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.
The RxCentric Web site, www.rxcentric.com, is blunt in its assessment of why its pharmaceutical firm clients support CME, and of who controls whom: “We work seamlessly with your CME provider [emphasis added] to maximize the ROI of your educational...
The Healthcare Convention Exhibitors Association announced record attendance (717 participants) for the second year in a row at this year's meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center, held from June 10 to 13. HCEA's new president Barbara...
Global Events Partners' 3rd Annual Executive Retreat, held June 6 to 10 in Beaver Creek and Vail, Colo., combined GEP salespeople with 80 of their meeting planner clients for a mixture of business, networking, and fun...
With physician/pharmaceutical company relations under an unrelenting media spotlight, medical community leaders are increasingly concerned about rooting out ethical violations in CME. For-profit medical education and communication companies are...
A study of the return on investment (ROI) in various pharmaceutical promotional strategies may result in a shift of money away from expensive detailing and direct-to-consumer advertising and toward meetings and journal advertising — if...
Despite the economic uncertainty, the news for CME providers appears consistently positive. The CME industry has hit the $1.2 billion mark in income, according to the Accreditation Council for CME's 2000 annual report. The total number of CME...
As you approach The Diplomat Resort Country Club & Spa, it seems as if you've been transported to coastal Italy. The resort looks more like a posh, Mediterranean villa than a hotel. But this is Hallandale Beach, Fla., not the Italian Riviera...
