According to a report on eurekalert.org, "Physicians appear to be performing surveillance colonoscopies at frequencies higher than those recommended by evidence-based medical guidelines, according to results of a survey conducted by the National...
The Stark II law, which just went into effect a few weeks ago, has to be one of the most frustrating documents I ve dealt with in a while. Sponsored by U.S. Congress Representative Pete Stark, the revisions focus on many aspects of Medicare...
It s interesting to see two items related to this show up in one day (see below). In this one, the International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics take issue with the recently revised cholesterol-lowering guidelines, saying they will "result in...
A while back, Medical Meetings posed what I think is an interesting question: Are CME providers being used by the pharmaceutical industry to legitimize a treatment for conditions that aren't really diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome? At...
As CMI pointed out recently, the trend toward companies using preferred vendors is alive and well. To prove the point, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has officially joined the preferred hotels crowd. According to the BTN article: "Major...
St. Jude Medical, a global cardiovascular device company, had a problem it had to distribute educational documents to its 1,000 field personnel within 60 days to meet specific regulatory requirements. So they took to the Web, using the IntraLearn...
The 11th annual National Health Information Awards Program proved to be a big boost for the medical education Web site VirtualProstate.com, a site developed by Rockpointe Corporation that serves as a resource for doctors to learn more about...
The Alliance for CME just announced that you can pre-order the 4th Edition of the Best Practices ($90.00 + $20.00 Priority Shipping & Handling for members; $105.00 + $20.00 priority shipping & handling for nonmembers.) ...
The honor goes to Clifford Kalb, who was just hired as vice president of market development for Life Sciences with Wood Mackenzie, a provider of global life sciences information. According to a press release, Kalb will not just lead the...