In a Healio video exclusive, Vijay Yajnik, MD, PhD, vice president of U.S. medical affairs for gastroenterology at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, shares insight and advice for gastroenterologists considering a career in industry. “I would start with the big picture,” Yajnik, who spent most of his career in academia and transitioned to industry 5 years ago, said. “You’ve seen that in the last 20 years a lot of novel drugs have come out in gastroenterology and that’s thanks to active collaborations with academics and industry.”
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Las Vegas—A fully automated process for cleaning duodenoscopes after clinical use far outperformed manual cleaning conducted by trained technicians adhering to manufacturer specifications, according to a new comparative study. Cleaning—the step taken before high-level disinfection—is widely regarded as a weak link in preventing transmission of pathogens when scopes are reused. Automated processing using turbulent flow technology might be the answer, according to researcher Michael O’Donnell, MD, MBA, a fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at NYU Langone Health, in New York City.
SHANGHAI, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wision A.I. Ltd, a startup in the field of artificial intelligence assisted diagnostics for optical medical imaging, today announced the expansion of its product portfolio with recent U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Clearance for EndoScreener, its AI-assisted polyp detection software during colonoscopy, and an FDA presubmission in queue for an upcoming histopathology AI software that assists in the localization of high-grade dysplasia (HGD) in whole slide imaging (WSI).
The physician landscape is constantly changing, and now there are more partners than ever before. Radio Advisory’s Rachel Woods sat down with Advisory Board’s Eliza Dailey to talk about the changing physician landscape, what physicians want from their partnerships, and how to make a partnership successful. Read an excerpt from the interview below and download the episode for the full conversation.
MIAMI — Incorporating clinical trials into daily practice can both enhance patient treatment options and provide a stream of reimbursement revenue to support the practice, according to a presenter at the Scrubs and Heels Summit. “In my practice, I always ask myself, no matter where a patient is in the course of disease: Would this patient potentially benefit from inclusion in a clinical trial?” Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, associate professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said during the presentation. “Start small, select the right studies, educate your patients, discuss clinical trials with them early in their…
Many of us can recall a time when a single nerve-wracking or distressing situation has triggered an unexpected and urgent GI symptom. People suffering with chronic GI ailments live in a reality where these mental and physical triggers are multiplied, amplified and constant. Even more notably, people living with ongoing GI symptoms may actually be more susceptible to the effects of stress than the general population. Often referred to as “high gut responders,” individuals with GI symptoms related to a history of trauma and chronic stress become hypervigilant and hypersensitive to the 24/7 communication between the brain and gut.
A few years ago, private equity was a dirty word among some circles of physicians and surgeons. The idea of accepting investment dollars in exchange for autonomy was unattractive for physician owners at best, and dangerous at worse. Some feared injecting private equity money into healthcare would lead to corporate executives making decisions about patient care and driving volume-based decision-making to turn a profit instead of doing what is best for patients. Those fears are valid and persist today among the fiercely independent. But others looking to take their business to the next level see opportunities with private equity.
EmTech Digital is MIT Technology Review’s Signature AI Conference. Here are my takeaways from Day 1: Better Data, Better AI. Note: These aren’t comprehensive and by no means cover the depth of insights that speakers gave. These are just a few things that I’m geeked about. The yin-yang of AI are data and algorithms – Brian Bryson, MIT Tech Review Notes from Andrew Ng’s talk (Landing AI, Baidu, Google Brain) The discipline of systematically engineering the data for a successful AI system.Even small datasets can work, provided the quality is high.
In his State of the Union address, President Biden expressed concern with the growing — and troubling — trend of private equity ownership and operation of nursing homes and the inherent risk it presents to care of their residents. Between 2010 and 2019, such equity deals in health care nearly tripled in value, from $42 billion to $120 billion, totaling $750 billion over the last decade.
Gastroenterology has consistently been among the top 10 highest-earning specialties in the U.S. Here are 16 key stats on gastroenterologist pay: This data was gathered from Medscape’s Physician Salary Explorer, Physician Debt and Net Worth Report 2020, and Physician Compensation Report 2022; Merritt Hawkins’ Physician Revenue Calculator, Doximity’s 2021 Physician Compensation Report and a report from job market research company Zippia.