The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that it has added data for 2000—the most recent currently available information on hospital stays—to its HCUPnet. The Web-based HCUPnet is a free service that enables users...

Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, vice chairman of medicine at the University of California-San Diego and a cardiologist recognized for his clinical, academic, and leadership experience in the field, has been named editor in chief of the Journal of the...

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Medical meeting organizers and continuing medical education providers need a global game plan to address public health issues that cross national boundaries, said M. Roy Schwarz, MD, president of the China Medical Board in New York, during his...

The biggest buzz at the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association annual meeting in Toronto was, not surprisingly, the potential impact of the new voluntary ethical code issued by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ...

A quick search for “on-line CME” on Google (www.google.com), the Web's most popular search engine, reveals that many on-line activities are little more than straight text with a few hyperlinks and a Web-based post-test. Even worse are the...

Talk to any medical meeting planner about satellite symposia — industry-supported educational events held in conjunction with, but independently of, an organization's meeting — and one word pops up over and over again: control. After all, these...

The American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kan., decided to do something a little different with its CME accreditation credit application: It put the process online...

Dear Editor: As my first reaction, I thought; yes, pharmaceutical companies are inventing syndromes. [See “Are Drug Firms Disease-Mongering?” MM June, page 10.] However, after some reflection I believe that they are merely looking at different...

Unless you've got some time, don't even think of suggesting to Kevin A. Wohlfort that exhibitions aren't something a medical specialty association needs to worry about. Wolfort, director, development, industry relations, and exhibits with the...