CME

New president has 'big tent' vision for CME association

January 23, 2012

Damon Marquis wants to make one thing clear: CME is not the only important form of medical education.
 

Video reflects struggle to keep bias out of CME

January 20, 2012

Those who produce and fund certified medical education acknowledge that conflict of interest is one issue that seems to constantly crop up. But while conflict is inevitable, bias doesn't have to be, they insist in a new video.
 

Pfizer to hand some med-ed grant decisions to external advisors

December 06, 2011

Pfizer is changing the way it funds medical education to make smarter use of a shrinking pool of funds and to enhance the impact of activities it supports.
 

Pri-Med sold; John Mooney returns as CEO

November 23, 2011

Pri-Med founder John Mooney and his former management team have returned to the firm, which is under new ownership following M|C Holding's sale of Pri-Med's US assets to Canadian event and media producer Diversified Business Communications.
 

Stanford research center could elevate CME

October 07, 2011

It probably won't have the same ability to tap industry for support, but a new med-ed center at Stanford has some other interesting parallels with the school's CME program.
 

No CME-pocalypse, data show

September 16, 2011

Doctors are still getting their CME, but mostly the non-commercially supported kind.
 

Steep drop seen in providers of community-based CME

September 15, 2011

State-accredited CME providers continue to decrease, with 68 dropping out as of last year, but so far the trend has not posed a threat to physician education, one official says.
 

Company news: Lighthouse Learning and Shire

August 30, 2011

The ACCME awarded provisional two-year accreditation to Lighthouse Learning, the educational content provider which develops and sells CME curricula without accepting commercial funding.
 

ACCME punts on proposed logo ban

August 16, 2011

Corporate logos may still appear in CME commercial support disclosures, ACCME said, after a majority of respondents expressed disapproval of its proposal to ban them.
 

Doctors chip in more for CME, drugmakers less: report

August 12, 2011

The drug industry's backing of certified CME fell for a third straight year, as registration fees and other income surged, just-released data from ACCME show.
 

Recent Pfizer CME grants take non-clinical approach

August 11, 2011

In a sign of industry's ongoing desire to broaden its CME funding outlook, a couple of recently supported educational programs by Pfizer aim to foster practice-based improvement as they seek to advance the science of CME.
 

CME exerts highest influence on docs' intent to Rx: survey

June 28, 2011

A new survey shows certified CME bested dinner meetings, mailings and even sales rep visits in one promotional measure.
 

On fifth try, AMA ethics proposal becomes CME policy

June 23, 2011

A new report passed by AMA delegates draws ethical boundaries around the use of industry funding for medical education, stopping well short of the all-out ban seen in some previous versions.
 

Company news: ViroPharma and DIME

June 23, 2011

Specialty drug company ViroPharma teamed with several medical societies on the launch of a program designed to unite specialists treating patients with the orphan condition hereditary angioedema (HAE).
 

Company news: Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions, Decision Resources and QuantiaMD

June 07, 2011

Market research firms Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions and Decision Resources announced an agreement designed to make it easier for mutual customers to access managed markets data.
 

GSK paid $57 mil. to doctors for speaking and advising in '10

March 31, 2011

GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday that it paid more than 5,000 US healthcare professionals a total of $56.8 million last year for promotional talks or serving on advisory boards.
 

Idea for generic CME fund meets with skepticism

March 15, 2011

A medical society that suggested using pooled funds to handle commercial support for medical education got an earful from industry.
 

Is ABMS proposal a threat to the CME system?

February 17, 2011

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) issued a white paper examining how CME can support its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirement in the future. The paper raised hackles among some who saw it as a call for new credit systems.
 

GSK values drive flips rep bonus incentives

January 25, 2011

The drug industry must move from a mindset that emphasizes compliance with regulations to one steeped in core values of integrity and transparency if it is to regain the public's trust, GSK's Dierdre Connelly said at a conference yesterday.
 

People news: Lighthouse Learning

October 26, 2010

Lighthouse Learning, which develops and sells CME curricula without taking commercial support, hired Sherri Foster as CME director.
 

Has commercial support for CME bottomed out?

October 13, 2010

Industry support for continuing medical education (CME) has been waning the last two years, but some say the bottom may be in sight.
 

In stepping up COI rules, Yale takes 'rational' approach to industry

September 16, 2010

Yale School of Medicine, which created conflict-of-interest guidelines years ago, has made them binding for physicians in its faculty practice.
 

New med-ed firm says no to industry funding

September 14, 2010

A new medical education company has opened offering to produce CME that is free of commercial support.
 

CME sea change is also a way to cut deaths from pain drugs

August 06, 2010

At a recent FDA advisory hearing on ways to increase the safety of extended-release and long-acting opioid drugs, the agency opened the door to using continuing medical education (CME) to help reach the goal.
 

Industry support of CME down 17%

July 08, 2010

Total commercial support of accredited CME fell 17% to $856 million in 2009, according to ACCME's annual report—marking its second straight year of double-digit declines on a percentage basis.
 

Why do doctors like branded med ed? Topics draw more than drug names

July 01, 2010

Pharma's support for continuing medical education has been narrowing, due to budget cuts and intense scrutiny on commercial funding. However, so-called branded med ed programs have remained a mainstay.
 

ACCME: Peer review, plus other provider controls, enable industry employees to present original research in CME

June 29, 2010

Several months' worth of dialogue, at times public and heated, between physician groups like the American Heart Association and the ACCME, has resulted in new guidance from the regulator of continuing medical education: Industry scientists, who had been barred from presenting original product-related research at for-credit talks, may now do so as long as provider controls ensure they have zero control over the content.
 

Number of CME providers on probation doubles from last year

June 22, 2010

The number of providers placed on probation by the nonprofit that regulates continuing medical education has more than doubled this year, from 15 to 35.
 

Physician leaders push back on policy barring industry speakers from talks

June 17, 2010

A policy barring pharmaceutical industry employees from giving continuing medical education talks at meetings has elicited strong opposition from physician leaders.
 

ACCME plan for limited transparency draws support

April 30, 2010

Comments to a recent ACCME proposal formed a clear consensus: Accredited med-ed providers who break the rules should not be identified, unless changes in their accreditation status occur.
 

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