NEJM Perspective Examines IOM Recommendations On Gifts To Physicians

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice
Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry;  Medical Devices / Diagnostics;  Public Health
Article Date: 01 May 2009 - 3:00 PDT

email to a friend   printer friendly   view / write opinions   rate article

"Controlling Conflict of Interest -- Proposals From the Institute of Medicine," New England Journal of Medicine: In the perspective, NEJM correspondent Robert Steinbrook discusses Institute of Medicine recommendations that support "further restrictions on and oversight of financial associations" between "physicians and health care-related companies, but not a goal to completely eliminate industry contributions." Steinbrook writes that, although some of IOM's recommendations might "be criticized as either too strong or too weak," they are "comprehensive and -- if adopted -- would most likely have substantial effects on individual physicians and medical institutions" (Steinbrook, NEJM, 4/29).

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

© 2009 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.