Ambulatory surgical centers have become a big part of American medicine. These are facilities where patients can have specific surgical procedures that usually don’t require them to be hospitalized, meaning you can have the operation and then be back home quickly, often the same day. Currently there are over 5,000 medicare certified ambulatory surgical centers around the country in all the major surgical specialties – orthopedic surgery, cardiac surgery, eye surgery, spinal surgery and so on. To help our readers make knowledgeable choices when they seek care for themselves or loved ones, Newsweek has again partnered with respected global research…
Author: Praveen Suthrum
Prioritizing equity efforts and taking three key steps toward improving accessibility and representation could move the needle on health disparities in colon cancer screening, according to an ACG Postgraduate Course presentation.
Artificial intelligence in gastroenterology: A state-of-the-art reviewPaul T Kröner, Megan ML Engels, Benjamin S Glicksberg, Kipp W Johnson, Obaie Mzaik, Jeanin E van Hooft, Michael B Wallace, Hashem B El-Serag, Chayakrit KrittanawongPaul T Kröner, Megan ML Engels, Obaie Mzaik, Michael B Wallace, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United StatesMegan ML Engels, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam 1105, The NetherlandsBenjamin S Glicksberg, Kipp W Johnson, The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, United States Kröner PT, Engels…
More physicians are migrating to hospital employment, changing the traditional physician-ownership models of ASCs. Seven ASC leaders spoke with Becker’s on how physician ownership is shifting this year.
In this video exclusive, Naresh T. Gunaratnam, MD, from Huron Gastroenterology in Michigan, discussed results from a study that evaluated patients’ perceptions of telemedicine services compared with in-person office visits. The research was presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.
September may have been Women in Medicine Month, but within internal medicine, gastroenterology ranks toward the bottom in terms of gender parity in both representation and salary. What’s it going to take to boost women to a place of greater equality? Time, transparency and dedicated male allies. According to a recent report, women comprise only 30% of gastroenterologists in academic positions (JAMA Intern Med 2021 Jul 12)
Over the past three decades, the field of gastroenterology (GI) has undergone tremendous transformation. Advances in research have led to a substantial growth in clinical knowledge across many GI conditions. Additionally, over this time, the prevalence of patient complexity, including the number of co-morbidities, mental illness burden, socioeconomic factors, and multidisciplinary needs, have continued to increase. Thus, subspecialization within GI has been an adaptive response to keep pace with the rapid expansion of medical knowledge and evolving patient needs. Division into various subspecialties occurs within luminal and solid organ systems as well as disease-specific conditions.
SMART Medical Systems Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of innovative endoscopy products, today reported positive data from a multicenter clinical study (NCT 04708951) comparing the adenoma detection rate (ADR) of its FDA-cleared G-EYE® balloon technology against ENDOCUFF VISION® (ECV) technology in patients undergoing screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Results from this randomized trial, the first head-to-head comparison of these two colonoscopy mechanical enhancement devices, showed that the ADR, particularly for advanced and large adenomas, was higher for the G-EYE® balloon than for the ECV attachment. Seth Gross, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Clinical Chief, Division…
Is the future of health care a flush away? Vik Kashyap, the founder and CEO of Toi Labs, might argue yes. “After working alongside scientists in Silicon Valley on a number of businesses, I became obsessed with the notion that the future of health care is going to be in the home. To that end, the toilet is going to be the most important medical product in our future,” he says. With bells and whistles like heated seats and motion-sensing lids, smart toilets have grown in popularity as of late, but Toi Labs’ TrueLoo is doing something no others on…
Finance executives evaluate the role of private equity in the healthcare industry and forecast how the dynamic will evolve. When private equity firms invest in healthcare, who benefits?