Some employees are raising concerns about conflict-of-interest rules implemented Jan. 1 at Partners Healthcare, owner of Harvard-affiliated hospitals Mass. General and Brigham and Women’s.
While some applaud the revamp, the restrictions may be too broad and “could ultimately stifle” critical education, reports the Harvard Crimson.
Industry-sponsored talks, now banned, provide docs with the latest information. Surgical training fellowships may suffer.
“The pendulum is a little too far in one direction,” one professor said. Pharma stock options are forbidden, and outside pay for senior officials has been capped.
From the April 01, 2010 Issue of MM+M - Medical Marketing and Media