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.
Continuing medical education providers spend a lot of time wallowing in data. There’s the research that has to be done up front to identify gaps between how healthcare providers are actually treating their patients and what the guidelines say they...
As of April 1, 2017, the Association of American Medical Colleges will no longer provide the online repository of continuing education and maintenance of certification directories it developed two years ago in partnership with the American Board...
Donald Trump has now been inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. There has been much angst about his rise to office, but there are some hopeful signs for continuing medical education.
In December, the House and Senate passed t...
Cathy Pagano, president of CME Matters LLC, says she would probably be perfectly happy working in the tile department at Home Depot. And yet she chose—and continues to choose, every day—to be in the continuing medical education field, despite all...
One good thing about long commutes is that they give people like Daniel Guinee, MBA, CHCP, lots of time to listen to ebooks. When Guinee, who is executive vice president of continuing medical education provider ASiM, started listening to The Powe...
When participants from 28 healthcare organizations and continuing medical education, pharmacy, and nursing accreditors gathered in Chicago last spring for the Leadership Summit for Jointly Accredited Providers, they were on a mission to figure ou...
After almost 15 months of campaigning, polls, and 24/7 election coverage of “he-said-she-said,” we finally have our answer: President-Elect Donald Trump. Regardless of where you fall politically or who you voted for, the top question on everyone’...
After many months of speculation, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has announced the final list of new criteria that will define the CME providers deserving of the coveted status of accreditation with commendation. The g...
Lucy Giovando Watts, CMP, CMM, owner and founder of Giovando Watts Lasso40, an event check-in technology notable for allowing meeting planners to capture e-signatures and record the transfer of value for healthcare provider attendees, will come o...