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How to Sniff Out Bias in CME Programs

March 1, 2005
Daniel Carlat, MD
Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
So, you want to be a bias-buster? Gird yourself, because it’s not an easy task. In order to establish the presence of commercial bias, you have to demonstrate two things: first, that the activity is funded by industry; and second, that the content of the program is unreasonably slanted toward the sponsor’s product.
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Journal Articles as Marketing: Tricks of The Trade

March 1, 2005
Daniel Carlat, MD
Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
It probably comes as little surprise to most readers that manufacturer-sponsored research is more likely to yield an outcome favorable to the sponsored product than similar non-sponsored research. What may be surprising is that there is actually a good-sized body of published research (non-sponsored, of course!) on this very topic.
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Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., on Conflict of Interest in Medicine

March 1, 2005
Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D.
Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D.Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D.

Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, New England Journal of Medicine. Author, On The Take: How Medicine’s Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health (Oxford University Press, 200
Dr. Kassirer has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity. 

Dr. Kassirer, thanks for agreeing to share some of your thoughts with our readers. I have to say that your book, On The Take, was one of the most powerful books I’ve read. I want to thank you for writing it!
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CME Bias: ACCME to the Rescue!

March 1, 2005
Daniel Carlat, MD
Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
There is trouble for the pharmaceutical industry in CME City. The ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education), which sets national standards for accredited CME activities, has tightened up its requirements for commercial support, which is giving drug companies, private medical education firms, and assorted hired guns a collective case of indigestion.
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Anecdote from the Field: I Was a Middle-Aged Drug Whore!

March 1, 2005
Daniel Carlat, MD
Daniel J. Carlat, M.D., is the editor-in-chief of The Carlat Report.
Many readers have wondered why I decided to publish The Carlat Report. Well, back in the day, I was a member of the speaker’s bureau of four pharmaceutical companies. I would typically travel to the offices of primary care physicians nearby and talk up the sponsor’s drug.
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The FDA and Big Pharma: A Turning Point

March 1, 2005
Daniel Carlat, MD
Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
1992 was a very big year in the history of the relationship between the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry. That year, Congress passed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), allowing the FDA to charge pharmaceutical companies hundreds of thousands of dollars per drug for the drug approval process.
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Sample HIPAA Privacy Notice

February 10, 2005
Notice of Privacy Practices Effective Date: April 14, 2003 THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. What is this Notice and Why is it Important? As of April of 2003, a...
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HIPAA Acknowledgement

February 10, 2005
Richard Brown, MD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES We are required to provide you with a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices, which states how we may use and/or disclose your health information. Please sign this form to acknowledge receipt of the Notice. You may refuse to sign this...
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Sample HIPAA Privacy Summary

February 10, 2005
SUMMARY NOTICE OF HIPAA PRIVACY PRACTICESThis notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. This is a one-page summary of the longer notice that follows. Please read both the summary and the actual notice.
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Sample HIPAA Confidentiality Statement for Email

February 10, 2005
Richard Brown, MD
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if...
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