To help patients achieve better outcomes when it comes to transplants, Interlink Health Services has an interesting business model, according to The Portland Business Journal: ...

And you thought it couldn't happen: Here's a story in the Triangle Business Journal about Scienta Healthcare Education, an accredited CME provider spun out from a communication company. And it's not about wrong-doing, or scandals, or influence...

This is worth finding out more about: According to the Center for Public Integrity, FDA Staff Travels on Drug Industry Dollars, Groups tied to FDA-regulated industry paying for agency officials' trips. From the site...

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That seems to be the new trend, according to this article in the Journal News. Docs in high-risk specialties are flocking to courses like Byrne's malpractice course at the University of Richmond Law School, it says. From the article...

According to The Bay of Plenty Times, a recent survey found that New Zealand's GPs are fed up with all the paperwork that's sapping their time and making it hard to get that elusive work-life balance. And, it says...

There's an interesting article in the Annals of Family Medicine: Facilitating Collaboration Among Academic Generalist Disciplines: A Call to Action, by Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH, John M. Westfall, MD, MPH, Elizabeth H. Morrison, MD, MSED, Mary...

Fairly deep into this story on Cleveland.com about a possible theft of some plague vials from a lab (scary enough) comes this, about obtaining and moving human pathogens, pre-9/11...

This article from Medical News Today explores some interesting work being done to track the potential for human outbreaks, including avian flu, by monitoring the health of our pets. From the article...

Recommended reading from Anne Taylor-Vaisey: The new issue of Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (Winter 2006; 26 (1)) has just been published. It is a special issue on knowledge translation...