I will uphold academic standards to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in my role in the planning, development or presentation of this CE activity as follows:
Presenter/Authors
• Teach to the objectives identified for this activity.
• I will support my presentation and clinical recommendations with the "best available evidence" from the medical literature.
• Present the source and type or level of evidence (i.e., animal study, RCT, meta-analysis, etc.)
• Disclose off-label use(s) of any commercial products, services, or devices being presented.
• Disclose any relevant financial relationships related to (1) the activity’s content and/or (2) the activity’s supporter/s.
• Remove any trade names, or product-group messages from slides, abstracts, or handouts.
• I will submit my talk in advance for adequate peer review.
• I will advise CE Department of any changes to my disclosure prior to my presentation.
Planners
• To the best of my ability, I will ensure that any speakers or content I suggest is independent of commercial bias.
• If requested by the CE Department, I will recuse myself from planning activity content in which I have a conflict of interest.
In addition, I agree to comply with the requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996. (HIPAA) by de-identifying patient information to protect the privacy of the patient.
Items to be de-identified include: 1) Names; 2) All elements of dates (except year) [Birth, admission, discharge, death, etc]; 3) Telephone numbers; 4) Fax numbers; 5) Electronic mail addresses; 6) Social security numbers; 7) Medical record numbers; 8) health plan beneficiary numbers; 9) account numbers; 10) certificate/license numbers; 11) vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; 12) device identifiers and serial numbers; 13) web universal resource locators (URLs); 14) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; 15) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; 16) full face photographic images and any comparable images; and 17) any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code.
Additional information may be requested to resolve any conflict of interest. All identified conflicts of interest will be resolved, and disclosure will be made to activity participants.
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I agree that my recommendations involving clinical medicine in this CME activity will be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported or used in support or justification of patient care recommendations will conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis. I further agree to disclose when discussion of an unlabeled use of a project or investigational use not yet approved occurs during the course of the presentation.