If the mere words “commercial independence” sends shivers down your spine, you aren’t alone. A call for feedback by the ACCME recently produced more than 140 responses, which revealed the concern many CME directors feel about the challenges of commercial standards compliance.

In this post, we will help you lay any doubts to rest about your organization’s ability to achieve and maintain commercial independence with 5 proven tips that are painless and simple to follow.

Documenting commercial independence can be a daunting challenge, but since it is also an unavoidable one, you should be pleased (yes, pleased!) to learn that it can also be a painless task. Before we show you how to remove the fear factor from ACCME commercial standards compliance (it’s possible, we promise!), let’s take a short quiz to determine how ready your organization is for PARS-compliant documentation.

1) Do you have a central administrative portal to design, generate, and distribute commercial independence reports throughout your organization?

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