Health Learning Systems (HLS), Parsippany, N.J., a medical communications company, has announced two managerial promotions...

MedicaLogic/Medscape, Inc., a provider of digital health records and online health information, announced last week that it will sell the assets and operations of its Internet Portals business to WebMD Corporation...

Does the challenge of developing quality CME with a measurable impact on patient care seem daunting to you? Here's a conference that can bring out your inner leader...

CME NOTES Looking for smallpox and bioterrorism courses? An excellent source is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Through their distance-learning arm, the Public Health...

Despite a 12 percent drop in its Medtrade Conference and Exhibition (which still drew 21,000 attendees), held October 23 to 25 in New Orleans, Atlanta-based VNU Expositions is anticipating a banner year for its Medtrade Spring 2002, scheduled for...

Deciding to go forward with a late-September press trip to Switzerland, I found the Alps to be a wonderful balm. Their ancient, craggy peaks seemed to remind our group of numbed Americans that “this too shall pass.” And then there was the...

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In a previous life, I served as a personal safety consultant to a major pharmaceutical company, traveling around the country training female sales reps in self-defense skills. Their biggest concern was handling doctors who tried to harass them...

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The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 to ensure that, regardless of their capabilities, everyone — including meeting attendees — should be treated fairly and equally. What under the ADA is specifically required of planners? And...