We must create a world in which the best experts are those that are free from commercial influence. And Europe needs legislation along the lines of the US Sunshine Act to combat both real and perceived commercial influence in science and health care. Sunshine Act, which became federal law in the United States in January 2012. 2 The Act requires drug and medical manufacturers who participate in ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS In response to concerns regarding physician-industry relationships, the Physician Sunshine Act of 2010 was passed in an effort to increase transparency and accountability. Our objective was to determine whether there is an association between industry support and scholarly impact among academic otolaryngologists. METHODS Faculty listings, academic rank, and fellowship tr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ties between physicians and pharmaceutical/medical device manufactures have received considerable attention. The Open Payments program, part of the Affordable Care Act, requires public reporting of payments to physicians from industry. We sought to describe payments from industry to physicians caring for children by (1) comparing payments to pediatricians to other medi...

To coincide with the introduction in the United States of the Sunshine Act, Genevieve Pham-Kanter discusses what we need to look for to fight hidden bias and deliberate or unconscious corruption. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

You have accessJournal of UrologyHealth Services Research: Practice Patterns, Quality Life and Shared Decision Making I (PD03)1 Sep 2021PD03-08 THE INTRODUCTION AND UPTAKE OF UROLIFT: A STUDY INDUSTRY PAYMENTS REIMBURSEMENT PATTERNS (2015-2018) Evan Garden, Nir Tomer, Micah Levy, Devki Shukla, Alexander Small, Michael Palese GardenEvan Garden More articles by this author , TomerNir Tomer LevyMi...