Information and updates on the rules, regulations, and codes that regulate continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development activities for physicians and other healthcare providers.
The final provisions for the The Sunshine Act, which requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to track and publicly report what they spend on physicians at their meetings, were released February 1. Here’s a rundown of how the...
The Society for Worldwide Medical Exchange has released a country-by-country online compendium of pharmaceutical codes and continuing medical education rules and regulations. Called The Red Book for Medical Meetings, the guide has been endorse...
Tightening budgets, increasing oversight, and growing piles of paperwork are big challenges for both continuing medical educators and commercial supporters. Here's a snapshot of what's driving some of these challenges, and some possible...
When my melanoma specialist learned what I do for a living during a recent checkup (five years NED—no evidence of disease—and counting, thank you very much!), he immediately asked if there was anything to be done about the endless requests for...