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Compliance 101. DIA US Med Comms 2011
09 03 2011
As Monica Kwarcinski, Purdue Pharma, reminded us, compliance wasn’t even on the Medical Communications landscape 15 years ago. Today, it’s a very different story. The whole area has become formalised into Medical Information practice and expanded to encompass all of our activities. These are my take-home messages about compliant activities in Med Info from this great 3 hour tutorial at the 2011 DIA US Med Comms workshop.
Peter's Practical Words of Wisdom on Project Management
17 10 2010
Peter Nacke’s words of wisdom in successfully establishing a Global Medical Information function. His project team chose, installed and validated a Global Medical Information system in just 4 months! Peter shares his top 7 tips for getting a project done. DIA European Medical Information & Communications conference 2010, Lisbon.
Electronic Copy Approval - Implementing a new system. PIPA 09
10 07 2009
How to successfully implement a copy approval system, Zinc, in a busy Medical Information department. Sarah York from Sanofi-Aventis showed the importance of planning, anticipating the problems and risks plus communicating and getting commitment from the users and stakeholders. These essential steps helped them to pilot then implement an electronic copy approval system. And the outcome? A dramatic 43% reduction in turnaround time at a time when job bags numbers were increasing. Oh, and throw in the need to do promotional approval with joint venture companies.
Winners or losers?
08 02 2009
Have we lost anything in the march of technological progress? Yet some Med Info departments still use paper methods to track enquiries. Fit for purpose? Ideal if you only have 10 enquiries a month?
PIPA Information Impact Awards
03 08 2008
Review of the PIPA Impart awards: * EU collaborations * selling safety to sales reps * patient information website * educating your company colleagues on your products. Allergan (the winner), Astrazeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim & Reckitt Benckiser.
