What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
Last October, the Federal Communications Commission fined Marriott International $600,000 for intentionally jamming some of its customers’ Wi-Fi connections in the meeting space at Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville. Marr...
Graham T. McMahon, MD, MMScThe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has announced that its board of directors unanimously chose Graham T. McMahon, MD, MMSc, to take the reins of the organization as Murray Kopelow, MD, steps down...
Now in its 11th year, the Pharma Forum has become the place where life sciences meeting managers discuss topics that at any other planner conference would be, as one past participant put it, the “elephants in the room.” This year marks...
The Discovery portal, which offers search and automated analysis of life sciences conference abstracts and posters, may soon get a big boost from a partnership between its owner, Northern Light, and Xstracta, a company that helps associations man...
A panel at the Fall CMEpalooza said continuing healthcare professional education that brings together nurses, physicians, pharmacists—and even patients—is an idea gaining momentum
This year, almost 15,000 veterinary professionals swarmed the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for one of the nation’s oldest vet conferences. But that’s just the start of WVC’s efforts to reach—and teach&mdash...
Meetings industry professionals from three North American countries are dedicating April 16, 2015, as a day to showcase the value of meetings, conferences, conventions, incentive travel, tradeshows, and exhibitions. Meetings professionals in Cana...
The National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals will be ringing in some significant changes along with the new year. Taking its lead from the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions—which in recent years expande...
Studies have repeatedly shown that physicians who are educated about the latest medical advances make more informed treatment decisions, resulting in improved patient outcomes. For example, physicians who attended an industry-supported educationa...
