July 29, 2009
Senate Considers Industry Influence in Continuing Medical Education
Greater safeguards are needed to protect patients from biased or inaccurate information that might be disseminated in continuing-medical-education courses that are lavishly supported by drug and medical-device manufacturers, an inspector with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
Most states require physicians to complete a minimum number of credits in continuing medical education, or CME, in order to maintain
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