Implementing an electronic medical record system isn’t easy, but Saint Joseph Hospital, part of Resurrection Health Care in Chicago, found that the process got much smoother once it started using polling software and interactive keypads to...
According to a new survey, healthcare professionals say that certified continuing medical education is more valuable to them than journal articles and other publications, speakers bureau programs, and promotional and other non-certified education...
The automatic spending cuts demanded by the sequestration that kicked in March 1 go across the federal healthcare agencies. How will they affect continuing medical education and pharmaceutical meetings? Here are some possibilities.
The Case:
During a planning call for a new commercially supported educational initiative, Staci Stickler, CME director for Conservative Medical College (the accredited provider for the series of activities), is surprised to learn that the sc...
I have spent the better part of the past three years describing within the pages of this magazine how we should be thinking beyond social media to understand the value of connections. I have suggested that we should think about how the social ...
It can be difficult to strike the right balance when educating diverse healthcare provider types. Here are some things to make the job a little easier.
This year’s meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions pushed beyond the comfort zone with speakers appealing to the heart and soul as well as the mind.
Most of us do a good job of identifying financial relationships of faculty involved in a continuing medical education activity, and of resolving conflicts by reviewing presentations to ensure they are free from commercial bias, fair and balanc...
Survey reveals what doctors know, and don't know, about the Sunshine Act's transparency requirements, from the law's existence to what needs to be tracked and publicly reported. The upshot? Pharmaceutical companies and continuing...
