While the sessions were interesting, and the exhibits pretty cool, the absolute best part of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference was getting to see so many of the people I've gotten to know in this business...

An interactive case study session on regulations at the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference sounded great on paper. The audience got to vote on whether a case presented any violations to the myriad regulations and...

Seeing as I don't belong to any of the special interest groups at the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference, I chose to sit in on the specialty society session after all the keynotes of the morning on Tuesday. The...

Next up at the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference was a panel consisting of Thomas Abrams of the Food and Drug Administration, and James Sheehan, Esq., with the Department of Justice. Abrams outlined what's going...

The National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference kicked off with a keynote by Capt. David Rutstein, MD, Office of Public Health and Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His main takeaway, for me, was this...

I really did mean to post from the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference this week in Baltimore, but the laptop gods were not with me. One observation that came up immediately after registering: The badges just had...

I'm heading out in the morning to beautiful Baltimore for the 17th Annual Conference of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration. If the laptop gods are with me, I hope to post some highlights from the meeting here on...

Check it out: CME Linkages, written by CME consultant Debra Gist. I think it's off to a great start, with several intriguing posts. Can't wait to see what she does with it.

According to this article in the Boston Globe, there's a Web site that allows doctors to post their experiences with various drugs, therapies, and instruments. It sounds sort of like a TripAdvisor, only for the healthcare industry instead of the...

Are you curious about lessons learned from the Neurontin case? If so, don't miss "Interview with Dr. Michael A. Steinman, M.D.," a new podcast available at Medical Science Liaison Resource Portal, run by Jane Chin. Here's the synopsis from the...