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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

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Meet the Experts. Megan Finnell is director of meetings and conferences for Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Timothy Simpson is brand and engagement chief strategist with Design Studio by Maritz Global Events. The post How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Medical Meetings Propel Philadelphia Tourism

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The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown from Jan. A direct beneficiary of this activity has been the medical meetings industry , helping propel hospitality and tourism to Philadelphia’s third largest industry. Click for more details.

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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

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Amir Dan Rubin, president and CEO of One Medical Group, offered a look at why Fast Company called his company — which operates stylish medical offices in metro locations convenient for office workers to drop in during their lunch breaks — one of the most innovative companies in 2017.

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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings. Europe’s pursuit of transparency in health care continues, now moving on to the medical-device industry. How will it affect medical meetings? Effective Jan. What is changing? They’re going to follow the guidelines.

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This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future

PCMA Convene

We also asked some medical-meeting professionals if and how they see their programs evolving to meet the needs of tomorrow’s physicians. The Health Learning Building at Dell Medical School has done away with the traditional lecture hall in favor of a tiered space configured for small-group work. The prognosis?

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What Physicians Will Want out of Your Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

So Dell Medical School is changing the way medicine is practiced by changing the way medical students are trained. If you’re a medical-meeting professional, this directly affects how you structure your conferences and conventions, and Johnston shares his ideas about that in this month’s cover story, “We Don’t Have a Lecture Hall.”

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How Medical Meetings Can Help A Broken U.S. Healthcare System

PCMA Convene

“If our conferences become more problem-focused as opposed to more traditional discipline-focused, you’ll see these diverse groups coming together. ” – Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. He thinks that could easily happen at a medical conference.