Hospitals Limit Docs' Relationships with Industry

Top Boston Hospitals Limit Docs' Relationships with Industry

By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Published: January 05, 2010 A new policy limiting relationships with industry went into effect Jan. 1 for physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and their satellite clinics. Among the provisions are a strict limit on payments to department heads and others in leadership positions at the two prominent Boston-area institutions for serving on corporate boards, including an outright ban on stock and stock options./.../