Anne Taylor-Vaisey sent this link to a study that confirms the obvious: Docs participate in commercially supported clinical trials and lectures for the money...

While they like the concept, family physicians aren't too thrilled with the way American Board of Family Practice's maintenance-of-certification program is working out--and they asked the American Academy of Family Physicians to take action on...

Another article from AMed News looks at several CME initiatives aimed at performance improvement, including McKeesport hospital in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's hand hygiene project. ...

Primary care physicians are justifiably concerned about prescribing--and perhaps overprescribing--pain medication for their patients. According to AMed News, "Many physicians fear law enforcement action over perceived overprescribing and are...

That's the old saying, anyway. Though there are many who feel that pharma sales reps' detailing of docs can lead to some deviltry--or at least, bad doctoring. I just heard today about a new nonprofit that's forming something called the Counter...

This article from AMedNews about the new Riverside Methodist Hospital s Center for Medical Education and Innovation illustrates that virtual patients have applications for more than just practicing surgical techniques. ...

CECity, a technology provider of online CME solutions...

Philadelphia-based Current Communications Company, an ACCME-accredited company that develops educational activities for physicians across all media and creates Internet-based educational materials and resources for the general public, has launched...

"Two forces are clearly at work: market forces that are shifting physicians to the online sector, and policy forces that are limiting options for offline CME," says Erika Fishman, Senior Analyst at Manhattan Research. "With the alignment of these...

Jane Chin is quietly--and not so quietly--working to "expose the moose on pharma industry's table" by advocating for medical science liaisons in pharma. And now she's on the list for Fast Company's Fast 50 list of movers and shakers for 2004...