CMSS: All Aboard the Independence-Transparency Train
Yesterday the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, a nonprofit umbrella group of 32 medical groups, announced its guidelines for interacting with industry....
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Duke Wins ACC Showdown
This week, the ACC, as an arena for impassioned conflict, didn’t stand solely for the Atlantic Coast Conference. A heated confrontation also occurred at the...
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Brief Primer: Speakers’ Bureaus vs Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs
Once again: I’ll attempt to clarify the difference between participating in speakers’ bureaus and delivering continuing medical education (CME). The...
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Pfizer Gives Stanford $3M for CME
In an apparent effort to suppress criticism of industry bias in continuing medical education (CME), Pfizer is giving Stanford $3 million to produce such programs...
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To the WSJ Editors: Readers Deserve Better Than Alicia Mundy
On Friday, the WSJ printed a story by Alicia Mundy, “Health-Bill Disclosure Rule Is Resisted,” which revealed that a recently passed health-reform bill in...
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CME Reform From People Who Don’t Have to Participate in CME
There is a particular irritation to be found in the criticism of continuing medical education (CME) by a nonphysician. There is even more irritation to be found in the...
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