FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 360:325-327 January 22, 2009 Number 4 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear PubMed Citation

The Cleveland Clinic and some of its leading physicians have been criticized for their financial associations with industry and the limited disclosure of these relationships to patients and the public. In response, the medical center has strengthened its policies and oversight with regard to conflicts of interest and required that all industry relationships be submitted for approval. Since December 2008, it has also disclosed on its Web site (www.clevelandclinic.org) some of the industry ties of its 2000 physicians and researchers and their immediate families.¹

The posting of physicians' financial information by a leading academic medical center, along with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Source Information

Dr. Steinbrook (rsteinbrook@attglobal.net) is a national correspondent for the Journal.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Steinbrook, R. (2009). Opportunities and Challenges for the NIH -- An Interview with Francis Collins. NEJM 361: 1321-1323 [Full Text]  
• DeAngelis, C. D., Fontanarosa, P. B. (2009). Resolving Unreported Conflicts of Interest. JAMA 302: 198-199 [Full Text]  
• Healy, W. L., Peterson, R. N. (2009). Department of Justice Investigation of Orthopaedic Industry. JBJS 91: 1791-1805 [Full Text]