October 04, 2010
9:45 am
As the summit moves from framing the discussion to getting into the nuts and bolts of physician-industry collaboration practices and principles, some interesting points have emerged:
· Participants mentioned health societies that have refused to allow industry-connected speakers at their conferences for fear of running into issues of bias and conflict of interest. This policy, they pointed out, closes out vital avenues of information.
· There has been robust progress among different industry sectors, companies and academic institutions in creating guidelines and principles governing collaboration. This work has, however, led to great variability in principles from organization to organization.
· One health industry leader pointed out that healthcare is one of a shrinking number of industries in which the United States is still the global leader. In order to maintain that edge, and continue to improve life expectancy, a robust partnership between the medical professional and industry is necessary to move quality innovations to the marketplace.
Watch for more updates….
October 04, 2010
8:08 am
As the Summit continues into its first substantive session, on the opportunities and challenges involved in physician-industry collaboration, certain points continue to ring particularly strongly:
· Innovation is critical to improved patient care, and collaboration between physicians and industry is vital in developing innovation.
· It is important that working agreements between physicians and industry be fully transparent.
· There needs to be improved communication with the public to convey the importance of collaboration to improved healthcare. This is essential to achieving public trust.
· Research must include independently verifiable objective data.
More as the Summit continues…..
October 04, 2010
7:28 am
Throughout the day, Prognosis will feature updates from the Summit on Physician-Industry Collaboration taking place today at the Newseum in Washington, DC. At this event, 75 leaders from the healthcare industry, academia, government and patient advocacy organizations are discussing how to structure the working relationships between the healthcare industry and physicians to advance innovation while protecting consumer interests.
The event is part of the National Dialogue for Healthcare Innovation, an initiative of the Healthcare Leadership Council designed to bring together diverse voices to build consensus on key issues affect ting the future of American medical innovation.
Currently, the participants are discussing how the framing of today’s discussions, with speakers from industry, academia and Capitol Hill underscoring the complexity of the issue, how to put strong principles and assurances of transparency in place without undermining the pace of lifesaving innovation.
More to come….
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