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Keeping Up with Washington Policy Is Key to Successful Career, Rising Leaders Panelists Say

Keeping Up with Washington Policy Is Key to Successful Career, Rising Leaders Panelists Say

Sept. 2, 2019 – Although healthcare marketing communicators and publishers are busy professionals with a lot on their plates, staying on top of healthcare policy developments in Washington, D.C., can both enhance and further their careers, according to panelists speaking at the recent Coalition for Healthcare Communication Rising Leaders Conference on Healthcare Policy. “Every time […]

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Jack Angel to Retire from the CHC

Jack Angel to Retire from the CHC

Aug. 2, 2018 – Roughly 27 years after the Coalition for Healthcare Communication was established, Jack Angel – one of the Coalition’s founding members and the current executive director of the Coalition’s Education Foundation – is retiring on Aug. 17. Angel was the Executive Director of the Coalition from its beginning in 1991 to 2004, […]

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What To Do About Fake Medical News?

What To Do About Fake Medical News?

By Karsten Risch, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Havas Health & You Promoting fraudulent or ignorant medical practices used to be called quackery. Of course, the tendency to cite anecdotes as conclusions without supporting data is widespread — and not limited to healthcare — and has increasingly been called “fake news.” In particular, social […]

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Kamp in MM&M: Now Is the Perfect Time to Establish a Marketer Code of Ethics

Kamp in MM&M: Now Is the Perfect Time to Establish a Marketer Code of Ethics

Aug. 28, 2017 – Although things have been quiet on the drug promotion and advertising front recently, developing a marketer code of ethics now is a proactive way for the industry to ensure that it has the issues of tamping down fraud and increasing compliance under control, according to an Aug. 15 article written by […]

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