ACCME to examine current commercial support standards
Pharma Compliance Alert, August 8, 2007
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) plans to examine how well it identifies, develops, and promotes standards for CME quality and how those standards are applied during accreditation. The ACCME announced the plans in a letter to Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley, who earlier this year sent the ACCME a letter expressing concerns that commercial interests influence the content of CME and asking whether the ACCME's existing guidelines are sufficient.
During its board of directors meeting in July, the ACCME identified five areas on which it would focus to address the senators' concerns. According to the letter, the ACCME will:
Read the entire letter to the senators here.
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