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Members of the Membership Engagement Committee reflect on their journeys and share thoughtful advice they wish they could give their younger selves—offering wisdom, encouragement, and lessons learned along the way.
GI fellowship is a time of learning, and preparing for independent practice. Fellows should set clear goals, find mentors, and seek leadership and teaching roles. Each experience is unique, but all should build a foundation of knowledge and humanism.
You have matched into one of the most coveted specialties of internal medicine. Long gone will be admission orders and discharge summaries that may have haunted you during your residency years.
Our thanks to Pravina Khant, MSN, RN, who shares a detailed review of the readmission and adverse event reporting system Hartford HealthCare Digestive Health Institute has implemented across its system.
A 35-year-old White male with no significant medical history presented to the emergency room with a complaint of “I can’t swallow.” Approximately two hours ago, while eating chicken for dinner, he suddenly had trouble swallowing.
The field of gastroenterology, like many other medical specialties, is undergoing a gradual but significant transformation. However, one area that remains a challenge is the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles.
The patient has a J-pouch, and the physician states in his procedure notes that the scope was advanced through the anus to the ileorectal anastomosis, and “J-Pouch seen, Ileum” (exact words in the notes).
To monitor the physician's procedure report and the patient's discharge report for documentation that patients taking an anticoagulant (i.e., Coumadin, Xarelto, Eliquis, Plavix) before the procedure are instructed on when to resume it after the procedure.
A 45-year-old male presents with a complaint of “heartburn.” He has experienced symptoms of substernal burning three to five times per week over the last 18 months.
In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, the need for diversifying income streams in gastroenterology practices has never been clearer.
Choosing between private practice and academic medicine after gastroenterology fellowship depends on many factors including career goals, interests, and priorities.
Whether you are a GI fellow interested in weight loss treatments and perhaps incorporating them into your practice one day, encountering and caring for obese patients is a significant part of today's gastroenterology care.
No-shows and inadequate bowel preparations (prep) lead to a significant waste of resources in endoscopy centers. While printed prep instructions and preprocedural nursing phone calls are often used to prevent this, they are not always successful.
A colonoscopy was performed on a patient through a stoma, and a sigmoidoscopy was performed on the same patient on the same day. Can I bill both codes together?