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.
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology now consider each other’s accreditation systems to be mutually equivalent. This means that both accreditors acknowledge that they sh...
Providers that are currently going through reaccreditation may realize that the new Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education outline for the self-study looks similar to the one that they used to help write their last self-study. Whi...
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education President and CEO Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc: CME can do "CME can do “more to promote performance and quality improvement, collegiality, and public health.†Accreditatio...
Meeting Professionals International is launching the MPI-MD online membership community and supporting advisory council to strengthen its suite of resources for those who plan meetings for medical/healthcare organizations. The new community is “a...
Dramatic increases in death due to prescription opioid abuse has gained national attention. In the last month alone, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines on prescribing opioids, the Food and Drug Administratio...
Axis Research & Technologies recently announced the opening of a new facility designed to further advance medical research and education through a technologically sophisticated training ground for medical device manufacturers, surgeons, and hospi...
Webinars have become ubiquitous due to their cost-effectiveness and time-efficiency. But all too often webinar attendees have a hard time staying focused on the online training. Here are some tips on how to create webinars that will keep attendees...
Continuing medical education provides great benefit to the learners, and there are outcome studies that show it also leads to improvement in patient care. But two questions still remained: How does CME affect the overall cost of care? Can increas...
