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How private GI practice could change in 10 years (Becker’s GI & Endoscopy)

Stephen Amann, MD, a gastroenterologist at Digestive Health Specialists in Tupelo, Miss., discusses what private practice may look like 10 years from now.

Specialists in Gastroenterology Partners with GI Alliance (PR Newswire)

Gastroenterology management organization GI Alliance has partnered with St. Louis-based Specialists in Gastroenterology.

Iterative Health Partners with Allied Digestive Health for Clinical Trial Optimization (Business Wire)

The partnership combines ADH’s strength in providing the highest level of care in GI and Iterative Health’s strength in developing best in class AI and computer vision solutions for IBD, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Physician Growth Partners advises Gastroenterology Associates of Tidewater in transaction with One GI (EIN Presswire)

Physician Growth Partners advised Gastroenterology Associates of Tidewater in its partnership with One GI. The transaction represents One GI’s continued expansion in the Virginia market.

Dr Yapp: Value Based Care in a Large Independent Metropolitan GI Practice

(The Scope with Dr. K)

Dr. K is joined by Dr. Rockford Yapp, co-founder of GI Partners of IL, founder and chairman of the West Suburban Gut Club, and chairman of the board for the Dupage County Medical Society. They focus on the provider side of things specifically in private GI practice.

Is your physician partnership working out? (Medical Economics)

Bringing in a physician partner has many advantages. However, business partners can become your greatest asset or worst liability.

Part-Time Physician: Is It a Viable Career Choice? (Medscape)

Reducing clinical effort is one of the strategies physicians use to scale down overload, but is it viable as a long-term solution?

At-Home Monitoring Device Can Predict Crohn's Disease Flares (Medscape)

Researchers found that increases in breathing rate, more awakenings at night, and slower walking speed accurately predicted that a person's Crohn's disease activity was about to flare.

Exact Sciences Announces First Quarter 2023 Results (PR Newswire)

Exact Sciences after the close of the market on Tuesday said its first-quarter revenue rose 24% to $602.5 million from $486.6 million in the prior-year quarter.

Envision Healthcare likely to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy: WSJ (Fierce Healthcare)

Sources told the newspaper that the company now has about $7 billion in outstanding debt and has faced labor challenges along with a lengthy, costly legal spat with health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare. 

Dedicated patient navigator cost-effective, improved FIT return rates by nearly 38% (Healio)

Adding a dedicated patient navigator improved fecal immunochemical testing completion and return rates and resulted in significant savings to the health care system.

ChatGPT Delivers Credible Answers to Colonoscopy Queries (Medscape)

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, can provide easily understandable, scientifically adequate, and generally satisfactory answers to common patient questions about colonoscopy, new research suggests.

DDW 2023: Multiple Advantages Shown for Underwater EMR of Colorectal Polyps (GI & Endoscopy News)

Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection conveys numerous advantages over the conventional approach for resection of colorectal polyps, according to a meta-analysis presented at Digestive Disease Week 2023.

Study: VA Surgeons Who Do Colonoscopies May Need More Training (MedPage Today)

The gap was apparent irrespective of patient sex or age, and whether the procedures were for routine screening or for follow-up of positive fecal tests results.

Takeda cuts 2 midstage GI assets including Crohn's hopeful in latest pipeline cleanup (Fierce Biotech)

Takeda caught attention recently for ending work on its early-stage gene therapy R&D, but a close reading of the Japanese pharma’s latest earnings report reveals it has also culled a couple of gastrointestinal assets.

CRC screening rates are higher in Medicaid expansion states (MDedge)

Improving access to preventive health care services, such as colorectal cancer screening, for the poor and uninsured has led to better health outcomes, a study has shown.

The Gut Microbiome with Chris Damman, MD, MA

(University of Washington School of Medicine)

Dr. Chris Damman, clinical associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at UW Medicine addresses how a new approach to what we put in our bodies is inspiring next generation nutritional approaches to non-communicable diseases. 

AGA clinical practice update: Extraesophageal gastroesophageal reflux disease (MDedge)

Extraesophageal reflux (EER) symptoms are a subset of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that can be difficult to diagnose because of its heterogeneous nature and symptoms that overlap with other conditions.

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