AdvaMed 2004 Annual Meeting In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Code of ethics roll-out: To generate adoption of its ethics code beyond member companies, AdvaMed has mailed a related brochure to 130,000 healthcare professionals, as well as a letter from President Pam Bailey to 3,000 healthcare professional societies and 2,000 hospitals, Exec VP-Strategic Planning & Implementation Blair Childs reports. Bailey also is calling 30 "major physician organizations" to discuss collaborative opportunities, Childs notes. The voluntary code, announced at last year's annual meeting, became effective Jan. 1 (1"The Gray Sheet" March 24, 2003, p. 6)...