Medical Legal New Jersey AG Requires Device Company Synthes to Disclose Financial Ties to… Thomas Sullivan May 7, 2009 0 New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram announced an agreement with medical device maker Synthes Inc. that requires the…
Medical Journals Graduate Medical Education: Surgery Departments Benefit from Commercial… Thomas Sullivan May 5, 2009 0 A recently published article in the American Surgeon 2009;75:395-400 titled “Industry Support of Graduate Medical…
CME CME: Commercially Supported Medical Education Benefits Those Who Need it… Thomas Sullivan May 5, 2009 0 According to a recent report the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) and the Coalition for Healthcare…
Uncategorized FDA: Standards Need to Be Maintained Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2009 0 Thomas Stossel, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard presents a rebuttal in Forbes (How to Maintain FDA Standards) to a…
FDA FDA: Consider Faster Approval for Cancer Medications Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2009 0 Richard Epstein, PhD, Economist from the University of Chicago in the Wall Street Journal reviews the importance of off-label…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Senate Finance Committee Grassley-Baucus… Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2009 0 Senators Baucus (D-MT) and Grassley (R-IA) released their outline for Healthcare Reform (Transforming the Health Care…
Media Media: Swine Flu – The Tale of Chicken Little Thomas Sullivan May 3, 2009 0 For those who don’t remember, after being hit in the head by an acorn Chicken Little went from town to town telling everyone he…
Institute of Medicine IOM Report on Conflict of Interest: Coalition for Healthcare Communication… Thomas Sullivan May 1, 2009 0 The recent Institute of Medicine: Conflict of Interest in Medical, Research, Education and Practice report has brought about…
CME ACCME: New Jersey State Medical Society Asks for Suspension of Fee… Thomas Sullivan May 1, 2009 0 The AMA House of Delegates at their annual meeting June 13th – 17th in Chicago will be debating important issues in medicine…
Editorials Peeling the Onion, Cardiologist Look at COI Thomas Sullivan May 1, 2009 0 This week theheart.org, Peeling the onion: Is more conflict of interest disclosure getting us closer to the truth? Reviews…