Invasion of Privacy

There has been a frenzy of activity in recent months with seemingly everyone involved in CME seeking to avoid negative publicity or to assure that their organizations are protected from official sanction from the Accreditation Council for CME, Office of Inspector General, or Food and Drug Administration. In the process, we may have created an exaggerated and inappropriate set of expectations. CME providers are increasingly being held to standards not required of other professions. The