They're not very glamorous. In fact, being asked to use one sometimes is taken badly for some reason, as if it were a criticism. But after reading Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto, I'm a believer in checklists as at least one good tool for...

There’s nothing more of-the-moment than a smart-phone app. Not surprisingly, developers are all over the meeting space, creating ways for you to reach out to attendees—and to help them reach out to each other—through their handheld devices...

As long as you’re dragging that smart phone everywhere you go, you may as well put it to work. We’ve rounded up nine must-have apps for meeting professionals (and a few more just for fun). All are built for the iPhone, but BlackBerry users take...

Bet I'm not the only one who has been eagerly awaiting the session handouts from this year's conference being posted to the Alliance for CME Web site. Well, now they're up, and available to all paid registrants of the meeting. ...

Debra Gist has a cool post about a poster she saw at the Alliance meeting about a system that lets physicians get credit for searching the Internet. I missed that one -- definitely worth checking out.

The U.S. Office of Inspector General is urging the Department of Homeland Security to have greater oversight and controls over money spent on conferences. Among the OIG's recommendations is for DHS to explore technological alternatives to...

If you are interested in presenting at next year's Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Annual Conference (January 26-29, 2011, at the San Francisco Marriott), don't wait to get started on your educational abstract. The deadline to submit...

In the better-late-than-never department: The Accreditation Council for CME has issued a call for comment on three proposals: one aimed to help balance the need for both transparency and confidentiality in ACCME's Complaints and Inquiries Process...