June 1, 2007 MM
Cover Story
Regulatory Environment Affects Pharma Meetings
These are not the best of times for the pharmaceutical industry. More regulations, increased federal scrutiny, pricing pressures, and a tarnished public...
Checkup
Campaign for CME
As I Read the op-ed piece Does a Drug Firm's Free Lunch Influence Doctors? (Boston Globe, May 18), I thought, how unusual this writer actually seems to...
CME
United States Senate Committee on Finance Releases CME Report
The United States Senate Committee on Finance issued a big wake-up call to the continuing medical education community on April 25 when it released a report...
ACCME's Reaction
We don't reject or refute [the Senate Finance Committee's] observations, says Murray Kopelow, MD, chief executive, Accreditation Council for CME. As the...
Senate CME Report: Bumpy Ride Ahead
The Senate Finance Committee report on CME, combined with extensive media coverage about the inappropriate relationships between doctors and the pharmaceutical...
Conferences for Us: A Call to Action
Lawrence Sherman Posed an interesting question in his column Same Time Next Year? (January/February 2007, page 15) Why do so many of us go to the same...
What Do I Do for a Living?
I often have a difficult time describing just what I do for a living to my friends and family....
The PI Challenge
Performance-improvement activities, which take education from the hotel ballroom to the physician's office, offer an exciting new way for providers to...
Meeting Management
Getting Credit
CLAUSE: To have group charges placed on a master bill, group must complete the attached credit application at least 30 days prior to the meeting dates....
New Orleans: The Magic Is Back
The Big Easy made it look easy, successfully hosting two major medical conventions back-to-back in February and March. We're thrilled with the outcome,...
Double Emergency
Sheila Buckley and her staff at the Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, had to do some quick thinking and fast acting to keep its...
5 Don'ts When Promoting Your Meeting
The location has been selected. The program has been set with a great roster of speakers, including a famous keynote who is certain to be a draw. Now...
Wild Ride
The skies were not friendly to travelers in 2006, and while they haven't been much kinder so far this year, there are some positive developments in the...
Pharma Meetings
View from the Top
Approximately 40 senior planners from more than 20 pharmaceutical companies conducted a closed-door summit, facilitated by Barbara Taylor Carpender, CMM,...
Navigating Euro Regs
The complex regulatory environment in Europe was the focus of a session during the international track at the Third Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners...
Sites & Venues
Resort Report
In South Florida, Fontaine-bleau Miami Beach is undergoing a massive $1 billion renovation and expansion. It has joined Associated Luxury Hotels International,...
The Islands of Hawaii
What's New Thanks to many meetings and incentives and the rapidly growing popularity of the Hawaiian Islands, Oahu and Maui hotels have scored spectacular...
Greater Chicago
What's New On April 14 a cheer went up as Chicago was chosen over Los Angeles as the U.S. contender for the 2016 Summer Olympics. It may have helped Chicago's...
Grand Cayman and Jamaica
Two Caribbean Ritz-Carltons are teaming up to bring incentive or high-end meeting groups a really special double adventure. Groups can experience both...
Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
There's no way you'll find me lounging by the pool if a beach is nearby. No, sir. At least that's what I always said until I spent the weekend at The...
Ethical Hypothetical
Full Disclosure
The Case Dr. Hilary Heart, a renowned researcher and cardiologist, has been a frequent presenter for Bright Ideas University for the last two years. She...
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