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There have always been faculty members who omit or outright lie about commercial relationships on the disclosure form; and speakers who won't return your calls or send in forms and materials by the deadline. And everyone seems to have a horror...

The 19th International Conference of the International Society For Quality In Healthcare will be held November 5 to 8 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Entitled “Building Bridges And Crossing Bundaries In Quality Improvement,” the conference is...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Janet Rehnquist; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Tom Scully; and Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's...

National experts will convene in San Diego September 19-21, 2002 to discuss issues and opportunities surrounding ethnic diversity in medical research, from the design of studies examining health issues in diverse populations, to the participation...

Unsure what to include in a CME program on bioterrorism preparedness? The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new needs survey that hospitals can download and use as a checklist for assessing their capacity to handle...

The American Stroke Association will present a live, interactive broadcast for medical professionals on September 25 addressing confusing and controversial stroke-treatment options. This information will help medical professionals help their...

Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland, Calif.-based staff-model HMO, will us an Internet-based system to train all staff members about HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which creates federal privacy rights for personal...

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) will hold its 54th State-of-the-Art Conference (SOTAC), October 25-28, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Md. The theme of SOTAC 2002 is "Recent Advances...