Information and updates on the rules, regulations, and codes that regulate continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development activities for physicians and other healthcare providers.
Murray Kopelow, MDThe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education announced March 20 that its longstanding president and chief executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, will step down on July 31, 2015. He will continue to lead the organization...
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has posted an archive and transcript of a recent webinar explaining the changes to its accreditation process. In the webinar, ACCME Chief Executive Murray Kopelow, MD, outlines the change...
When the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education announced plans to simplify its accreditation process last summer, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.
So it’s not too surprising that the ACCME’s board of directors has adopt...
Since it was created in 2009, the Industry Alliance for Continuing Education and Medical Specialty Society Collaborative Workgroup of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions was created to improve communications between...
To comply with ACCME's Criterion 21, which requires that a CME provider participate in an institutional or system framework, providers must bake a commitment to that framework into everything from your organization’s mission statement to...
In-person medical education conferences and scientific meetings are a huge delivery vehicle for the healthcare initiatives that are on everyone’s minds these days. Medical associations and societies fill education gaps, establish care standards a...
The ON24 virtual environment provided to Mayo Clinic included this virtual exhibit hall with sponsor booths and an online networking lounge to facilitate interaction with speakers and other virtual attendees. You can’t innovate in a box,” says ...
An article and accompanying editorial in the December 18 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association explored the relationship between “medical communication companies” and drug and device companies—and drew some conclusions that c...
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education recently announced it is looking for comments on its proposal to simplify its accreditation procedure and process. The call-for-comments is open until January 31, 2014. The proposal, which...
ACCME President and CEO Murray Kopelow, MDA series of recommendations released last week by Pew Charitable Trusts’ Pew Prescription Project imply that the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support a...
