Medical Journals AAFP Childhood Obesity Patient Education Program Thomas Sullivan Aug 3, 2010 0 Howard Brody, MD, Ph.D., a family physician and self described medical ethicists, recently wrote an article in the Annals of…
Congress Senator Al Franken Calls on Additional Incentives for Medical Device… Thomas Sullivan Aug 2, 2010 0 Recently, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) called on Congress to create extra incentives for medical device makers to tackle rare…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Keeps the Code of Conduct in Place Thomas Sullivan Aug 2, 2010 0 This weekend the Massachusetts legislature passed an economic stimulus package that failed to include a repeal of the…
State Policy Massachusetts Code of Conduct Hurts Primary Care Physicians Thomas Sullivan Jul 30, 2010 0 Last night, I read an interesting account by a local Massachusetts physician Kate Atkinson, MD on the effect the Massachusetts…
FDA FDA: Warning Letters May Double in 2010 Thomas Sullivan Jul 30, 2010 0 A recent article in MM&M highlighted how warning letters (found here) sent by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
ACCME Decrease in Commercial Support of CME Correlates with Increase in… Thomas Sullivan Jul 29, 2010 0 While the percentage of commercial support for continuing medical education (CME) has continued to drastically drop over the past…
Academic Organizations AMA-AAMC New Horizons for Medical Education Forum: Seeking Input in for… Thomas Sullivan Jul 29, 2010 1 In an attempt to address the current challenges facing the education of physicians in the fast pace and increasingly complex field…
Medical Legal Pharmaceutical Marketing Lawsuits Slowing Considerably Thomas Sullivan Jul 28, 2010 0 According to the Rx Compliance Report, “federal prosecutors are reporting that the pace of new qui tam filings (whistle blower…
ACCME FDA Opioid REMS Advisory Panel Focus on CME for Improving Practice Thomas Sullivan Jul 27, 2010 0 As we noted last week, Murray Kopelow, M.D., M.S., Chief Executive and Secretary for the Accreditation Council for Continuing…
Academic Organizations Harvard Medical School Revised Conflict of Interest Policy 2010 Thomas Sullivan Jul 26, 2010 0 This week, Harvard Medical School (HMS) released its 2009-2010 report from the Faculty of Medicine Committee on Conflicts of…