State Policy Doctors are Well Able to Tell Science From Hype – A Minnesota… Thomas Sullivan Mar 31, 2010 0 Stephen F. Hodgson, MD a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist in an editorial published in the Rochester Post-Bulletin argued that…
CME CMSS Response to IOM – Perhaps No Need for Redesigning Continuing Education… Thomas Sullivan Mar 30, 2010 1 In response to the Institute of Medicine’s recently published report titled “Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health…
Healthcare Reform The Erosion of Private Physician Practices Thomas Sullivan Mar 30, 2010 0 Just as the Obama Administration added 31 million to an already overworked and understaffed health care system, the New York Times…
Affordable Care Act Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPAC) Timelines for Implementation Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2010 0 Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC) is law, there are some important dates and timelines for how this…
Medical Journals ICMJE Uniform Disclosure of Competing Interest Form Thomas Sullivan Mar 26, 2010 0 In January, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended a new “Uniform Format…
Clinical Research JAMA: Nissen and DeAngelis on Industry Supported Clinical Trials Thomas Sullivan Mar 26, 2010 0 After the New York Times publication of Steve Nissen’s secret tape recording meetings with pharmaceutical executives the Journal…
Academic Organizations Sir James Black (1928-2010), Pioneer in Innovation and Collaboration Saving… Thomas Sullivan Mar 25, 2010 1 The field of medicine and pharmacology this week lost one of its best: Dr. James W. Black, a Scottish pharmacologist whose…
FDA Building a Comparative FDA May Not Lead to Effectiveness Thomas Sullivan Mar 25, 2010 0 A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discusses how to “Build Comparative Efficacy and…
Congress Senate to Vote on Changes to Reconciliation Package – List of… Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2010 0 This afternoon the Senate will be holding 8+ hours of debate on amendments offered by the Republicans to the House Reconciliation…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Marketing Research Association Declares a… Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2010 0 While insurance companies, pharmaceutical and medical device makers, and doctors are still trying to determine how the newly…