jointly announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement providing for Pfizer to acquire Pharmacia in...

New EMTALA On-Line CME Course Offered

Jul 12, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Medical Directions, Inc. and Medulogic, LLC. announce the release of a new online continuing education program to help hospitals and their physicians...

13th Annual CME Provider/Industry Collaboration Meeting Coming Up

Jul 11, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

The American Medical Association, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development is hosting the 13th Annual Conference of the National Task...

Largest Alzheimer’s Meeting To Be Held In Stockholm, July 20-25

Jul 10, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Between July 20 and 25 in Stockholm, the largest-ever global gathering of Alzheimer’s scientists will take place at the 8th International Conference on...

AAHP Goes Hollywood

Jul 9, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

The American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) today announced that it is retaining Hollywood's leading talent agency, William Morris, in an effort to...

Chicago Dermatologists Take Skin Cancer Prevention To The Beach

Jul 8, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Here's an example of a medical society making the most of a patient outreach effort. The Chicago Dermatological Society will sponsor a free skin cancer...

Needs Assessment Aid: AHRQ Puts Latest Hospital Care Data on the Web

Jul 3, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that it has added data for 2000—the most recent currently available information...

Cardiology Journal Names New Editor, Relocates To San Diego

Jul 2, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, vice chairman of medicine at the University of California-San Diego and a cardiologist recognized for his clinical, academic,...

SCCM Poll: Guidelines Needed For "Bedside Rationing"

Jul 1, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Often, when a person is brought into the hospital, many complex and challenging decisions must be made rapidly. Unfortunately, some of those decisions...

Pennsylvania Hospital Association To Offer On-Line CME Through MedCases

Jun 28, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

Starting this month, physicians in most of Pennsylvania's hospitals will have online access to a library of more than 100 simulated case studies in such...

First-Ever Anti-Drug-Counterfeiting Meeting To Be Held In Geneva In September

Jun 27, 2002, Edited By Dave Erickson

More than twenty internationally recognized experts from the pharmaceutical industry, government and non-governmental organizations will convene from...

Journal Introduces "Quality Grand Rounds"

Jun 26, 2002

The Annals of Internal Medicine, the journal of the American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine, is launching a new concept in case-based continuing medical education, "Quality Grand Rounds."...

Pros And Cons Of E-Learning For Physicians

Jun 26, 2002, edited by David Erickson

The June 17 issue of AMNews, the weekly newspaper of the American Medical Association, has a thoughtful article on the benefits and tradeoffs involved in using the Web to teach physicians....

PhRMA Adopts New Marketing Code

Jun 25, 2002

The Executive Committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has adopted a new marketing code to govern the pharmaceutical industry’s relationships with physicians and other healthcare professionals. The voluntary code will take effect on July 1....

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