Sales Representatives in the Operating Room: Conflict of Interest or Clinical Support?
Conflict of interest
Device reps
Sales representative
Journal
World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
21
07
2021
accepted:
19
08
2021
pubmed:
30
8
2021
medline:
6
1
2022
entrez:
29
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which became federal law in January 2012, mandated that medical device manufacturers must disclose any financial support provided to individual physicians on a publicly available Web site. The law reflects increasing concern about physician-industry relationships. The connection between surgeon and sales representative creates possibilities for both financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COIs). Indeed, COIs may be inherent when a sales representative is motivated by profit while also serving a critical role in many surgeries. The potential benefits and risks for patients, who may not even be aware of the sales representative's presence in the operating room, must be considered. This paper adds to the national discussion about neurosurgical physician-industry conflicts of interests and the issues relative to sales representatives in the operating room.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which became federal law in January 2012, mandated that medical device manufacturers must disclose any financial support provided to individual physicians on a publicly available Web site. The law reflects increasing concern about physician-industry relationships.
METHODS
The connection between surgeon and sales representative creates possibilities for both financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COIs). Indeed, COIs may be inherent when a sales representative is motivated by profit while also serving a critical role in many surgeries.
RESULTS
The potential benefits and risks for patients, who may not even be aware of the sales representative's presence in the operating room, must be considered.
CONCLUSIONS
This paper adds to the national discussion about neurosurgical physician-industry conflicts of interests and the issues relative to sales representatives in the operating room.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34455095
pii: S1878-8750(21)01264-X
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.08.088
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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