The American Medical Association named Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA, as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer today. Dr. Maves will assume leadership of the nation’s oldest and largest physician’s group on January 15, 2002...

Prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a 24-page advisory emphasizing the need for a new level of hospital preparedness to...

At the Tenth Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, (MMVR) to be held January 23 to 26 at the Newport Beach (Calif.) Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club, physicians will evaluate the newest high-tech tools for therapy-including information...

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) announced the receipt of two federal grants for NPSF's research and education efforts. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded almost $1 million to NPSF for a three-year period...

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Orthopaedic surgeons are seeing increases in the number of patients using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as part of their health routine. Complementary and Alternative Medicine is that range of healing philosophies, approaches, and...

Physicians practicing in California will be required to take a CME course in pain management as a requirement for relicensure, according to a report in the November 19 issue of American Medical News...

MedCases, Inc., a creator of online simulated patient-encounter medical education systems for physicians, has announced that it has launched a simulated-patient encounter that focuses on preparing physicians for the diagnosis and management of...

Current medical and nursing training programs are not producing a sufficient number of qualified critical care physicians and nurses to meet the projected medical needs of the U.S. population, says the Critical Care Workforce Partnership, a...

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) broke a record this year by registering more than 10,000 attendees for its 43rd annual scientific meeting held in San Francisco Nov. 4-8, 2001. ASTRO Chairman David A. Larson, M.D...