New Study: Physicians Increasingly Dissatisfied With Work
If Massachusetts reflects the nation, physicians' satisfaction with their professional lives has declined substantially in the last 15 years, according...
Notable Meeting: First International Conferece For Nurse Practitioners, Dublin, Aug. 5- 7
The Royal College of Nursing, UK and the Irish Nursing Organisation will host the inaugural conference of the International Network of Nurse Practitioners...
Medem Physician-Patient Network Exceeds Projections
Medem, a physician communications network founded by the nation's medical societies and the American Medical Association (AMA), announced it has exceeded...
Looking For Speakers On Alternative Medicine? Top-Ranked Schools Named
Finding expert speakers in the field of alternative/complementary medicine can be difficult. How do you judge a speaker's credentials? A New York City-based...
New Study Says Physician Incomes, Productivity Are Rising
In deciding how to price CME meetings, medical conference organizers must take into consideration the ability of their audience to pay. For the past several...
Coding Courses Continue Despite Prospect Of Scrutiny
"The National Pediatric and Ob-Gyn Coding and Compliance Conference: 2001" will be held in Naples, Florida on November 30 and December 1, 2001 at the...
VA To Support End-Of-Life Care Education For Healthcare Professionals
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected six health care sites to launch VA's new program focused on changing the way physicians, social workers,...
Sepracor Taps Physicians World/Thompson For Product-Related Education
Physicians World/Thomson Healthcare (PW), a full-service medical communications company, announces its recent selection by Sepracor Inc., Marlborough,...
First Conference On Arthritis And Exercise To Be Held In St. Louis, Sept. 21-22
Presenting the evidence for exercise, physical activity and health outcomes in arthritis will be the focus of an international conference on exercise...
New Study Shows Pharmaceutical Companies Holding More Physician Meetings And Events
In 2000, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry held a projected 314,022 meetings and events for physicians, 11% more than in 1995, according to the Physician...
Alliance For CME Introductory Workshop To Be Held July 27-28 In Chicago
The Accreditation Council For CME's "Understanding ACCME Accreditation" workshop is sold out, but the Alliance For CME's "CME: The Basics" is still open....
AMA Fires Anderson
The American Medical Association Board of Trustees announced last week that it was terminating the contract of its Executive Vice President E. Ratcliffe...
Alert: GAO Investigates Coding Courses
It has become common practice for many medical associations to offer physicians courses on using the American Medical Association's Current Procedural...
Nursing Associations To Offer Medical Supplies To Members Over The Web
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the Association of Camp Nurses will soon offer medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical supplies...
Baylor To Host Conference On Gaining "Exemplary" Accreditation In Houston, Sept. 14-15
What factors characterize an exemplary CME program? How can your organization achieve exemplary compliance? What’s the most effective way to gauge the...
Notable Meeting: American Society For Photobiology In Chicago, July 7-12
The American Society for Photobiology (ASP) has an interesting attendee profile. Gathering on July 7 at the Chicago Downtown Marriott will be two main...
Needs Assessment Tidbit: Physicians Need Help Recognizing Unusual Bacterial Infections
The recent growth in popularity of adventure racing and exotic tourism has increased the number of people exposed to unusual infections, according to...
For Your Speaker Rolodex: American Heart Association Physician Of The Year Named
The American Heart Association presented William B. Blanchard, M.D., with the esteemed Physician of the Year Award during the association's annual Delegate...
New Diabetes Association Formed Via Joint Grant From Pfizer And Aventis
A new organization of endocrinologists, focused on reducing complications from diabetes, has been formed. The Council for the Advancement of Diabetes...
U.S. Pharmacopeia Receives Grant For Conference On The Impact Of Prescription Drugs On Healthcare Cost and Quality
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Public Policy Center (USP PPC) has been awarded a grant from The Commonwealth Fund to support a Fall 2001 conference that will examine...
Needs Assessment Tidbit: Surgeons Need Safety Training In Use Of Imaging Devices
The Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SCVIR)offers the following comments on a new study in the July, 2001 issue of the American...
Alliance For CME Offers "Best Practices" Handbook On Accreditation
The first edition of Best Practices in CME Accreditation, a 550-page reference guide of examples of best practices demonstrated by CME providers, is now...
American Heart Association Announces New Leaders
The American Heart Association announces its new leadership for the 2001-2002 fiscal year beginning July 1. The new officers will take office during the...
New Study: Physicians Not Candid With Terminally Ill Patients
A study of terminally ill cancer patients and their physicians found that in only 37 percent of cases was the doctor willing to give the patient his or...
AMA CEO Sues Own Board
In a statement released Tuesday, the Board of the American Medical Association announced that its executive vice president and CEO had filed a lawsuit...
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