“I was doing cartwheels — I was so happy,” says Gretchen Keefer, director of program development, Medical Education Collaborative. “We were able to do it right.” ...
The New England site file in the June issue listed incorrect information for the World Trade Center Boston. The correct phone number is (617) 385-5000 or (877) SEAPORT; the Web site is www.wtcb.com. The Seaport Hotel, adjacent to the World Trade...
The recent growth in popularity of adventure racing and exotic tourism has increased the number of people exposed to unusual infections, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update published in the July 2001 Annals of...
The American Heart Association presented William B. Blanchard, M.D., with the esteemed Physician of the Year Award during the association's annual Delegate Assembly in June...
A new organization of endocrinologists, focused on reducing complications from diabetes, has been formed. The Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (CADRE) is underwritten by joint unrestricted educational grants from...
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Public Policy Center (USP PPC) has been awarded a grant from The Commonwealth Fund to support a Fall 2001 conference that will examine how appropriate prescription drug use affects health care costs and quality of care and...
The Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SCVIR)offers the following comments on a new study in the July, 2001 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology reporting on injuries during x-ray guided interventional procedures...
The first edition of Best Practices in CME Accreditation, a 550-page reference guide of examples of best practices demonstrated by CME providers, is now available from the Alliance For Continuing Medical Education. The handbook features examples...