Implications of UPMC's ethics policy far-reaching:
"As he delivered a typical $120 lunch order to a doctor's office last week -- three chicken or salmon entrees, three appetizers, a chicken sandwich and four salads -- Robert Bishop was mindful that his business, Mobile Menus, soon would be filling fewer orders.
On Friday, he expects to lose the deliveries he makes to doctors affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
A new UPMC conflicts-of-interest policy will take effect that day aimed at making doctors' decisions free from influence created by gifts or improper relationships with the drug or medical device industries.
Among other provisions, the policy bans gifts such as pens, note pads and food provided by industry representatives as they work to present information about their products at doctors' offices.
Losing that food business for the UPMC doctors he visits, Mr. Bishop said, will cut his $5,000 weekly sales by about 20 percent. He said nearly all the lunches he provides to doctors' offices are paid for by drug industry representatives."
Good on UPMC...
Monday, February 11, 2008
Implications of UPMC's ethics policy far-reaching
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