I have a novel idea that I absolutely guarantee won't fly, at least, not in my lifetime: The Accreditation Council for CME could start up a blog. Just imagine a world in which you could go online and learn the thinking behind each step the ACCME...

In our travels throughout the country, we have the opportunity to see almost all the new products developed for CME providers. In this article, we will review only one Web-based management system — CME360.net — because it appears to be head-and...

One of the most time-consuming and often exasperating tasks CME providers face is preparing grant applications or proposals. You need to be sufficiently versed in the educational needs of particular physician and healthcare groups; the learning...

As continuing education providers see their funding sources shrink and face increased scrutiny regarding content validity and fair-balanced activities, their ability to work successfully and profitably with joint/co-sponsors has become...

Physician-marketing legislation is already on the books in California, the District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Vermont. And now physician-marketing legislation has been proposed in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland...

As issues surrounding content validity and fair balance remain in the spotlight, many accredited providers are seeking and receiving grants from multiple commercial interests to help minimize commercial bias in their continuing education...

When Arthur Dent is snatched from certain death as Earth is destroyed, and he ends up cruising the universe with intergalactic guidebook developer Ford Prefect in the inimitable classic book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ford tells him...

Minnesota may have been the first state to enact a law related to pharmaceutical marketing, but it definitely was not the last. Five states and the District of Columbia already have laws on the books, and new proposed bills are flooding into state...

Not long ago, Marybeth Roberts took a ride from Amgen's office in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to Santa Monica to check on a meeting she was overseeing. It wasn't because of a lack of confidence in the supplier hired to run the meeting, or to...