Representatives from all the major stakeholders in the world of continuing medical education meet to begin the process of determining a new and improved funding model for CME.
After reading this article about what the disconnection between what doctors say and what patients hear, I can't help but wonder how you can teach something like that. Especially since half of the problem -- the patient half -- won't be at the CME...
The sight of the Opryland Hotel underwater in May marked the beginning of an extreme weather season, highlighting for me the vulnerability of the meetings economy to effects of climate change...
According to Health Care Renewal, the American Board of Specialty Societies may add "tools to promote meaningful use of healthcare IT into it maintenance of certification program." (Quote is from a Modern Healthcare article.) HCR author Scot...
Penton Media Inc. has signed multi-year, exclusive deals with two vendors—onPeak of Chicago to provide housing, and CompuSystems Inc. to provide registration—for all of its trade shows. Penton Media owns the MeetingsNet brand of magazines and Web...
Mark your calendars: September 10th is the day Pfizer's Medical Education Group is putting on a free hour-long webinar (11-noon Eastern) that will include a review of the company's grant processes, a session on social media and CME with Brian...
One of the most-watched awards in the meetings industry is the meeting technology company recognized in the annual Worldwide Technology Watch by EIBTM—The Global Meetings & Incentives Exhibition, scheduled for November 30–December 2 in...
Four out of five exhibitors (81 percent) have scaled back their trade show participation over the past year due to the economy, and many are regretting their decision, according to a new report from Champion Exposition Services...