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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

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As a result, medical meetings are finding other ways to demonstrate their value to current and prospective exhibitors. From beacon-collected data to lead scanners to third-party evaluations, here’s how two medical meetings are tackling the exhibitor ROI challenge. Strategy 1: Beacon Technology + Retrieval Devices.

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Rethinking Certification at Medical Meetings

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ABIM announced that some of its new MOC requirements would be postponed for at least two years, that its MOC exam would be “more reflective of what physicians in practice are doing,” and that its MOC enrollment fees would not increase until at least 2017. LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY. I think it’s worth the investment,” she said.

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A Prescription for Disruptive Design

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At DIH, innovative thinking is applied to an array of health-care settings and deliverables, from buildings to interfaces — and possibly in the future, medical meetings. Chang will offer a Thought Leader session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in January. Technology is a huge enabler on that front.

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4 Medical Conferences That Put Innovation First

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CED LSC 2017, Credit CED. 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference. ORGANIZER The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which uses the conference as part of its strategic-planning cycle. 2017 Medical Innovation Summit. But what if you wanted to encourage breakthrough thinking? Let these four events show you.

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How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings

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Instead they were in the level of involvement by patients, who told their personal stories on stage and around the table during meals and who took part in brainstorming health-care solutions and in presenting new technologies, she wrote in a blog post after the event. At the Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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In many cases, bigger isn’t always better: cars, personal technology, portion size — and, increasingly, cities. Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion.

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Canada’s Nurses Meet, Speak Out in Calgary

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Forward March This past June, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) rallied at Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC) for their 2017 Biennial Convention. It launched in early 2017 and was operational in time for CFNU’s Biennial Convention , held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC), June 5-9. .