Sonia Grego (Co-Founder at Coprata):Oura Ring for sleep. WHOOP for activity. Now, Coprata Smart Toilet for stool It’s something that we take for granted — until we can’t. How patients communicate about stool is anything but objective. What’s missed in translation is the ability to diagnose and treat GI conditions in a timely manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkbGGVNLCc&feature=emb_imp_woyt Therefore, it was with much intrigue that I began my conversation with Sonia Grego, PhD. She’s a professor of electrical and computer engineering from Duke University, the founding director of the Duke’s Smart Toilet Initiative. Her team worked for eight long years to develop a smart toilet.…
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Many ASCs are focused on staff recruiting and retention this year, and part of those efforts include salary increases and additional benefits, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s 2021 Salary & Benefits Survey released Aug. 20. Most surgery centers budgeted 3 percent raises for staff in 2021, but that may not be enough to compete with hospitals for top talent. Several health systems across the U.S. have instituted pay raises and signing bonuses for nurses amid the pandemic.
After Russell Jordan sent a stool sample through the mail to the microbiome company Viome, his idea of what he should eat shifted. The gym owner in Sacramento, California, had always consumed large quantities of leafy greens. But the results from the test — which sequenced and analyzed the microbes in a pea-sized stool sample — recommended he steer clear of spinach, kale and broccoli. “Things I’ve been eating for the better part of 30 years,” said Jordan, 31. “And it worked.” Soon, his mild indigestion subsided. He recommended the product to his girlfriend.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many questions have arisen regarding the care of our patients with IBD. Are they at increased risk of COVID-19? How should we treat a patient with IBD who has active COVID-19? Should they get vaccinated, and if so, when? These are all questions Dr. Peter Buch addresses with Dr. Asher Kornbluth, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, to help us optimize our approach to care amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An unnamed private equity group purchased an ophthalmology clinic and ASC in Louisiana for $7.65 million.
Worse outcomes were seen in COVID-19 negative patients who underwent elective colorectal surgery during the pandemic, according to a study published in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. “Many elective operations were canceled early in the COVID-19 pandemic in order to conserve resources and to keep patients out of public settings,” Sarah B. Stringfield, from the department of surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, and colleagues wrote. “Our institution canceled elective cases except those that were considered ‘“medically necessary to correct a serious medical condition or to preserve the life of a patient.’” For colorectal patients, this included emergencies and selected cases such…
Colonoscopy backlogs could take “years to recover from,” according to the CFO of Minneapolis-based MNGI Digestive Health. Here are three GI leaders on some of the biggest issues in the industry: 1. Colonoscopy backlogs David Silvernale. CFO of MNGI Digestive Health (Minneapolis): The deferment of elective procedures such as screening colonoscopy that occurred during COVID-19 has created a backlog of procedures that could take years to recover from. This, combined with the lowering of the CRC screening age and attention to site-of-service to lower the total cost of care, has created confidence for the organization to continue to grow through…
Physician practice deals heated up in the first half of the year, with private equity firms driving much of the activity. Bass Berry & Sims published a report in JDSupra, a legal analysis publication, outlining deals for the first half of 2021. Six things to know:
PE GI Solutions is expanding its Virginia reach through its partnership with Capital Digestive Care. Capital Digestive has partnered with Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater, a gastroenterology practice in Suffolk, Va., according to an April 22 release. PE GI will partner with GLST physicians for its PE Practice Solutions platform — a physician-oriented management services organization. Formerly known as Physicians Endoscopy, PE GI is a GI solutions company that provides integrated business strategies for GI specialists and ASCs.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) wrote a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), arguing that hospital mergers don’t negatively affect quality of care or pricing and can actually result in cost savings and improve care quality. For context, the AHA represents around 5,000 hospitals and health systems in the US.